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Thank you the update worked
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For anyone having trouble printing the 7+ Star block—the file has been updated just now. We ask you to try printing it...
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Yes, the rest are used in future months.
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Are the direction for cutting the sashing right? They say to cut12 @ 1.5 x Wof. It seems you only need 5....
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Had this same issue. I tried a lot of things on my computer. I finally logged into the Quilt Show from my iPhone, found...
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None of us can replicate this problem using Chrome or Firefox and printing from a downloaded file.
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Lots of movement!
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I am having the same issue.
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Pam, I really like how you did your border blocks. It is very effective . . . . I would love you use it on another one...
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I am having the same issue on both edge and chrome. I tried from the downloaded one and view file.
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Yes, you have to seam the border to the correct length. I used a straight seam. Do a Bias seam if you prefer.
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I've now run a test set of blocks, left and right. Here's what I've learned.
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Cutting the brown border…44.5 inches are not possible w/in the selvages. Are people adding. I think I’ll have to …...
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Yes, you can certainly do that. A good idea that would not occur to me. Go for it!
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Barbara, I'm getting ready to sew the border and am reading the end instructions to tear out the paper and press half the...
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It has been added now.
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I just asked that it be added, we missed it in the Patterns section. So sorry!
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where is your list of print fabric for month 7
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In the December instructions, under the Final Border heading, Susan states. Is this because her piecing is so accurate that, by the time she reaches this point, her quilt top is equal on all sides? Although she gives instructions for those who want to measure, it sounds like measuring isn't really necessary. In my case, I think measuring was necessary. Am I missing something?I don’t even bother to measure the lengths of this last border; I just sew 1-3/4 inch wide strips onto each side.
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Nancy, I think that because this final border is fairly narrow (finished size will be 1-1/4") there won't be much distortion if the strips are applied without stretching them. However, like you, I felt better measuring the center of my quilt, cutting the final border to that length and easing the staggered stars border in where necessary. Sounds like you are almost done!!!
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Thanks so much Margo! Your explanation makes sense to me only if the sides are fairly consistent in length before the borders are added. I wish I had gone with my gut and measured, but unfortunately I trusted the instructions and did not. As a result, I have one side that is longer than the opposite side. Hopefully, this won't be too noticible once it is quilted. I considered removing the border, measuring, and sewing it back on easing it on, but I was concerned that there would be too much to ease in and afraid of distorting my quilt top further--I use a fairly short stitch length.
Actually, I finished my top back in December 2009 and it's currently with a longarm quilter friend to be quilted. Since she is super busy this time of the year through the Christmas holidays, I gave her a deadline of March 2011, in time for our guild's biennial Quilt Expo. This quilt will be a keeper, my first one. All of my other quilts were given away.
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
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