Penny Haren's "Pieced Applique "... 1 block a week begins January 2011
01-14-2011, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Obsessed
Originally Posted by Furza Flyin
SIGH... I am having some problems and need some advise please.
1. When I use my white, washable glue stick I am having trouble getting it out of my fabric. I soaked it in warm water and ended up using a scrubbie sponge and tide to get out the extra residue. Any suggestions?
2. I cannot get my "set on point foundation block to come out even. I have tried it several times, cutting in stacks and single thicknesses of fabric. I have even drawn 1/4 in sewing lines and SCREAM. STOMP STOMP STOMP.... WHINE WHINE white wine white wine white wine. Its still off by enough to look really bad.
Thank you,
Eliz
1. When I use my white, washable glue stick I am having trouble getting it out of my fabric. I soaked it in warm water and ended up using a scrubbie sponge and tide to get out the extra residue. Any suggestions?
2. I cannot get my "set on point foundation block to come out even. I have tried it several times, cutting in stacks and single thicknesses of fabric. I have even drawn 1/4 in sewing lines and SCREAM. STOMP STOMP STOMP.... WHINE WHINE white wine white wine white wine. Its still off by enough to look really bad.
Thank you,
Eliz
01-14-2011, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Furza Flyin
SIGH... I am having some problems and need some advise please.
1. When I use my white, washable glue stick I am having trouble getting it out of my fabric. I soaked it in warm water and ended up using a scrubbie sponge and tide to get out the extra residue. Any suggestions?
2. I cannot get my "set on point foundation block to come out even. I have tried it several times, cutting in stacks and single thicknesses of fabric. I have even drawn 1/4 in sewing lines and SCREAM. STOMP STOMP STOMP.... WHINE WHINE white wine white wine white wine. Its still off by enough to look really bad.
I found I had to make my squares 2" not 1 7/8ths to come out right.
Thank you,
Eliz
1. When I use my white, washable glue stick I am having trouble getting it out of my fabric. I soaked it in warm water and ended up using a scrubbie sponge and tide to get out the extra residue. Any suggestions?
2. I cannot get my "set on point foundation block to come out even. I have tried it several times, cutting in stacks and single thicknesses of fabric. I have even drawn 1/4 in sewing lines and SCREAM. STOMP STOMP STOMP.... WHINE WHINE white wine white wine white wine. Its still off by enough to look really bad.
I found I had to make my squares 2" not 1 7/8ths to come out right.
Thank you,
Eliz
01-15-2011, 12:34 AM
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I am not as far along.... but I can tell you from experience that I have glued a lot of pieces together with the Elmers Glue Sticks... the purple ones... and have never had any staining. Also I put a glued block in the kitchen sink, full of warm water, and left it there for about 3 hours (I forgot it was in there! lol ). I then layed it out on a towel to dry. The next day when it was dry, the paper pieces pulled out really nicely. By the paper being dry when I pulled it, the paper came out as a whole unit. I think if I'd tried to remove the paper when it was wet, it would have shreaded.
Hope that helps some....
hugs, Jupiter
Hope that helps some....
hugs, Jupiter
Originally Posted by Furza Flyin
SIGH... I am having some problems and need some advise please.
1. When I use my white, washable glue stick I am having trouble getting it out of my fabric. I soaked it in warm water and ended up using a scrubbie sponge and tide to get out the extra residue. Any suggestions?
2. I cannot get my "set on point foundation block to come out even. I have tried it several times, cutting in stacks and single thicknesses of fabric. I have even drawn 1/4 in sewing lines and SCREAM. STOMP STOMP STOMP.... WHINE WHINE white wine white wine white wine. Its still off by enough to look really bad.
Thank you,
Eliz
1. When I use my white, washable glue stick I am having trouble getting it out of my fabric. I soaked it in warm water and ended up using a scrubbie sponge and tide to get out the extra residue. Any suggestions?
2. I cannot get my "set on point foundation block to come out even. I have tried it several times, cutting in stacks and single thicknesses of fabric. I have even drawn 1/4 in sewing lines and SCREAM. STOMP STOMP STOMP.... WHINE WHINE white wine white wine white wine. Its still off by enough to look really bad.
Thank you,
Eliz
01-15-2011, 12:38 AM
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Oh Linda, those batiks are yummy! I could curl up in a quilt like that, real easy. Your foundations look good. I was glad to see that you didn't stitch those 4 little half square triangles together. When I got to that part, I was wondering what to do with them.
hugs, Jupiter
hugs, Jupiter
Originally Posted by BATIKQLTR
Here are my 2 weeks of foundation blocks:
01-15-2011, 07:00 AM
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LOL.....I have to confess, I did. Then I thought I already have a pinwheel, so checked which pattern we are going to make up with this foundation and saw that the patches will be the 4 corners. So I made up another set and will rip out the stitches on the first one. Also they end up as 2 1/2, so a bit smaller than the pinwheel foundation.
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