"Once Upon a Time In My Garden" PP Block Swap with a "Twist"
05-10-2012, 07:04 PM
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UGH! I have been trying to post a pic of the two blocks I finished but it keeps failing to upload. I know you can't preview the post after you upload the photo but before you hit post. I can't even get the thing to upload! I will work on figuring it out tomorrow. Anyway, I made one regular size block of a hand trowel and rake and a twist block of a bumble bee.
By the way, I love the idea of a garden gnome!
By the way, I love the idea of a garden gnome!
05-10-2012, 08:30 PM
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Robbi, it's Linda Causee and I found it here... http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...qid=1336710475
At the bottom of the page.
At the bottom of the page.
05-11-2012, 03:40 AM
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craft I love the garden tools! All the ideas are good, we are all going to have beautiful quilts.
I printed out my patterns and learned something at the same time; one of those duh moments LOL. the pattern wanted 2 pages for one pattern, printed out one, and the second page was only like 2 lines, and looking at it I thought if it went the other way on the page it would only take one page each. I found I could set it for landscape; so my cardinals are printed out
I found one perfect background fabric, not sure it there is enough for all 6, and looks like I need to go shopping for reds. Cardinal red I do prewash, and will double check there is no bleed from the red.
I printed out my patterns and learned something at the same time; one of those duh moments LOL. the pattern wanted 2 pages for one pattern, printed out one, and the second page was only like 2 lines, and looking at it I thought if it went the other way on the page it would only take one page each. I found I could set it for landscape; so my cardinals are printed out
I found one perfect background fabric, not sure it there is enough for all 6, and looks like I need to go shopping for reds. Cardinal red I do prewash, and will double check there is no bleed from the red.
05-11-2012, 03:50 AM
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Cardinals sound great! You don't have to have all the same fabrics unless you want to. It's okay to mix and match fabrics, as long as the fabric's good pre-washed 100% cotton. I often go through my scrap bins, especially when I'm making the small blocks. I have run out of tracing paper, so I need to get some more. I use regular papers when that's all I have on hand. You just have to set your stitch length lower so it's easy to tear off.
05-11-2012, 09:40 AM
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Craft, love your tools!
Ronda, do you hand trace all of your patterns? I have always used computer paper for my pp. If I put my index finger on the beginning of the seams I am about to rip the paper off of as I pull the paper off, it seems to work easily. With our last pp swap for every seam I sewed, I had to rip seams twice or thrice for every seam I ended up leaving. Sewwwww glad I hadn't set my stitches to tiny... LOL
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