Jean wrote:
Whew! I finished cutting out all the stargazer squares that I'll need for the 2nd narrow quilt and the remainder of the large one. I JUST had enough. How "just"? If there were 2" less, there wouldn't have been enough! That's scary. An angel must have whispered into my ear to get 5 yards.
My back will appreciate not cutting out anymore. I haven't even counted how many there were - GOBS...
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Squeezing Out Some Squares
Tracy wrote:
Okay, I double-checked the measurements - ignored what you put on the sticky and found this info. I wrote down what you said. I cut a 6 1/4" template. I ironed the fabric. I found a purty spot on the fabric.
I counted motifs. Before drawing or cutting. What a concept, eh? There are only 7. As in, I can't cut 8 regular 6 1/4" squares and 8 reverse 6 1/4" squares.
But, I thought that I was only cutting the last block - ? That's only 4 of each, isn't it?
Well, anyway the problem is that I can't cut 8 of each.
Okay, I double-checked the measurements - ignored what you put on the sticky and found this info. I wrote down what you said. I cut a 6 1/4" template. I ironed the fabric. I found a purty spot on the fabric.
I counted motifs. Before drawing or cutting. What a concept, eh? There are only 7. As in, I can't cut 8 regular 6 1/4" squares and 8 reverse 6 1/4" squares.
But, I thought that I was only cutting the last block - ? That's only 4 of each, isn't it?
Well, anyway the problem is that I can't cut 8 of each.
Re: Squeezing Out Some Squares
Jean wrote:
Okay, I'll bring all the rest of the swiss cheese opulence tomorrow, unless you want it today. I think then you'll be able to do it. I need 4 blocks. Instead of 16 little B blocks (above and below Steve), I decided 4 large blocks would be more sane. I know I thought I could just cut 16 pieces from fabric and now do pieced blocks, but that's just as crazy.
Let me know if you want to mark and cut today to get it over with. Otherwise I'll bring it tomorrow and you can give them to me on Tues.
I have ALL the stargazer blocks cut and only one set to sew making two sets of half blocks. Whoopppeeeee.
I'm planning on bringing you a narrow quilt Tuesday. There's a lot of quilting ahead.
Okay, I'll bring all the rest of the swiss cheese opulence tomorrow, unless you want it today. I think then you'll be able to do it. I need 4 blocks. Instead of 16 little B blocks (above and below Steve), I decided 4 large blocks would be more sane. I know I thought I could just cut 16 pieces from fabric and now do pieced blocks, but that's just as crazy.
Let me know if you want to mark and cut today to get it over with. Otherwise I'll bring it tomorrow and you can give them to me on Tues.
I have ALL the stargazer blocks cut and only one set to sew making two sets of half blocks. Whoopppeeeee.
I'm planning on bringing you a narrow quilt Tuesday. There's a lot of quilting ahead.
Precision Problem
Jean wrote:
Aaarrgh - You know how particular I am about measuring and remeasuring and cutting precisely and sewing accurately. Well, take a look at this picture. Does anything look wrong???
(Note from Tracy: What you're looking at is that the ends of the black don't reach the lines on the board, like the print fabric does.)
Gosh, didn't I measure the black length correctly? Pin it correctly? Sew it carefully? YES I DID!! The kona cotton shrinks! I couldn't figure out why the strips of fossil fern and white were "long" but the pink opulence and black kona were turning out "short."
Suddenly, it occurred to me. The black is shrinking. So I took a 2 x 7 1/4" black strip and sprayed and pressed it, and then remeasured. The strip was a hair over 7". That's almost a seam allowance short.
So I cut 3 strips the full width of fabric, cut off the selvedge edges and sprayed and pressed the strips. Then I cut some and use them to piece. Do you see any improvement? NO!
So it should be fun piecing the lower quilt tops where there are so many kona black strips. See what you're missing?
Aaarrgh - You know how particular I am about measuring and remeasuring and cutting precisely and sewing accurately. Well, take a look at this picture. Does anything look wrong???
(Note from Tracy: What you're looking at is that the ends of the black don't reach the lines on the board, like the print fabric does.)
Gosh, didn't I measure the black length correctly? Pin it correctly? Sew it carefully? YES I DID!! The kona cotton shrinks! I couldn't figure out why the strips of fossil fern and white were "long" but the pink opulence and black kona were turning out "short."
Suddenly, it occurred to me. The black is shrinking. So I took a 2 x 7 1/4" black strip and sprayed and pressed it, and then remeasured. The strip was a hair over 7". That's almost a seam allowance short.
So I cut 3 strips the full width of fabric, cut off the selvedge edges and sprayed and pressed the strips. Then I cut some and use them to piece. Do you see any improvement? NO!
So it should be fun piecing the lower quilt tops where there are so many kona black strips. See what you're missing?
A Precise Solution!
Jean wrote:
Aaaaahhhhh - Doesn't this look better?
How did this happen? I sprayed a long strip until it gurgled, and then lightly bounced the iron along the strip creating a good head of shrinking steam. Then I pressed the full width strip and cut strips to a slightly longer measurement. Then, repeated the spraying and pressing on each short strip, and finally cut to needed measurement. When sewn to the block, it's now the right size.
So, only 44 more strips to rip out and replace. Yeah, well, I should have stopped sooner, shouldn't I?
At least we have plenty of kona - to shrink.
Aaaaahhhhh - Doesn't this look better?
How did this happen? I sprayed a long strip until it gurgled, and then lightly bounced the iron along the strip creating a good head of shrinking steam. Then I pressed the full width strip and cut strips to a slightly longer measurement. Then, repeated the spraying and pressing on each short strip, and finally cut to needed measurement. When sewn to the block, it's now the right size.
So, only 44 more strips to rip out and replace. Yeah, well, I should have stopped sooner, shouldn't I?
At least we have plenty of kona - to shrink.
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