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How to Use Two Different Background Fabrics
I have been asked how much background yardage is needed if you want to use two DIFFERENT background fabrics. While this wouldn't have occurred to me, it would work well, especially if you are working from your stash and don't have a large amount of one fabric.
If using two different fabrics for background, here is the yardage:
Inner section--up to outer road 1.5-2 yards, 1.5 yards is minimum
Outer section--large section beyond outer road and borders 2.75- 3 yards
Because someone will ask: if you want the Mariner's compass background different, plan on 1/3 yard for that. Then you need a minimum of 1 1/4 yard for the Small Houses inner circle. This is if you want to use 3 different background fabrics.
Yes, that is more than the 4.25 yards if using only one background--I don't want you to run out and small leftover pieces from the Inner section are used in the Outer section--that won't happen if these are two different fabrics.
I was also asked about Peppered Cottons--a different brand of shot cottons:
Peppered Cottons are shot cottons and they are great--I love them, use them frequently and they will work beautifully in this project. Different manufacturer but similar fabric. Oakshott Cottons is another brand, also the same, woven from two different color threads. Gather a wide variety of colors of solids so you can build interesting houses.
And I was asked if the Bias had to be Black:
The black bias is used for tree trunks and making the Eiffel Tower and Centrepoint Tower. The trees are not real curvy so you can most likely use straight grain--your trees will just be a bit more straight. And you can make your own bias, if you like. Plan on 15-16 yards of 1/4" bias--I like it double folded so there is no raw edges. The prepared bias you can buy has a narrow strip of fusible already in place on the back. making it very easy to use.
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The pattern calls for 1/3 yard of many of the fabrics. Each piece can fit about 5 sheets of freezer paper going across it. Will all of the colors be more than once for the buildings. A fat quarter can hold 2 pieces of freezer paper. Do the houses use more than one piece of freezer paper each?
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Originally posted by "cmannconso" post=151710The pattern calls for 1/3 yard of many of the fabrics. Each piece can fit about 5 sheets of freezer paper going across it. Will all of the colors be more than once for the buildings. A fat quarter can hold 2 pieces of freezer paper. Do the houses use more than one piece of freezer paper each?
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Yes, the fabrics are used over and over among the many buildings. Each quilter will decide what fabrics to use in each building so each quilt is unique.
Here is a detail shot of my quilt.
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The houses are built individually from many small pieces of fabric==the pattern gives cutting instructions for each piece of fabric and where it goes in the building.
The Show that airs January 1, 2021 will show all this in great detail so I won't answer more specific questions yet on the process. The Show is clear and I will have a blog post January 1,2021, and Wendy has excellent written instructions in the Month 1 pattern that also comes out January 1.
In another Topic here I gave links to two of my blog posts I did this past summer for the Mariner's Compass block--but I DID NOT REVEAL then it was the center of Color My World. Those posts show how this process works also.
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Originally posted by "suelynn" post=151939If you wanted to use starry night sky or nebula fabrics for the background, You could use a gold or yellow for the Eiffel Tower. I have seen a photo of it taken at night and it is lighted up in gold/yellow lights.
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"I am a part of all that I have met" A. Lord Tennyson
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I was thinking about using a scrappy variety of backgrounds....mainly of med to dark greys. Would this work or should I use just 1 grey for each section. Ie: 1 grey for the star background and another for the small house section and so on. All of the fabric read as a solid from the distance.
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Yea, that will work fine. The 60 wt has a cotton wrap around the polyester core so it is slightly thicker than the 80 wt....
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I ordered the 60 wt thread however the 80 wt is not available. Would it be ok to use the 60 wt in the bobbin. I am on the...
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Here is information on how to post photos on the Forum. If you have trouble it is usually because the images are too large....
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Please use this TOPIC to share your progress with Laurel Ridge.
There is a STICKY TOPIC that explains how to... -
Please use this TOPIC to ask questions about Month 1. Month 1 will be released December 29 when the show featuring Lynn...
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Very good info. i just watched a video for this and will buy a Wing Clipper 2 tomorrow to test. Looks like it works in a...
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Flying geese ruler - Deb Tucker’s Wing Clipper II ruler has 1 1/4” X 2 1/2” size neede for BOM.
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Yes, the top side you will be able to trim with that ruler. The other 3 sides you will use a square. I will demo on the...
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Good morning from Montana Barbara, I have the flying geese 1 1/2 x 3. Do you think I would be able to trim from that to...
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A great way to start this upcoming new year and new quilt project is to start a small group to meet regularly, in person...
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It is an EQ project file so only those with Electric Quilt software could open it. I don’t have the file, just the image....
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Hi -- is there any way to upload the entire quilt diagram to EQ8 for coloring? This would sure be helpful!
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