The Farmer's Wife Quilt-Along Week 14 Photo Page for Blocks 27 & 28

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01-18-2011, 04:28 PM

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Halfsquare

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I think that would really cool. And we could share links to tutorials and stuff like that. Products and stuff. I know there is a special woman at Greenbaum's in Salem, OR who specialized in hand quilting.

01-22-2011, 06:13 PM

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Finally my Block 27 - this one was hard!

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01-22-2011, 06:19 PM

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Quilting Nonnie

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Congratulations! Looks really nice!

01-22-2011, 06:21 PM

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I thought this had more pieces than any so far. I could be wrong. I have now figured out that I need to mirror image the printout of the foundation paper piecing if the block has a direction like this one does. I finally got it right. So I did them out of order but I now have 30 done.

01-22-2011, 07:34 PM

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Very nice!! You sure are working hard. Are you enjoying PP? I haven't tried it yet but it makes for beautiful blocks.

01-22-2011, 10:38 PM

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I like it in some ways and not in others. But when there are tiny hst I just can't see any other way. It sort of seems like cheating (HA) but the triangles and squares are way more similar and come out way better. I have done a couple with the rotary cutting instructions and I like that too for certain blocks. It seems to me that each block has a "best way" to do it. Some using templates, some using rotary cutting and some using PP.

08-19-2011, 09:37 PM

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fryguymoore

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Yep, I cheated, but I go thte idea from these thread. I have had enough of those tiny HST's!!!!

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08-20-2011, 12:08 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by roxannebcb

I have a question. When I paper piece the front side comes out going in the opposite direction. On Block 27 Darting Birds that is not going to work? Did you just have the block face the opposite direction? I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or not? Sheesh. I was doing just fine and - wham! I hit a wall with this one.
roxanne

I kept having that problem until I realized I needed to do the backside of the paper piecing fabric. Are you getting your pp from the FW group on Yahoo?

What I do is set my pp pattern - face up on my printer/copier. Then turn the dark/light setting on your printer as dark as you can get it. When you copy the pattern it will come out backwards. I hope that makes sense.

The other way to do it is to tape your pattern face down to a window and put another plain paper over it and trace the pattern onto the new piece of paper.

08-23-2011, 04:21 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Honchey

Sorry, I didn't start these blocks yet, maybe in a couple of days when I feel better. Anne

Well, 9 months later and see what I produced :-P

I must say it IS busy!!!

FWS Block # 28 Duck & Ducklings

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08-23-2011, 04:26 AM

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I like it--it's colorful without knocking you over. Don't you love that "crackle" fabric? I used that in red for my border strips. Great job on all your triangles (as usual). You are the little engine that could!! You're really catching up fast.