Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Latest Forum Posts
Collapse
-
Elizabeth A has offered to sell you hers. Provide a way she can contact you so you can “seal the deal”.
-
Your frustration is understandable. The “powers that be” are very much aware of the issue and continue to work with...
-
Some many weeks ago I submitted a comment regarding the non-availability of photos appearing on members' various posts....
-
Will there be a coloring sheet?
I hope to tweak the colors a bit,
thank you!! -
I am willing to sell. Are you still interested. Liz Anderson
-
In Month 2 Documents and Patterns
-
I need to make a few more fans for the last border and I can’t find the paper piecing pattern I used before. Where is...
-
Sure, just keep adding additional borders until you have the size you want.
-
The videos are my monthly Facebook LIVE presentations. Find them here:
https://thequiltshow.com/learn/cate... -
As I don’t need another wall quilt….. thinking about changing the the configuration and making it for a bed....
-
Did you have an offer. I’m in Kentucky I’ll sell the templates and the plastics for the appliqués
-
Have purchased my kit. 2025. When will pattern start...
-
When will the cut!!ting instructions be available for the BOM 2025? Excited to get started!! Thanks!
-
I can't find the video's either.
-
Linda, I always make a sample block before I start cutting a lot of fabric for a lot of blocks
that are the same.... -
I like math enough that I have everything figured out for my squares to make bias binding so that everything fits with no...
-
I sold mine. I’ll bet someone here would be interested in selling theirs. Hopefully, they will post here so you can c...
-
HI, I’m new and just starting the Pick a Petal Quilt. I have watched most of the monthly videos and can’t wait to start....
- Loading...
- No more items.
Trending Forum Posts
Collapse
-
Home from the Maine Quilts show where my Color my World quilt, rename ‘Home,’ received 3 ribbons. I’m overwhelmed...
-
Well, here it is, the end of 2022, and I finally have finished my 2021 BOM quilt! I apologize that the photo is not centered....
-
Hi There,
I hope you can help me. I know I'm very late in getting to this point but life is finally allowing... -
I'm quite behind on my BOM, but now have all the tall buildings of the outer ring done. I would like to add some house...
-
Hi all.. I am behind in my Color My World and just starting the skyscrapers... Does anyone have the finished size (with...
-
My quilt is finish
-
For anyone paper piecing, is your quarter inch a tiny bit larger? When I’m trimming up the finished building, I line...
-
I decided early to do paper piecing instead of the wax…I’m more comfortable . However, I have a few questions…anyone...
-
Will we have access to the Color My World videos after December 31st? I can't seem to find info on this.
-
I am BRAND NEW to the Quilt Show and fell in love with this pattern. I downloaded all of the instructions. My concern is......
-
I'm a new-ish star member and would like to download the "Color My World" pattern...but I can't find where to...
-
See how I quilted Color My World and the added surprise quilting in Wendy’s border:
https://bbquiltmaker.b... -
Hello - I know someone has solved this problem...I seem to remember a question arising when we put the inner circle together...
-
Cap'n John showed me a new feature--you can see all the photos posted on any particular topic--at once.
Open... -
I know Barbara has reminded us to download all files prior to the end of the year. I finished my downloads today and decided...
-
Please use this topic to share your FINISHED top or quilt here. This will make it easy to see all the great quilts everyone...
-
Sunday Sew and Sews met today. Pam R. came up with a brilliant way to make One World—she used striped fabric!...
- Loading...
- No more items.
Marking "wrong size" blocks
Collapse
X
-
-
-
-
Filter
-
Administrative
new posts
-
Marking "wrong size" blocks
Hi all, even though I measured, cut, sewed and pressed as well as I could, my pinwheels were still a bit off, by 1/16 inch here or there. The centers matched, and before measuring, I thought they looked pretty good. After getting out the ruler and looking hard, I realized that I would need to mark where they were a little bit short...... so, after thinking for a minute, I found some return address labels on a sheet. They are about 1/2 inch by 1-1/2 inches. After measuring a block, I wrote a little note on a label and stuck it lightly on the block. I've sewed together the row of 10 blocks so far, using my new smaller seam allowance, and the border after pressing measures 40-1/2 inches plus about 1/8 inch.
The labels stick well enough to stay on through a little handling. I'll have them off in a day or so, not long enough for the adhesive to stay on the fabric of the blocks. I thought this was a pretty neat way to mark the blocks, plus it uses up some of those labels that aren't needed so much, now that I pay bills on line
Happy sewing, KathyTags: None
- IP
-
Originally posted by MargoKathy, your 1/16"-1/8" difference makes it darn near perfect in my book! We are dealing with fabric here! It stretches and it can be eased if necessary. GOOD JOB!!
Thanks for your info Kathy! We'll strive to be more like you.
denise
- IP
Comment
-
I work with a small group of 5 other quilters. We decided to make a quilt that was geometrical and needed very accurate piecing. We all went away to cut and sew our blocks. Despite our very best efforts none of them matched, we put this down to individual machines having slightly different settings, couldn't possibly be anything to do with our cutting and measuring! Reading all the e-mails here it's nice to know that this is an international problem with so many of us not quite getting the finished blocks the right size. But hey there are no 1/4" seam police here in England so we find a way round it and make it fit. If everything turned out perfect each time there would be nothing else to learn and where would be the fun in that. Carry on ladies (& gents) everyone is individual and so is every quilt, whatever the size.
- IP
Comment
-
Originally posted by MargoKathy, your 1/16"-1/8" difference makes it darn near perfect in my book! We are dealing with fabric here! It stretches and it can be eased if necessary. GOOD JOB!!
The label thing is just a suggestion for anyone who is frustrated trying to keep track of all those blocks.
No quilt police allowed in my house!
Kathy
- IP
Comment
-
This reminded me of when I asked DH to cut some templates for a friend's church project. DH asked what size and I told him, 2" by 5". He asked if it was okay if they were 100th of an inch or so off because he couldn't cut them exactly 2 by 5! 100th of an inch off, give me a break!
I thought you might enjoy this chuckle!
JoAnne
- IP
Comment
-
Originally posted by RorimerThis reminded me of when I asked DH to cut some templates for a friend's church project. DH asked what size and I told him, 2" by 5". He asked if it was okay if they were 100th of an inch or so off because he couldn't cut them exactly 2 by 5! 100th of an inch off, give me a break!
I thought you might enjoy this chuckle!
JoAnne
Living in the beautiful Carson Valley of Western Nevada
- IP
Comment
-
Karen, how on earth did guess about him being an engineer?! Seems like they're all the same! He's retired now and making "perfect" shaker nesting boxes and furniture. I am not kidding, they are perfect to within a hundredth of an inch!
Those templates I asked him to make were to be used for cutting the ribbing for babies' nightgowns. You know just how accurately those have to be cut!
To quote the teacher whose class I attend weekly, "There's perfect and there's done!" DH likes perfect and I like done. It's worked for us for almost 36 years. "Loosey goosey" that's what I am! I love it!
If you don't know what Shaker boxes are, you can look here:
http://www.shakerworkshops.com/catal...FSEgDQodWyxRKA
I'm trying to get him to make me the wooden part of a Shaker pin cushion, I told him I'd make the pin cushion part.
JoAnne
Living in the beautiful Carson Valley of Western Nevada
- IP
Comment
-
Ladies I also have an engineer for a husband and when he is working in metal he works to a THOU(sandth) of an inch!!! He has also boasted about filing metal to half a thou 8) Could be a bit tricky to try that with fabric though :lol:
I don't let him anywhere near my sewing projects :wink: , because we are just sooo not on the same wavelength when talking about fabric, and we need to try and preserve some sanity :lol: :lol:
Rosemary
Living in the beautiful Carson Valley of Western Nevada
- IP
Comment
-
Originally posted by RorimerThis reminded me of when I asked DH to cut some templates for a friend's church project. DH asked what size and I told him, 2" by 5". He asked if it was okay if they were 100th of an inch or so off because he couldn't cut them exactly 2 by 5! 100th of an inch off, give me a break!
JoAnne
Anne in Vancouver, Canada
in Vancouver, Canada
- IP
Comment
-
Dear Anne,
My DH bought me my own caliper. It was very inexpensive (about 20 USD). I think he was tired of my borrowing his. It will measure to .0005". I don't use it when cutting or piecing but I do use it when troubleshooting accuracy problems. My first Sawtooth star wasn't lining up on the edges and I wanted to know why. Turns out I had mis-cut some of the background corner squares by 1/16" (O.625") and that rolled up to an 1/8" off for the block, which would have been 2.25" short on each side. Of course I can compensate for that but I can fix the rest of them instead. The caliper is very handy for sorting pins when someone (*#@*) gets them mixed up too. I also pull it out for verifying templates and accuracy of 1/4" seam allowances.
Here is the link to the one DH bought for me if you are interested.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=47257
Diana
PS I don't think everyone should approach it this way. I have a close friend that has seams 1/4" or more off but with incredible design work. We just joke that she needs another class in remedial pinning. :lol:
- IP
Comment
-
Diana, you are so smart to figure out WHY your blocks weren't measuring correctly!! It's lots easier to do that with the first blocks so you don't have to go back and correct or compensate for little errors that grow exponentially bigger!
MEASURE, CUT, STITCH AND PRESS ACCURATELY!!
With that said, I also believe that everyone has their own level of perfection that they are willing to live with.
But those calipers scare me!!!! :shock:
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !
- IP
Comment
-
Elizabeth A has offered to sell you hers. Provide a way she can contact you so you can “seal the deal”.
-
Your frustration is understandable. The “powers that be” are very much aware of the issue and continue to work with...
-
Some many weeks ago I submitted a comment regarding the non-availability of photos appearing on members' various posts....
-
Will there be a coloring sheet?
I hope to tweak the colors a bit,
thank you!! -
I am willing to sell. Are you still interested. Liz Anderson
-
In Month 2 Documents and Patterns
-
I need to make a few more fans for the last border and I can’t find the paper piecing pattern I used before. Where is...
-
Sure, just keep adding additional borders until you have the size you want.
-
The videos are my monthly Facebook LIVE presentations. Find them here:
https://thequiltshow.com/learn/cate... -
As I don’t need another wall quilt….. thinking about changing the the configuration and making it for a bed....
-
Did you have an offer. I’m in Kentucky I’ll sell the templates and the plastics for the appliqués
-
Have purchased my kit. 2025. When will pattern start...
-
When will the cut!!ting instructions be available for the BOM 2025? Excited to get started!! Thanks!
- Loading...
- No more items.
What's Going On
Collapse
There are currently 1930 users online. 120 members and 1810 guests.
Most users ever online was 20,162 at 03:06 PM on 02-20-2024.
Forum Stats
Collapse
Topics: 8,258
Posts: 155,289
Members: 26351
Active Members: 1,574
Welcome to our newest member, [email protected].
Latest Topics
Collapse
Trending
Collapse
There are no results that meet this criteria.
Working...
X
Comment