Jacqueline de Jonge's colourful quilt

[Rita C.]

I wonder if your seam allowance was a little too big Jan? Even being out a thread or two could make the difference. Just a thought.

[Nancy R.]

I didn't have to redraft the ring, but this is what I would do. I would use a compass to draw a circle on a piece of paper that is the size of the finished edge of your inner circle. This will be the inner seam line. I would then decide whether I wanted to make the ring thicker or whether I wanted to redraft the corner squares, too. If you don't want to redraft the corners, then I would draw another circle with my compass, using the same center point as the first circle, but making it the size of the circle in the pattern. This would be the other seam line. Then you could use Jackqueline's method of tracing the pattern on freezer paper, cutting on the seam lines, pressing on the fabric. Then, you can use your sewing machine to sew a 1/4" away from the seam line and cut the fabric on the sewn line, ready for sewing to your inner circle.

If you want to retain the thickness of the ring, then you would draw the second circle the correct distance (1/2"? I'm not looking at the pattern...) from the inner circle and do the same as above. This would probably look better in the end since this ring matches one of the borders. But then you would have to redraft the corners, too. For those, I would stick with the size of the square from the original pattern. To draft that pattern, I would draw a square on paper that is the finished size of one of the corner squares (so you'll end up making 4 of these). Then use my compass to draw a quarter circle centered on one of the corners of the square and the same radius as the outer circle of the ring. This is your sewing line. You can then, again, use freezer paper to put the pattern on your fabric and use your sewing machine to measure the 1/4" seam allowance. I would use my ruler to measure the seam allowance on all of the straight sides of the square before cutting out the freezer paper, but make sure to use the corner point of the square BEFORE adding the seam allowance for drawing the quarter circle.

Does that make sense? There might be easier ways, but that's how I would approach it.

[Janet K.]

Rita, I think I did make the seams just a hair too big.

Nancy, I was downstairs in my sewing room with my engineer husband, and we think we have a solution. Did use a compass.

I am still working on the BOM, but can't wait t get back to this project.

Thanks

[Janet K.]

I wonder how many had the problem of being 1/4" off. It sounds like it is a common problem. It would have been nice if the pattern included dimension for finished units.

[Janet K.]

I didn't have a problem. It fit fine.

[Susan B.]

Disclaimer: I didn't make this quilt. However, If I had a block that 1/4" off with a lot of seams. I'd block it out with a lot of pins, spray starch it and stretch it. Sharon Schamber has a Youtube video on this process.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-3RIWhBvcA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6aplw_tVZc

[Susan B.]

Sorry to have been off line . Nancy answered your question with the process I used. My outer ring is slightly larger than the matching borders because I didn't want to redraft the square or the geese. I'm not sure it could have been blocked out evenly. I can't wait to see more completed projects.

[Susan B.]

A quick question for those who have quilted their tops. What kind of thread did you use, both top and bottom? Did you stitch in the ditch? Thanks for your advice. Rochelle

[Nancy R.]

I haven't quilted mine yet, Rochelle, but I have some plans. I'll do SID using invisible thread on top and probably Bottom Line or So Fine in the bobbin. The rest of the quilting will probably be done with Glide in the top and bobbin in the flying geese, compass points and narrow borders where I want the quilting to show. The background will probably be quilted with So Fine. These plans could change a bit as I start looking at thread colors.

[Nancy R.]

I posted a picture of the first star inside the spike circle. I am still wondering if when she sewed the conecting seam a second time - was it on the inside or outside of her original first seam? In the video it looked like she sort of rounded the second seam in either way as she saw fit
I agree with previous comments that the written instructions are not that clear and would like to know if she uses smaller stitches for the paper piecing parts.
Next weekend I'll tackle that outer circle and hope I'll not be off by 1/4 inch.
Cheers
Jeanine

[Nancy R.]

A good question about where the stitching on the 2nd round was. I did it inside the first stitching which may have caused my circle to end up that 1/4" smaller and caused may problems. Hmmm. I could not have completed this project based on the written instructions alone. having said that, I learned a lot. Doing something with a circle was on my list for this year...I certainly waited long enough!!! Let us know your progress.

[Nancy R.]

Mine turned out fine. I did the 1/4 in. The second time you do it just evens out if you missed it the first time. Makes it smoother.

[Nancy R.]

I did my second stitching directly on top of the first stitching and everything turned out perfectly.

[Nancy R.]

Mine sizing was off, but I only sewed once. Where are we supposed to post pix?

[Nancy R.]

I posted mine in the show and tell section where it says upload picture. The few instructions are fairly straightforward. Good luck.