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05-15-2011, 01:31 PM
#91
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Originally Posted by sandpat
Well jacquie, just do 1 at a time and only worry about that one...thats my game plan!
and Patti?
I cannot be held responsible for whatever those gypsy cousins might um, walk off with!
I mean if they 'gift' me sometime in the future, how do I know where it came from??? :lol: :lol: :lol:
05-15-2011, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JudyG
Thanks for the compliments, Lynnie. My blocks are 10". There's no way I would have even tried the 7" so I am in awe of those of you who are doing such a great job on them. All your blocks I have seen are beautiful. Even with the 10" blocks, the secret to those scrolls (IMHO) is very small stitches around the head of the scroll. I also read somewhere that when doing something that's curved on both sides (like the tails of the scrolls), you should do the smaller part first, so I try to do that by starting the scrolls just before the head, working the smaller part of the tail and then up the back side of the tail to where I started. It helped a lot when I started doing them that way.
and then you go down to the point, and back up to the head and voila! have I got it right?
(I'm devouring every little bit of advice I can gather to help me! I need it! thanks, dearheart!) :thumbup:
05-15-2011, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by JudyG
Thanks for the compliments, Lynnie. My blocks are 10". There's no way I would have even tried the 7" so I am in awe of those of you who are doing such a great job on them. All your blocks I have seen are beautiful. Even with the 10" blocks, the secret to those scrolls (IMHO) is very small stitches around the head of the scroll. I also read somewhere that when doing something that's curved on both sides (like the tails of the scrolls), you should do the smaller part first, so I try to do that by starting the scrolls just before the head, working the smaller part of the tail and then up the back side of the tail to where I started. It helped a lot when I started doing them that way.
and then you go down to the point, and back up to the head and voila! have I got it right?
(I'm devouring every little bit of advice I can gather to help me! I need it! thanks, dearheart!) :thumbup:
05-15-2011, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by JudyG
Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by JudyG
Thanks for the compliments, Lynnie. My blocks are 10". There's no way I would have even tried the 7" so I am in awe of those of you who are doing such a great job on them. All your blocks I have seen are beautiful. Even with the 10" blocks, the secret to those scrolls (IMHO) is very small stitches around the head of the scroll. I also read somewhere that when doing something that's curved on both sides (like the tails of the scrolls), you should do the smaller part first, so I try to do that by starting the scrolls just before the head, working the smaller part of the tail and then up the back side of the tail to where I started. It helped a lot when I started doing them that way.
and then you go down to the point, and back up to the head and voila! have I got it right?
(I'm devouring every little bit of advice I can gather to help me! I need it! thanks, dearheart!) :thumbup:
am I going clockwise around the head?
or counterclockwise around the head and then down to point/tail?
(you can tell, if I don't SEE it...i can't understand it! glad you guys are so patient ;-) )
05-15-2011, 03:22 PM
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I am getting ready to fight the scrolls as well- ikes - wish me luck! But first I have to remark my background square as I forgot to reverse when marking my pieces so everything is mirror image. It wouldn't matter except that I have already cut all the pieces - so I will have a block 20 that is the reverse of everyone elses. I had a feeling this would happen to me eventually but I can't believe I did this on the very first block that I've done that isn't a reversable. Hope all that made sense! Oh well back to marking-lol!
05-15-2011, 04:40 PM
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Oh darn it Chris...I bet I've either already screwed that up or will in the future. Thanks for mentioning it again...geesh!!!
And Mistress Mouse....I'm sayin' that...them cousins of yourn may NOT make it back anywhere if they show up here...I DO have 10 cats!!
And Mistress Mouse....I'm sayin' that...them cousins of yourn may NOT make it back anywhere if they show up here...I DO have 10 cats!!
05-15-2011, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by JudyG
Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by JudyG
Thanks for the compliments, Lynnie. My blocks are 10". There's no way I would have even tried the 7" so I am in awe of those of you who are doing such a great job on them. All your blocks I have seen are beautiful. Even with the 10" blocks, the secret to those scrolls (IMHO) is very small stitches around the head of the scroll. I also read somewhere that when doing something that's curved on both sides (like the tails of the scrolls), you should do the smaller part first, so I try to do that by starting the scrolls just before the head, working the smaller part of the tail and then up the back side of the tail to where I started. It helped a lot when I started doing them that way.
and then you go down to the point, and back up to the head and voila! have I got it right?
(I'm devouring every little bit of advice I can gather to help me! I need it! thanks, dearheart!) :thumbup:
am I going clockwise around the head?
or counterclockwise around the head and then down to point/tail?
(you can tell, if I don't SEE it...i can't understand it! glad you guys are so patient ;-) )
05-16-2011, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by sandpat
Oh darn it Chris...I bet I've either already screwed that up or will in the future. Thanks for mentioning it again...geesh!!!
And Mistress Mouse....I'm sayin' that...them cousins of yourn may NOT make it back anywhere if they show up here...I DO have 10 cats!!
And Mistress Mouse....I'm sayin' that...them cousins of yourn may NOT make it back anywhere if they show up here...I DO have 10 cats!!
not skunk proof though...seen any more lately?
oh gee, don't let any skunks stink up my, um, your quilt, Patti! :thumbdown:
05-16-2011, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by JudyG
Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by JudyG
Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by JudyG
Thanks for the compliments, Lynnie. My blocks are 10". There's no way I would have even tried the 7" so I am in awe of those of you who are doing such a great job on them. All your blocks I have seen are beautiful. Even with the 10" blocks, the secret to those scrolls (IMHO) is very small stitches around the head of the scroll. I also read somewhere that when doing something that's curved on both sides (like the tails of the scrolls), you should do the smaller part first, so I try to do that by starting the scrolls just before the head, working the smaller part of the tail and then up the back side of the tail to where I started. It helped a lot when I started doing them that way.
and then you go down to the point, and back up to the head and voila! have I got it right?
(I'm devouring every little bit of advice I can gather to help me! I need it! thanks, dearheart!) :thumbup:
am I going clockwise around the head?
or counterclockwise around the head and then down to point/tail?
(you can tell, if I don't SEE it...i can't understand it! glad you guys are so patient ;-) )
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