Rest and Refreshing BOW Civil War Sampler Quilt
#912
It's a gorgeous block, Connie! Everything is there... points, intersections, everything is so perfect. Good work.
#915
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cottage Grove, MN
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Thank you for the compliments! Now I need to get busy on this week's clue since I didn't do it as we went along.
Jane Quilter: I moved my needle 2 clicks to the right for an even scantier seam with my 1/4" foot. Most of my other blocks came out an 1/8" or a tad more too small. I thought with this many seams I would try 2 clicks. I'm glad it worked.
Connie
Jane Quilter: I moved my needle 2 clicks to the right for an even scantier seam with my 1/4" foot. Most of my other blocks came out an 1/8" or a tad more too small. I thought with this many seams I would try 2 clicks. I'm glad it worked.
Connie
#916
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Blue Ridge Mountians
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What a good idea! Jane
Thank you for the compliments! Now I need to get busy on this week's clue since I didn't do it as we went along.
Jane Quilter: I moved my needle 2 clicks to the right for an even scantier seam with my 1/4" foot. Most of my other blocks came out an 1/8" or a tad more too small. I thought with this many seams I would try 2 clicks. I'm glad it worked.
Connie
Jane Quilter: I moved my needle 2 clicks to the right for an even scantier seam with my 1/4" foot. Most of my other blocks came out an 1/8" or a tad more too small. I thought with this many seams I would try 2 clicks. I'm glad it worked.
Connie
#917
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Blue Ridge Mountians
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I didn't realize that this was going to be a twin sized quilt. Any creative ideas to add boarders to enlarge it to a queen size quilt. add pinwheels? add a braid? add flying geese? add 2.5" charms? add 5" charms? It already has a 16 block on point for a boarder. I guess this is the one time I wish I had an EQ7 software program.
#918
What beautiful blocks being shown here! I haven't made the last block yet. I signed up for the new blocks but will probably just make half of them. I made another top for Gloria that to me looks more antique. I used blocks without white or cream. I also took the white blocks out of the first quilt and replaced them with darker blocks. I'm keeping that one for myself. Both are 60 x 60. I used the white blocks and some others for a small lap quilt. I set it together with almond sashing and will be adding a dark border. I also made a quilted tissue box cover to match for Gloria. I still have 13 blocks left so they may become another lap quilt or maybe pillows. The first two pix are not very good. (Bad light) The colors are much more crisp and pretty like in the last two pix. Not sure what I will be using for a dark border for the top in the 3rd pix.
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#920
I didn't realize that this was going to be a twin sized quilt. Any creative ideas to add boarders to enlarge it to a queen size quilt. add pinwheels? add a braid? add flying geese? add 2.5" charms? add 5" charms? It already has a 16 block on point for a boarder. I guess this is the one time I wish I had an EQ7 software program.
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For a simpler alternate block, an hourglass in two colors works great too. You don't even have to set the blocks on pointe, they will just look like they are because of the hourglasses. Here is a Bonnie Hunter Chunky Churndash I made using hourglasses for alternate blocks. They make the block look like a diamond set on point, but it's really all an easy straight setting.
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