patching scraps together
07-10-2015, 06:56 PM
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I had a backing out of plaid flannel that was perfect for my son's quilt. Sandwiched it and had about a 12 x 8 area that was short, but there was a large piece that was excess on the other end. I quilted 3/4 of the quilt so that I could cut off the excess piece up to the stitching to make sure I had enough. When I went to attach it to the corner, wouldn't you know it, the plaid pattern weave was not square, therefore did not match. I had so many seams in that corner from matching the threads with some of the patches only 1.5 inches wide. There is a lot of waste when you match irregular plaids. There was just enough to finish the quilt. I had maybe a 2 x 8 inch strip left. I just got the quilt out as I was going to show a picture, but had a hard time finding the seams, so guess I did a good enough job. Boy, did I learn a lesson on that one!!
07-11-2015, 12:32 AM
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My GGF is completely made from scraps, and some of the yellow pieces I used for middles were only the size of half hexagons... I just pieced them together:
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07-11-2015, 12:35 AM
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Having some technical difficulties, so I start a second post to finish. I don't have the quilt with me to show you a close up of the finished flowers, but in this pic (which is part of my avatar) you should be able to spot one:
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07-11-2015, 04:26 AM
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Once when doing a binding, I ran out of fabric that was wide enough on the last 12" or so. Once I realized that only half of the width of binding actually shows due to folding, then I knew that I could piece the binding horizontally, putting a completely different fabric on the part that folds to the inside. The binding was slightly thicker in that area, but nobody was the wiser. I thought I was pretty smart, and I saved the project.
I'll have to remember this one!
and Monale... love your hexies... great job
07-11-2015, 07:04 AM
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I am always having to figure how how to make something work. You did a really excellent job with matching those small checks. I was short a 2.5" square on this Bible bag. Had to piece two small strips together. It won't show because it is on the bottom of the bag.
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