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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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Bammer, love your block. It appears you kept the paper on since you haven't trimmed yet. The Mariner's Compass is pieced into the Inner Road, Month 5. You can wait to trim until them, if you choose.
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Here's my Mariners Compass. The circumference only measures between 14-1/4" - to - 14-3/8", just a tad short of 14.5". I hope that I can make it work, perhaps by "widening my road" or using a 1/8" seam between Mariners Compass and road. If not, I may be forced to design my own center for this quilt, since I do not think a redo will make any difference. I worked on it as carefully as I could
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Nita, if the pattern was accurate--and you can tell by measuring piece F--it should measure 7" finished on the long edge--the problem came when sewing the wedges to each other. Each pair of wedges becomes a quarter circle.
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I just measured piece F on my pattern, exactly 7".
And I did join each pair of wedges to create a quarter circle, then joined the 4 circles to create the whole circle.
Which must mean that the problem came when sewing I sewed the wedges together ... Which, as I mentioned, I did as carefully as I possibly could. In fact, it took me 3 afternoons to complete the Mariner Compass, since I took my time rather than rush through it. Yes, I am discouraged. But if I need to redesign the center on my quilt, i will
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Originally posted by "Bammer" post=154352I finished but am hesitant to trim outer edges from past piecing experiences.
Any disadvantages to waiting to trim until I see if this is pieced in or appliquéd over?
And I went a bit darker on blues since my background is colorless
center it on the compass you should be able to see thru it. By not trimming the outside edge you have given yourself wiggle room and you will have a full 1/4 inch seam allowance on the outside of the circle. A lot of other people are going to find they come up a little short.
Jacqueline De Jonge, always has you leave the curve section long until you put the circle together, she is the queen of freezer paper paper piecing circles. Look her
up if you have not seen her work. HelenW
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Originally posted by "NitafromNY" post=154354Here's my Mariners Compass. The circumference only measures between 14-1/4" - to - 14-3/8", just a tad short of 14.5". I hope that I can make it work, perhaps by "widening my road" or using a 1/8" seam between Mariners Compass and road. If not, I may be forced to design my own center for this quilt, since I do not think a redo will make any difference. I worked on it as carefully as I could
compass. If you plan do that, maybe you could draw the stitching line on the wrong side of the compass with a frixion pen. That way you are not guessing if you have the correct
distance. Make a 14 inch diameter circle on tracing paper. Cut it out. Scotch tape it, centered on the back of the compass. Trace the edge onto the compass fabric. Then when
you make your road circle, trace the stitching line 1/4 inch and align the two stitching lines to stitch. I have done that on straight pieced blocks when I was 1/8 inch short, but not
on a circle. So I don't know it it would work. There might be other ways too. HelenW
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Thanks, Helen ... good suggestions and I will give them a try.
Actually, I tried re-pressing my compass from the front. This time I pressed the right side and I used steam, pressing firmly. My compass now measures a good 14-3/8" all around, a mere 1/8" short. So I am optimistic that the 1/8" seam (as opposed to 1/4") should work out okay.
And thank you for your complement that my compass "looks great". I humbly agree. Accurate piecing is not necessarily my forte, so I tend to gravitate toward easy piecing or free form, contemporary quilt design. The only reason I was brave enough to tackle this BOM was that it was paper pieced and my past experience with paper piecing (traditional AND freezer paper) has been very satisfying. Not sure what went askew this time and I hope my houses measure properly. I would hate to think that this will wind up in the trash. Been there, done that ...
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Nita, assertive pressing can often find that missing 1/8". Your compass will work just fine and this project won't end up in the trash. I found it took me until the middle was done, through Month 5, to really feel like my quilt was actually going to come out fine. From there, it was fun to build all the remaining buildings in the outer area. Just hang in there.
https://bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com
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"I am a part of all that I have met" A. Lord Tennyson
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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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