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Great job, Sally! I know what you mean about being glad a long project is done. It looks great in the guest room.
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Love it in your guest room. You picked a beautiful color palette Sally. HelenW
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Great start to Feb. month 2. Hoping I will have time to do my fan border blocks this month too.
Waiting for Barbara's video and fan info before proceeding with them.
Decided to go with my modified flower block instead of the one we will learn next month. It is fun
to rearrange the blocks to see what combinations looks like. HelenW
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I am so appreciative of your videos and blog, Barbara. So far I have my rows sewn for the uneven 9 patches. Very scrappy. I was pondering the crescents and came up with another method, as I have used the fold over and glue method for appliqué before but was trying to think of something else. I have some Ricky Tim's Stable Stuff Poly Fabric Stabilizer, and thought of the interfacing method. So I traced the template shapes onto one sheet, marked the dots, and copied in my printer, making sure they were accurate. I used 10" fabric squares folded to cut three crescents at a time, leaving the extra on the straight edge. Then I lined up the fabric curve and stabilizer curve, and sewed with a 1/4 seam. When sewn, I could see the dots right at the sewn line. I pinked the curved edge and the stabilizer turned and creased the edge very nicely. I will be machine appliqueing them. I am pleased with my test pieces. I have a lot more to make, but for me this may be a bit easier. I am also thrilled that you showed the paper piecing method for the borders. I will certainly be using that! Thanks.
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MaryJo M. I have a draw full of various stabilizers, I think I have some Ricky Tim Stable Stuff in
it. Your method is brilliant. Probably would have tried it if I wasn't already off in a different direction.
I am thinking of butterflies on my log cabin blocks. Might be able to use that stabilizer for turned edge
on them. Thanks for the great pictures of your method. I love how creative all the TQS quilter are, and how they share their ideas. HelenW
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Lynneanne, I am still on my way to finish Homeward Bound and will be Home in 2 miles (make that 2 borders).
Technically, scrappy quilts don't need a color palette, but if you are like me, I seem to like controlled chaos.
If I had the time and money to do 2 more Pick A Petals, I would do one in Tula Pink rainbow colors. All her
collections work so well together and I love the way she works her way around the color wheel. The other one
be a cross between Kim Diehl fabrics and Kansas Troubles collections. Back on the farm type look. And if I
had still more money and time I would do a Kaffe one with warm and cool colors. Who doesn't love Kaffe fabrics.
Looking forward to a couple pictures when you get going on your Pick A Petal. HelenW
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Maybe a more controlled palette would please you more. More contrast between the fabrics helps, especially the background on Block 1.
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Elizabeth, I know exactly what you are saying. I was feeling the same way and tried auditioning
white and the med. tone colors. Did not like either, then tried with white as an accent and thought
that looks OK. You can audition by just laying the pieces out and not sewing until you get something that looks good next to your center star block. Maybe try warm vs cool colors. I did
mainly cool colors in the 4 corners of the 9 patch, and warm colors for the square shapes.
You could go light in the corners and medium values for the squares and crescents. I took the
colors in my center star to make the crescents for the blocks. Usually, light medium and dark
contrast will work. Maybe lay some light squares of fabric between the blocks you have made like you will be doing for
the petal block to separate what you have. HelenW
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Originally posted by LizAnderson View PostI’m having trouble liking the blocks. I’ve decided to keep going and pin up on the wall. I’m afraid I’m not a scrapy person!
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I am slowly starting on Pick A Petal. I have been fighting a respiratory virus and vertigo that doesn't want to go away. I am a Sue Garman and Judie Rothermel fan. Pick A Petal is way out of my comfort zone! I am going to try Pick A Petal with some Tula Pink and Kaffe fat quarters that I bought for last years TQS BOM but didn't make. I have a stack of whitish low volume prints that are already prewashed. I am going to prewash the Tula's and Kaffe's as well. Because they are fat quarters, I serge the edges first before I wash them, to prevent fraying. It is something I can do sitting down without much vertigo. Then I will sort them in like colors, wash with a little Synthrapol, and dry in a hot dryer to prevent further shrinking. In the meantime, I am enjoying following everyone's posts on the Forum. Keep up the good work!!!
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Originally posted by JudithA View PostI am slowly starting on Pick A Petal. I have been fighting a respiratory virus and vertigo that doesn't want to go away. I am a Sue Garman and Judie Rothermel fan. Pick A Petal is way out of my comfort zone! I am going to try Pick A Petal with some Tula Pink and Kaffe fat quarters that I bought for last years TQS BOM but didn't make. I have a stack of whitish low volume prints that are already prewashed. I am going to prewash the Tula's and Kaffe's as well. Because they are fat quarters, I serge the edges first before I wash them, to prevent fraying. It is something I can do sitting down without much vertigo. Then I will sort them in like colors, wash with a little Synthrapol, and dry in a hot dryer to prevent further shrinking. In the meantime, I am enjoying following everyone's posts on the Forum. Keep up the good work!!!
in the garbage can. I have read on one of posts of Barbara, I think, that you can cut a 45 degree angle on the corners and that
helps. I have found that the only fabrics I need Synthrapol for are the batiks. I have a utility tub by our washing machine, I put
the real hot water in there, add the fabrics, wait about 5 minutes and if the the water starts to change color I add the Synthrapol
and swish it around and wait 15 more minutes and then put it in the washing machine on rinse and spin. I have read that
Synthrapol does not work well in front load washers because it does not soak the fabrics in enough water. The other option
is to just throw in some Color Catchers. Post a picture of your fabrics after you get the sorted and ready to go. I have been
loving your technique for glue turned edges on the plastic templates. Here is a picture of what I have so far. I always like
laying them out in different configurations to see if something looks better than the original plan. HelenW
CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO ENLARGELast edited by Helen W.; 02-10-2024, 08:35 AM.
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These are my 6 blocks needed for this round. I’m not using this block for the other border. The curved edges were turned under using a very thin strip of fusible interfacing then straight stitched with matching thread. Some of my corners aren’t good. I hope they’ll look better when the blocks are sewn together.
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Barbara,
I always appreciate suggestions on quilting--it's the last thing and so often overlooked. Thank you.
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I typically don’t like a ruler that is only for one size BUT BlocLoc Flying Geese rulers are amazing if it is a size you...
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Hi Barbara - I wasn't sure just where to post this. I know that the Bloc Loc ruler in the correct size is sold out on the...
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Oh, thank you very much for your comments as I am going to give it ago, wishing you a Merry Xmas.
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The show will air December 29, 2025 and it is likely the pattern will start that same day.
I am doing a LIVE... -
Helen W, I can explain how I did the edge if you send me your email at [email protected]...
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Great job, Sally! I know what you mean about being glad a long project is done. It looks great in the guest room.
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Love it in your guest room. You picked a beautiful color palette Sally. HelenW
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Thanks for the response. I have never heard of your basting twill technique. Does it have a name
or do you know of... -
Bobbie D. If you go to the top banner and click on LEARN, scroll down to Alex Anderson lessons. Click on that
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Love your flowers! Beautiful!
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