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I have had the 1/4 shape cutter for many years and never really used it. When I began Bonnie's MQ - Orca Bay - I decided it would be easy to cut the strips, since I had no scraps. I had a rotary cutter(45mm)that had a shield so that when you cut with it the shield would move up to expose the blade. Bad choice!....... I had so much trouble with the
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@ Spudgrandma - I thought I would use it for piecing as regular thread seems to be too "thick" and causes loss of seam allowance. Someone mentioned Aurifil and I saw SULKY at Jo-Ann's, was on my way out and just grabbed it. It is so thin, I figured my seams would be better. ETA: Why do we earn points? Are they used for anything besides
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Thanks Nana and Spud......
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I recently purchased spool of SULKY 100% rayon. It is 1500 yds big and I paid $10.99. Was that too much, and is rayon okay?
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MN Nancy - what beautiful colors and fabrics! I wish I had them. The block is gorgeous. I'm really envious! lol
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I had the same thing happen to me, Debbie! Just under halfway through a string of HST I ran out of bobbin thread but didn't notice til done!
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Marsha - What is the width of your sashing in the first quilt? I'm making one of my own design and I think my sashing is too wide. My blocks are 9x9 and 9x18. Thought 4 1/2" wide sashing was okay but find them too wide. Any suggestions for width?
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I don't see any paperclips but I do see the female symbol under each of our icons . [quote user="Carol"] [quote user="Cindy"] made all 350 HST blocks too small by 1/2 inch[/quote] How maddening! How did that happen? Sorry, now that you've "practiced" the new ones should turn out great, and quickly, huh? We laugh
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I just got my computer back after 2 weeks without it. Now I've decided to make a quilt for a friend's husband who will be going to a hospice. He has stage 4 prostate cancer. This is the pattern I have devised. The square blocks are 9x9 the double ones are 9x18. I thought the sashing would be 4 1/2 " but when I cut the squares I realized
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[quote user="Carey"] Is so far behind trying to hunt down the fabrics I had put aside for this over gain. I really do want to participate still. However, I have not done anything since step 2 or 3 lol. So maybe I will read the directions and see what I have to do still lots im sure. [/quote] You should actually be able to do step 6. It calls