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    MONTH 4 — Ask Questions Here

    Please use this TOPIC to ask questions about Month 4, Checkerboard Blocks.
    Barbara Black
    Huntsville AL
    https://bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com
    "I am a part of all that I have met." A. Lord Tennyson

    #2
    I would also like to say please watch Barbara’s YouTube regarding this month with her tips. I very much appreciated sewing them in pairs and watching closely the size you get with stitching and pressing. Those long strips it is challenging to keep your seams straight and accurate. Check your measurements several spots along the strip and correct if needed.

    I would also suggest starting with row 3 first to get the hang of sewing accurately, than way by the time you get to row 1 you are a pro!

    Barbara’s blog is also great with lots of information!

    I am working on my strip sets…

    Thanks Lynn on the pattern and the great story. Sewing my blocks on my treadle machine.(White Rotary)
    Happy Quilting!
    Linda
    Linda H
    Happy Quilting 

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    • Barbara B. commented
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      Thank you, Linda!

    #3
    I did 2 blocks. So cute!!!!

    One learning suggestion; make sure your seams are going to the right on row 2 before attaching the triangles. I got mine turned around as fabrics are the same on both sides, I was finding my seams were not nesting correctly.

    So glad I did only two blocks.
    I am not sure what fabric I will be using for other side. I am doing a Southwest Theme,
    Linda H
    Happy Quilting 

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      #4
      Can you direct me to Lynn’s video block 4. Thank yoy



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      • Barbara B. commented
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        VIDEOS are the first tab under Month 4. Find all the patterns under LEARN/2025 BOM Laurel Ridge/Month 4

      #5
      This is my second email about purchasing the kit from the quilt show. I've been looking everywhere. Sent an message to IT for he[p so I guess I'm offline or will look for comparable fabrics. It's such a pretty quilt I really would like to do it with the proper fabric.. Also please don't tell me to go to the top of the page. I've been everywhere in the last 3-4 hrs Hazel Fowler
      Last edited by Hazel F.; 03-29-2025, 06:43 AM.

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      • Barbara B. commented
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        The kits have been sold out for quite some time. On the Forum there is a post about a quilt shop that had some of the fabrics for sale online. The Fabric Requirements are listed—Search for them by name to try to find a source for some/all of them.

        Link to post about Spring fabrics:
        https://thequiltshow.com/forum/block...spring-fabrics
        Last edited by Barbara B.; 03-29-2025, 09:04 AM.

      #6
      Good morning Barbara! Unfortunately I did not read your email about the Facebook presentation for block 4 until the evening and I missed it. So 1st question when will the recording be available ? 2nd question when are you doing the live show for block 5 so I won’t miss it. Thank you for your time and I can’t wait to see the recording. Have a wonderful day!
      Lori M

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      • Barbara B. commented
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        You can find it now on YouTube, go to the Quilt Show channel there. Or search my name on YouTube, it shows up there.

        It is also linked on The Quilt Show Facebook page, scroll down to find it. In the next day or two it will also be linked on the Laurel Ridge page on TQS website.
        The next Live is May 2. We hope to have the technical issues resolved so it will be Live.
        Last edited by Barbara B.; 03-29-2025, 09:02 AM.

      • lehab375 commented
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        I had to find it by going to The Quilt Show. It did not show up under Barbara's name and the link in the email went to a message saying that the video was removed.

        Linda

      • Barbara B. commented
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      #7
      Loved your Month 4 presentation on TQS Live you tube. I was as awe struck as you when I had bought a Lynn Wilder pattern
      in Jan called A Ribbon Runs Thru It and she used those actual size piecing diagrams to check your accuracy. Since that time
      I have been doing a work around using line drawing of actual size on vellum (see thru) printed from EQ8 to lay on top of pieced sections and it
      works perfectly. You instantly see any errors in you block construction.
      Like you a have been playing around with using a feathered star in the center as an alternative block. When I saw your
      design wall I was wondering what size is your feathered star? Just looking it seems like it might not be a multiple of 5.
      I do like feathered stars in the middle. HelenW
      HelenW

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      • Barbara B. commented
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        It is a17” Feathered Star, with borders around to fill the space. I used EQ8 for the paper piecing pattern.

      • Gopa R. commented
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        That feathered star is absolutely beautiful just perfect for the centre, wish we could have the pattern

      #8
      I sometimes think my mind just does not work like anyone else's. or maybe it just doesn't work! I printed my instructions in black and white so after cutting and subcutting all the strips I went to the instructions for sewing the sets and the spice berry fabrics look exactly alike in gray scale. So I thought I didn't cut enough blue spicberry strips cuz the pink cutting instructions were on a seperate page! Just a funny story in case anyone else does this. I figured it out though. Before I actually made any strip sets. So it's all good.

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        #9
        Barbara, I was playing with your center block. Tried one with colored border near the feathered star and one with
        a background fabric border near the star, just to compare looks. I was thinking it would look best to me
        if the border was background fabric, but after actually seeing the two I like the colored one best.
        HelenW
        HelenW

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