MONTH 2: ASK QUESTIONS Here

[Barbara B.]

Please use this TOPIC to ask questions about MONTH 2.

[Terri S.]

Hello Barbara, excellent information in today’s month two Live. Thank you for sharing!
Quick question: When is the vellum to be removed from completed sections?

[Barbara B.]

Great question, Terri. Becky removes the paper AFTER sewing all the center medallion parts together. Her videos for Month 3 will cover that in detail.
I prefer to remove the paper before sewing the sections together. My Month 3 LIVE and BLOG will explain that in detail.
For MONTH 2--the paper STAYS ON until next Month and ONLY THE ANGLED INNER EDGES are trimmed--I sure hope both Becky and I made that clear!

[Susan W.]

Watched Becky's video again and noticed it appears that some of her strips are pieced, not whole pieces of fabric (possibly #5, #6...)
Before I cut my pieces, should I expect to piece strips to fit or is the fabric long/wide enough to cut without piecing?

[Barbara B.]

No. Becky was using her stash and had to make do with a few fabrics. The kits have enough fabric you will not have to piece any to the correct size. Good eye!

[JANET E.]

Just a comment. My printer didn't want to work with one piece of vellum. I put one piece of regular paper with one vellum on top and then it pulled the vellum in just fine.

[Barbara B.]

That works.
Vellum is so thin printers may have trouble pulling just one sheet at a time.

Hi Barbara just checking when I went to print out Block 2 part 4 of 6 the pattern says part 1 of 6 is this correct do we need 2 sets of these. Thanks in advance

[Barbara B.]

I am not sure what you mean. I just checked Month 2, all 6 pattern parts show just the one listed in each file, 1-6.
Are you seeing something else?

And always download the files first, print from the download, don’t print from the View file.

[Carole B.]

Thanks, Barbara, for today’s live show. A few questions that got lost in the technical glitch…(1) A few times you mentioned newsprint. Would this work for February’s blocks? I really did not enjoy working with vellum. (2) Rather than backstitching at start and end, would the tieoff function on my machine work?

FYI for March, I use transparencies all the time with my wool appliqué for placing pieces. You can run them through the printer and it works great. Before I discovered transparencies, I would cut up ziplock bags and draw the pattern with a Sharpie. When I have a larger pattern, I use cellophane (buy on the roll where you find wrapping paper) and use a Sharpie to draw out the pattern. Works great and is inexpensive.

Stay warm this weekend! ~Carole

[Barbara B.]

Newsprint could work for the corners. It is lighter than freezer paper. Try it to see how you like it.

The tie off function on most machines is similar to a backstitch. Try it on a small piece of paper to see if it holds when you tear off the paper.

Thanks for the suggestion about transparencies. Some people may find that easy to find at an office supply store perhaps.

I am eager to see what you do this year.

[Elizabeth A.]

I'm using the fold-back method we learned in Color my World.... I find it successful I do leave my paper attached for now. I like using my 10 foot to slide along the folded edge. Also. I added a center mark to place the hst so it would be center. Having fun!

[Barbara B.]

Excellent. That is a good foot for this method.