Cre8tvlwyr

I'm gonna try to work on BR10 scheduled for this coming week as well. For those of you wanting to start this one, I dont believe it needs to be reversed - no mirror image necessary unless it bothers you to have that tiny top seam going a different direction from Jane. The top fabrics are still the same. I will put some 'y-seams' in mine. thatquilt cut the center diamonds in half to be able to paper piece the entire triangle. I think Jane used only one piece of background fabric to border each side of those middle print diamonds... the "L" and "backwards L" shapes. I attached a picture of my paper-piece pattern. [We'll see how it works!]
Gus
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GV09

Hello everyone!
Great and beautiful all blocks! Congrats!
Gus ... in 13 Months of Jane - with Aunt Reen blog there is a great tutorial for BR-10, this is the link: http://auntreensquilts.blogspot.com....gle-block.htmlLuck with him!
Have all a beautiful Sunday and best week!
A big hug!

jacquie

wow, yes Gladys, i just looked at that tutorial for BR-10 and it looks a lot better that way!! thank you!!
these websites are 'worth their weight in gold'!!
xxx

DottyD

Wow Gladys - your MUF's are wonderful ! You have been busy and I can see why your DJ has been left for a while !! Great to see you back and also to see everyone's blocks.
Have a lovely Sunday !

Cre8tvlwyr

Gladys - I had looked at both tutorials for BR10 and they are similar. The thing that I didnt like was the fact they both cut the diamonds in half resulting in an extra seam which breaks up that piece of fabric. If it doesn't bother the person making it - it certainly is simpler! But I wanted to keep the diamonds intact.

I did the paper-piecing parts for BR 9 & 10 but still need to sew them together.... maybe I will take pictures of my 'progress' in a couple of minutes.

I finished H2 [wk of Nov 25] and J1 [wk of March 10] this morning:
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I noticed - still need to wet the marking pen off H2 triangles so I dont press it in!

J1 is straight applique - easier when you trim down a bit smaller than a 1/4" seam allowance... think I use between 1/8 and 3/16"

H2 - I paper pieced the three rows of triangles and sewed them together. I trimmed the triangle center such that I had an exact 1/4" seam allowance around all sides. Then I cut the border pieces leaving close to 1/2" on the outside edge, but making sure that the inner seam allowance was exactly 1/4". I carefully sewed each inner border to the proper sides of the center piece - starting and stopping exactly 1/4" from the ends. I sewed the diagonals by hand -
TIP - when you have a mitered border around a small block [any size actually] - best approach is to press - not iron - the square down. smooth the corners and finger press the true diagonal/miter corner in. Hand stitch [applique] the corners without the triangles. Mark the other mitered corners for triangle placement and cut your triangles. Start by hand stitching from the outer corner of the block to the marking of the top of the triangle, finger press in that top point of your applique piece, pick it up with your needle and tack that baby down put a pin at the next corner as you go down that side, make the next point and continue around.
I thought it was a fun block - and since I had ordered the similar fabric from Brenda, I really liked the way it turned out. [Like the paddle block too Cindy!]
happy Sunday sewing!!
Gus

Cre8tvlwyr

So....shortly after I posted the last post I went back to take a picture of BR10 paper pieced:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]397569[/ATTACH]you can see the 'diamonds' are one piece and I do have two "Y-seams" as a result. This was the stage at 10:44am... it is now 12:03 [took me about 12 min to take pictures and upload them and I had to help my DD with something for a few min] It took about 30 min to trace paper pieces, cut fabric and sew last night to get it to this stage.... Now I'm done! If you cut [more critical than the other steps I always think] carefully - the Y-seam can be done by machine and is not hard. I started with the top two sections and placed a pin exactly where the seams should connect. First pin goes straight into the intersection, jiggle it a little, hold tight and put another pin in the seamline itself until you sew it. [I usually leave the straight standing pin in til last minute as well]
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I added the third piece down the same way. Next for a piece which has a "Y" ....start at the point 1/4" from the corner of the Y....once again be sure you line your seams. Sew to the end, clip your corner and then sew the small side of the Y [use a wider stitch if you are unsure of yourself and open it after you sew to make sure it lies flat. if not, readjust and do it over. If its good to go - sew over it once more.][ATTACH=CONFIG]397573[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]397574[/ATTACH]

cant find my triangle ruler, so it's not trimmed. But it lies flat and its done!!
Gus

GV09

Hi, Jacquie!
Yes, it's a great blog! Your Tutorial are so clear to me too!
A big hug!

GV09

Hello DottyD!
Thank you very much! I'm so very glad today! It's my birthday - number 48 - and I've only celebrated since I woke up! I love birthday! Hahaha!Yes, I am getting this old work to practice what they could not do: quilting!
It was a way to go before finishing blocks DJ.
I hope to return soon after our family vacation!
A big hug to you!

GV09

Gus ... It's wonderful! I like so much! Thanks for the photos!
And H2 y J1 are so beautiful! Congrats!
A big hug!

Cre8tvlwyr

So I looked online for a happy birthday message in Spanish and found this: it's not in Spanish however it is funny so enjoy! oh dear the link is long and dont know if it works???
Gus
http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/...1ahbbjh0&&tt=b