Originally Posted by PokerDiva
(Post 4904045)
Some people are using the measurements from the book. I measure all of them myself. Haven't heard anyone say they are doing it your way but I might have missed it.
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Originally Posted by sue z q
(Post 4904004)
Is everyone cutting their pieces by the directions in the book? Is anyone besides me considering just taking a piece of fabric that will fit and sewing it on?
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Originally Posted by sue z q
(Post 4904004)
Is everyone cutting their pieces by the directions in the book? Is anyone besides me considering just taking a piece of fabric that will fit and sewing it on?
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Dawn, Hope your class was fun. Be sure and tell us about any wonderful tips you learned.
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Originally Posted by janey39quilts
(Post 4902450)
Thanks for the music, whitepine. It is so appropriate. What have you got for California? By the way, the block is stunning!
Sweet Home Alabama, North to Alaska, Get Back (Arizona). I've only been at YouTube looking and that has been fun in itself. But please feel free to post any you can find that you like. Music is good. I was thinking that people from the State of the Week might know of more songs than I can find. |
If I add words to a design I use embird...you can buy individual fonts and size them to what you want...this may be more expense than what you are looking for, but it's the easiest way I know..you can type out whole words instead of trying to space individual letters together and save the file and transfer over to your machine.
Originally Posted by meanmom
(Post 4903693)
I am looking for and embroidery font for my machine, I thought maybe someone here could help. I would like to embroider the name of each state on the block. I want a small font, something simple. maybe almost a cursive alphabet with a single line of stitching. Anyone have a clue where to get one? I thought about trying to do it free motion, it didn't work very well. I'm not good enough at free motion. Thanks.
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I cut my pieces by the book.... I only had a problem with them not fitting because I put them on the wrong way. DUH.. Once I flipped it around it worked like a charm.
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Originally Posted by whitepine
(Post 4904396)
When we were doing the Buildings BOM, that is the way I did it too. Every piece was different and it seemed too wasteful to cut them first. However, with these stars, I am cutting them first because there are so many (at least 8) of each piece. When them precut you can chain piece and not get up to iron so often and it really goes fast.
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Jan.... I do an assembly line... stitch #1 & 2 on... all 8 at once... (I usually ck the 1st one to make sure every thing covers) Pull the 1st one through & start doing them in a row. Take them to the table & clip threads on one side... flip over... do other side & pull pins out. Press all the pieces... back to the table... then trim up & place the next piece on each one than back to the sewing machine. Shoot... I just made myself dizzy.
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