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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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Is it just me, or does anyone else have trouble with pre-cuts? On several occasions I have tried layer cakes and they have several squares that are not square. It is very difficult to make them work in a quilt because they are quite distorted. Would appreciate any suggestions. I have also had some problems with other pre-cuts, however, the layer cakes seem to be the worse. I don't think I will buy them again. I thought they would be great time savers but have found them to be more trouble than they are worth.Tags: None
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I bought bali-pop once (2 1/2 strips) - thinking that I would love all the colors - but it turned out that half of the fabric I wouldn't have bought if I had seen the whole picture. I managed to make a nice QUAYGO, but I will not buy them again.
The other thing, I prefer to pre-wash my fabric, so I might as well buy yardage, and rotary cut - but if you own an Accuquilt, you can make strips easily and fast.
Andrée
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I can see the difficulty if you prefer to pre-wash your fabrics. Pre-cuts are great for applique and scrap quilts which utilize lots of pieces. I use them for hexagons, Farmers Wife Blocks and Dear Jane blocks that are under 7 or 8 inches. I have never used them as they are cut and sewn them together without cutting them into smaller shapes or pieces. Since the squares are about the size I need for those projects, I don't need to buy large cuts, and they allow a broader selection of fabrics for the type of quilts that I do. For example, I recently made a Stamp Basket quilt, and I made two 5 inch stamp baskets out of 1 ten inch square. Thus a layer cake with 42 square = 84 blocks.
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I won't even buy FQs any more that are pre-packed since I had a very bad experience with some I bought at a show.
I was going to use these for making scarves for Christmas so only opened the packages recently. The company never even replied to me e-mail when I wrote and complained.
I have also in the past bought pre-cut strips that were so wonky I had to cut them into squares to use them
So in future I stay well away from pre-packaged fabric - this is one experience I have learnt from
Marianne
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I also have had similar problems but have found Moda to be real good and seem to be cut very well and the serated edge helps with no fraying. I have used the squares and mostly the 5inch ones for applique as most times I have only needed small amounts so I find this better cost wise, and you can add the bits oeft over to your stash and use the left overs for other applique projects. But I find that I need to buy the expensive ones like Moda as I said above they are very well cut, the other brand I have bought and fouond great are Edyta Sitars' fabric at Laundry Basket Quilts.
Taree NSW - Australia
My motto in life: live by the three GGG’s - be Grateful, be Gracious, be Gorgeous to yourself
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I too, have never had an issue with Moda precuts, or any factory packaged precuts. However, I have seen inaccuracy in precuts from box stores, shows and quilt shops. where the precuts were cut directly from bolts of yardage. I live on a ranch on the edge of the Texas Wild Horse Desert. There are no quilt shops within 100 miles. I can order a charm pack online without spending a lot of money, and if I love the fabrics, order yardage later. I would love to see more applique backgrounds, and fat eighth bundles available. If you live in a remote area, like me, these precuts are really handy. Love those candies 2.5 inch squares for English paper piecing hexagons.Thank you so much for sharing.
Taree NSW - Australia
My motto in life: live by the three GGG’s - be Grateful, be Gracious, be Gorgeous to yourself
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I do not like pre-cuts. I bought a Bali-pop 2 1/2" strips and there were a lot I couldn't use because they were 2 1/4 in spots. The other thing I do is price out what you are paying per yard - nixs the spending right away. You pay premium for someone else to do the cutting.
Diane in Wyoming
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Originally posted by shoeboxquiltsYou are so right. But, I live many, many miles from a quilt shop. Most online retailers dealing with quality fabrics will not cut less than 1/2 to 1 yard. If you know some please post. Many thanks.
I understand. It is 70 miles to my nearest quilt shop. Most of the quilting I do pre-cuts are not necessary. I do collect a fat quarter here and there when a shop I might visit has them discounted. I like to use Edyta Sitars half square triangle paper on them. But I don't buy collections anymore. Just like fabric they got more and more expensive.
Diane in Wyoming
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No doubt some precuts are better than others. The same goes for kits. Of course, you don't' know how good they are until you buy them! I have more of an issue with the quality of fabric and cuts being ongrain. I learned that if I buy a kit, to make the quilt right away. If for some reason you need more fabric, it usually is still available on a bolt somewhere!
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I noticed today there is only one post. So here is my work. Fun little blocks.
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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Finished quilting yesterday! This was my first time to use spray baste. I sprayed each layer outside and then assembled...
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So Sorry! I accidentally deleted my last post trying to edit and re-add a smaller photo so it would show up, which also...
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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I think because 80% of the pattern was revealed in the first 4 months these last months feel like they are very slow. Agreed...
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Done for now
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Photo is too big. There is a post at the top of the 2024 BOM forum with help for posting photos
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I tried to attach a picture under show your progress and it showed that I attached it but didn’t show up in my post only...
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I finished my top by looking at the photo of the quilt and since there are no quilt police it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t...
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