Affairs of the Heart - Block 17 Photos
#121
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I can't speak for everyone, but I can tell you that I'm using some cotton (if I happen to have the right color), but I'm also using some neutral of Bottom Line and then I also bought the silk sampler package from Connecting Threads. It is a mix of neutrals ranging from light to dark that is a thin..I don't know the weight...silk thread that virtually disappears when I'm doing the hand needle turn. I highly recommend using that and Bottom Line. I did buy a rust color to add into the mix of colors, but for all the other pieces that I'm using....this works for all of my pieces.
#122
Originally Posted by sandpat
I can't speak for everyone, but I can tell you that I'm using some cotton (if I happen to have the right color), but I'm also using some neutral of Bottom Line and then I also bought the silk sampler package from Connecting Threads. It is a mix of neutrals ranging from light to dark that is a thin..I don't know the weight...silk thread that virtually disappears when I'm doing the hand needle turn. I highly recommend using that and Bottom Line. I did buy a rust color to add into the mix of colors, but for all the other pieces that I'm using....this works for all of my pieces.
I just looked up BottomLine Threads... Looks like a great site too!
#123
Originally Posted by candi
Pat, Mousie and Elle: you all are so encouraging, thanks.
Kathy, your block is just gorgeous! Love the colors. Now I am trying to picture what you are saying about the commas, lol. I am using a template and pressing the seam allowance under...the main issue I have is the little inne part where I have not much seam allowance to turn under. I wonder if it would look bad if I do them in two sections: the circle and the curve separately.
Kathy, your block is just gorgeous! Love the colors. Now I am trying to picture what you are saying about the commas, lol. I am using a template and pressing the seam allowance under...the main issue I have is the little inne part where I have not much seam allowance to turn under. I wonder if it would look bad if I do them in two sections: the circle and the curve separately.
#124
Originally Posted by sandpat
Candi, I see NO reason why you can't do the "comma's" (lol) anyway you want! Doing them in 2 pieces is of course another step, but I can see why it would work out just great! Go for it girl, if its how you want to try one!
I think that if you do them with your template, you will need to saturate that innie with starch and let that kind of "glue" the innie in place before you stitch it down. You are right, there are really only a few threads to turn under right there!
I think that if you do them with your template, you will need to saturate that innie with starch and let that kind of "glue" the innie in place before you stitch it down. You are right, there are really only a few threads to turn under right there!
#125
Originally Posted by QuiltswithConvicts
Originally Posted by candi
Pat, Mousie and Elle: you all are so encouraging, thanks.
Kathy, your block is just gorgeous! Love the colors. Now I am trying to picture what you are saying about the commas, lol. I am using a template and pressing the seam allowance under...the main issue I have is the little inne part where I have not much seam allowance to turn under. I wonder if it would look bad if I do them in two sections: the circle and the curve separately.
Kathy, your block is just gorgeous! Love the colors. Now I am trying to picture what you are saying about the commas, lol. I am using a template and pressing the seam allowance under...the main issue I have is the little inne part where I have not much seam allowance to turn under. I wonder if it would look bad if I do them in two sections: the circle and the curve separately.
#126
Originally Posted by candi
Originally Posted by sandpat
Candi, I see NO reason why you can't do the "comma's" (lol) anyway you want! Doing them in 2 pieces is of course another step, but I can see why it would work out just great! Go for it girl, if its how you want to try one!
I think that if you do them with your template, you will need to saturate that innie with starch and let that kind of "glue" the innie in place before you stitch it down. You are right, there are really only a few threads to turn under right there!
I think that if you do them with your template, you will need to saturate that innie with starch and let that kind of "glue" the innie in place before you stitch it down. You are right, there are really only a few threads to turn under right there!
#127
Originally Posted by roseOfsharon
Originally Posted by candi
Pat, that is exactly how I do all of my pieces;saturate in starch and turn under pressing it dry so it holds shape. The scroll is still hard though for me like you said due to the lack of a seam to turn under where that innie is. I need to experiment some more with glue like Elle And Kathy suggested and see if that is easier. I will also experiment with making it two pieces, and see how that works..because guess what? There are still few more blocks that have these commas :x :mrgreen:
#128
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Sharon, the problem with cutting that area of the seam allowance larger is that you can't get a good sharp "innie" point if you do it that way. You have to kind of trim it at an angle until there are just a few threads, then you do a lock stitch in the center of the "innie" to hold it together.
Candi..I did find that the more I've done, the better I get at them. I guess its like anything else, ....practice makes...acceptable (for me~lol)
Candi..I did find that the more I've done, the better I get at them. I guess its like anything else, ....practice makes...acceptable (for me~lol)
#129
Originally Posted by lynnie k
Originally Posted by lynnie k
nice blocks. I am saving these scroll blocks for the end. I haven't been able to work on them much lately. But will get back to working on these soon. All your blocks look great ladies
#130
Originally Posted by sandpat
Sharon, the problem with cutting that area of the seam allowance larger is that you can't get a good sharp "innie" point if you do it that way. You have to kind of trim it at an angle until there are just a few threads, then you do a lock stitch in the center of the "innie" to hold it together.
Candi..I did find that the more I've done, the better I get at them. I guess its like anything else, ....practice makes...acceptable (for me~lol)
Candi..I did find that the more I've done, the better I get at them. I guess its like anything else, ....practice makes...acceptable (for me~lol)
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