FEB 15 2011 STARS BOM - DIRECTIONS AND DISCUSSION
02-19-2011, 07:06 AM
#82
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Originally Posted by Gwenny
Look at the middle...You did such a great job.
Originally Posted by kristen0112
Here is my block. Great pattern thanks for choosing this one!
Thanks for the comments everybody :-)
02-19-2011, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by love4westies
I am confused as to how to sign up and receive the patterns for block of the month stars....help?
02-27-2011, 06:36 AM
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Oh help! I'd never heard of paper piecing before - being English I thought it meant English paper piecing - you know, the little hexagons all sewn together. So I have two questions as I gird up my loins to get started!
1. On the cutting sheet there is a 1" square drawn, but when I printed it out that 1"square was 7/8th" out. Does that mean that all the pattern pieces will be out too, and my finished block will be too small? How can I correct this? I have printed it out at 101% (as it displays on computer) rescaled to 100%, still the same and rescaled to 103% and still the same problem.
2. How do you cut out the fabric? I usually use a rotary cutter. I see there are some sizes on the cutting instructions, do they include the seam allowance? Or do you just grab a big piece of fabric, pin it on and trim afterwards - isn't that going to waste loads?
Sorry if these questions seem so obvious, but can you guess I have no idea how to do this, (that's after watching the tutorials!) Hope some of you are still reading this bit of the board cos I really would like to learn this method. Thanks.
1. On the cutting sheet there is a 1" square drawn, but when I printed it out that 1"square was 7/8th" out. Does that mean that all the pattern pieces will be out too, and my finished block will be too small? How can I correct this? I have printed it out at 101% (as it displays on computer) rescaled to 100%, still the same and rescaled to 103% and still the same problem.
2. How do you cut out the fabric? I usually use a rotary cutter. I see there are some sizes on the cutting instructions, do they include the seam allowance? Or do you just grab a big piece of fabric, pin it on and trim afterwards - isn't that going to waste loads?
Sorry if these questions seem so obvious, but can you guess I have no idea how to do this, (that's after watching the tutorials!) Hope some of you are still reading this bit of the board cos I really would like to learn this method. Thanks.
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