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That's a solid start — the wool accents against cotton should give it a nice texture contrast. I'm curious how the background...
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Excellent plan. I am working on Month 12 now for both Solid and Print kits—that’s a lot of sewing.
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Finished month 7 and one outer border. I will try to make an outer border each month so as to not be so overwhelmed month...
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Thank-you Barbara! If I could, I would post that little forehead slap emoji! Duh! I feel so silly!
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The longest brown sashing strip is 44.5” so that tells you the size through Month 7.
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Hi Barbara! What should the dimensions be at the end of month 7 with the brown sashing included? I can't seem to find...
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If you study the photo from the kit, two of them are repeated. Choose any fabrics you like to get 12 different tiny triangles,...
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there are only 10 fabrics listed for #3 when I need 12. Print kit your list.
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If you have the PRINT Kit, you should have enough by using different fabrics in the center medallion. The SOLID Kit probably...
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Hello, I have a weird situation, without going into detail, some bleach splatter onto a corner of my medallion. Not a lot,...
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They will be available from Accuquilt. They should be available later this year, closer to the time the Kits are shippe...
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Hello to you all! These questions concerns the ACCUQUILT 2 DIES that are being designed for use on the 2027 BOM. Is there...
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A few years later, I finally finished my “My Flower Garden”. I spent the last 6 months hand quilting it.
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Month 7 finished! Unintended 'design choice' on bottom border - should have read instructions twice then sewn once!
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Here’s my progress so far. I am not 100% pleased with my log cabins, but I don’t think I’ll change them. The fabrics...
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Great job on your appliqué.
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Beautiful !!!
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This looks great! I love what you did with the green fabric. The middle is very colorful and I love the design !
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I'm not sure yet. I don't usually prewash but there is a lot of white in this quilt and I'd hate for the colors to bleed onto it. Guess I can put off the decision for a little while yet - for now I can just enjoy looking at the beautiful fabrics
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Unwashed fabric will look different in a finished quilt if it is laundered when it's finished. It will have a more puckery, drawn look, especially if a cotton batting is used.
If you like that look, you can skip the prewashing, but I never skip the test for color fastness to make sure that nothing is going to bleed when the final quilt is laundered.
I take about a 4" square of the fabric I want to test and just put it into a WHITE bowl (I use a Corelle cereal size bowl) with hot tap water. After about 15 minutes, I check to see if there is any color in the water. It will show up well against the white bowl. If I want to use that fabric, I will wash it with detergent and Synthrapol (to release the excess dye particles) and dry it, then do the same test again. Sometimes one wash will do the trick, sometimes it takes another wash with Retayne (to set the remaining dye particles). After the second wash, if it's still bleeding, I will usually throw it away or use it for a project that is not going to be washed.
Here is a picture from my Webshots album showing what to look for:
http://entertainment.webshots.com/ph...02889971dbuimu
Check out the previous photo on the Webshots Album to see if you can tell which of the fabrics were the bleeders!
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
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For those of you who have the kit, what type of fabric is the white background for the Hugs & Kisses applique quilt ? Is it the tone-on-tone type of fabric which is transparent ? A solid ?
I'm thinking of doing the pattern but switching out the greens for reds. Love the Whisperings line and the contrast in the pattern/kit, but don't usually work with that much green.
Thanks for any info !
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Being brave, :lol: I took a look at the instructions for both BOM.
I THINK the instructions for Stir Crazy are in Hug and Kisses
I hope the right people see this note before it's too close to Jan 1st so they are not scrambling
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I'm not sure what "instructions" you are talking about. None will be posted until January 1. If you think there is an error, please send a message to the "CONTACT" link (drop down from DAILY BLOG) as they don't always moniter the forums.Originally posted by efrank
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Margo,
The fabric requirements are up on the site.
e
from the beautiful Hudson Valley of NY
Gammill Classic Plus w/IQComment
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Yes, fabric requirements, but no instructions yet. Because the fabric requirements for both quilts are on the same page, maybe she thought they were mixed up?
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
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No...I'm not confused (at least not this time)
Under each BOM quilt there is an instructional section where there is a write up for each month advising what we will accomplish.
The write ups are the same for both BOM, even though one is pieced and one is applique. It looks like this is the monthly write up for the Stir Crazy quilt, but the same monthly write up is in the Hugs and Kisses quilt (and I know we will not be tackling a feathered star in the Hug and Kisses quilt)
I sent a note to "Contact Us" as Margo suggested. Hope it will be fixed before the firstComment
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OH! Good catch, efrank! Those instructions are all for the 2009 "Stars for a New Day" quilt that we are just finishing up.
I'm pretty sure that all of that will be changed as soon as they update with the new patterns for 2010 projects: "Star Crazy" and "Hugs & Kisses".
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
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