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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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Wow, this looks amazing!
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Lovely! And what a terrific back, truly a two-sided quilt.
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Couple of years late, but enjoying this one so far!
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:lol: :lol: :lol: You'll have to explain to me what that really means...Originally posted by PosyP
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Renata and Maryjo, love your little quilts.
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Maryjo and Renata, your little quilts are beautiful and adorable! Great work!
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it means that if something is originally 1' long you make it 1/12th of a foot long ie 1" so a quilt that is 6' x 6' would end up being 6" x 6"Originally posted by Renata:lol: :lol: :lol: You'll have to explain to me what that really means...Originally posted by PosyP
My Caught Red Handed top - the original blocks were 6" x 6", but I scaled them down to 1/6th scale and made the center small ones 1" x 1". If I had scaled them down to 1/12th then the blocks would have finished at 1/2" x 1/2" - does it make sense now?Comment
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Hi Rosemary! I did not come across correctly...ops: I understood the 1/12th scale part. I was just scratching my head about how I could get the 8" block with its nine sub-blocks down to 0.6666667. What is the smallest you've seen someone make a block for a miniature? and was it still machine stitched or hand stitched? By the way, I still love your Caught Red-Handed quilt!
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Okay, I have a dilemma--and I want a brutally honest opinion. I just did the quilting on another AAQI quilt and even though I did a sample to get the tensions right, something awful happened and when I finally turned the piece around to look at the back, it was full of bird nests! :shock: My instinct is that nobody would ever want to purchase a piece full of bird nests on the back, yet I'm afraid of what would happen to the fabric if I ripped all the stitches out, especially since half of it is pebbles. So, rip, don't rip, start over? What would you do? Thanks!
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Brutally honest? Count this as a really good lesson about checking tension as you go, and make another one for AAQI. It's a darling quilt, and it's not like you are loosing enough fabric and time involved in a king size quilt!
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
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That was my instinct too, Margo. :cry: I'd be too embarassed to put it out there but would feel even worse if someone spent good money on such a badly quilted piece. Thanks for validating my gut feeling. I was just hoping there was a way to rip the stitches out and smooth the fabric because that was the last of that particular fabric and I really liked how it turned out otherwise.
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I would bondaweb some fabric over the back to secure the stitches and make a nice firm quilt backing. Then you can still donate it
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I agree with Wendy. Use a fusible web on the back of some pretty fabric. Cover the back side. Iron down well so that it bonds to a lot of the thread work. Square it up and do the binding. Don't sweat it. When the tension is off, only one side looks bad. The fusible will secure the stitches and the piece is saved. That is what I would do. Clara
P.S. Everyone of us has made a blunder from time to time and this one is fixable.
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Funny you should mention that, Wendy. I was just looking at my quilt again. It really is almost impossible to rip the stitches without ruining the quilt totally, but from the front, I am still pretty satisfied with the results. Wasn't familiar with Bondaweb but just looked it up and I would not be adverse to doing that just not to lose the little quilt. I will still try to make another little quilt to redeem myself from bad stitching on the back. After all, practice makes perfect, right? :roll: Thanks for a great idea! After all, no quilt police in my neighborhood--if there were, I'd be in jail! :lol: :lol: :lol: I still take on Margo's comment about it serving as a lesson.
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Nobody said to throw it away!! :lol:
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !Comment
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Bondaweb, Steam a Seam, pretty much the same thing except that Steam a Seam works better. It is a lovely little quilt and if you do decide t throw it away will you fling it in my direction? :mrgreen:Comment
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