Aprils Block
03-30-2007, 05:22 AM
#42
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Originally Posted by Debbie Murry
I know I'm alittle ahead but I went ahead and made the Arrows Head block. I'm glad I started early so I can experiment with it til I get it right. My points don't look as good as the block I made for March. Plus it came out 11 1/2 inch square. That SCANT 1/4 inch seam ya'll talk about I think is more like 4 threads in stead of two. Directions didn't always tell you which way to press seams so mines a bit bumpy in spots. I'm not giving up tho, I'll try it again. But not today, I'm abit upset with myself so I'm going to go eat some donuts. Here's a partial pic (from my scanner). Comments are welcomed if anyone can tell me what I did wrong. Thanks.
03-30-2007, 05:28 AM
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Debbie (and other dull pointed peeps) it's easier not to sew the point off if you have that piece on top. You can see as your coming to it if you're too close or too far away before it's too late. I know how to do it but that doesn't mean i always get it right. I've done some of them as many as 3 times. After that they're too raggy to use from all the ripit-ripit .
03-30-2007, 05:42 AM
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:shock:
ahem ... dull pointed peeps?
I BEG your pardon, oh Dearest Chicken Girl
we are all as sharp as the next tack in the box. we simply be refuse to be bound up in the straight-jacket of tradition. we are ahead of our time.
WE have discovered what will surely be the wave and rage of quilting in the 22d century: quilts without a single connecting seam and without a point to be found. if you don't like the colors, they will come with special glasses that change the colors to whatever you like best. not need to re-audition, no ripit-ripit-reassemble. (and if it still doesn't look right, find the secret stash of pills sewn into the pocket on the back. take 2 and poof! instant mastepiece!)
so there. dull indeed. you just need to catch up to the rest of us. harumph!
:mrgreen:
P.S. you owe me two teddy bears and a box of Godiva truffles
ahem ... dull pointed peeps?
I BEG your pardon, oh Dearest Chicken Girl
we are all as sharp as the next tack in the box. we simply be refuse to be bound up in the straight-jacket of tradition. we are ahead of our time.
WE have discovered what will surely be the wave and rage of quilting in the 22d century: quilts without a single connecting seam and without a point to be found. if you don't like the colors, they will come with special glasses that change the colors to whatever you like best. not need to re-audition, no ripit-ripit-reassemble. (and if it still doesn't look right, find the secret stash of pills sewn into the pocket on the back. take 2 and poof! instant mastepiece!)
so there. dull indeed. you just need to catch up to the rest of us. harumph!
:mrgreen:
P.S. you owe me two teddy bears and a box of Godiva truffles
03-30-2007, 06:04 AM
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Dang, was going to send you a teddy bear (cause I KNOW you're working on sending mine, right?) but can't remember how to put an image in this format.
Oh, well, am I to late to find out what all these beautiful blocks are about? I've loved looking at the pics, y'all do such wonderful beautiful work. Can you share your tips more???
I'm glad to be back, I've missed y'all!! But don't let me spend the whole day on the board, I have seeds to plant, the quilt to finish cutting out when my mom had the heart attack (it's still all over the kitchen table...sigh) and a house to clean. But this place draws me like a magnet! Someone reach out and turn my dial up off??
Sharon
Oh, well, am I to late to find out what all these beautiful blocks are about? I've loved looking at the pics, y'all do such wonderful beautiful work. Can you share your tips more???
I'm glad to be back, I've missed y'all!! But don't let me spend the whole day on the board, I have seeds to plant, the quilt to finish cutting out when my mom had the heart attack (it's still all over the kitchen table...sigh) and a house to clean. But this place draws me like a magnet! Someone reach out and turn my dial up off??
Sharon
03-30-2007, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by kathy
will you settle for 1 well used tedy bear and 1/2 bag of hershey kisses
:-)
03-30-2007, 02:04 PM
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Hi Sue, Kathy, Norah, Patrice, all of you that pm'd and posted about mom. She's going to live to be 80 in Aug. IF she takes all the medicines and does like she's s'posed to. But..........knowing her, the doctor will be TOLD what is what. lol lol
I'm recovering from the making of 4 fully lined wedding dresses and the quick trip to birth city and back. I'm whooped!
Hugs to each of you that contacted me, it's easy to love you for missing me and wishing/praying for the recovery of my mom. You'll never know how much it's helped me today!
sniff, sniff
'nuff of that, I love ya
me
I'm recovering from the making of 4 fully lined wedding dresses and the quick trip to birth city and back. I'm whooped!
Hugs to each of you that contacted me, it's easy to love you for missing me and wishing/praying for the recovery of my mom. You'll never know how much it's helped me today!
sniff, sniff
'nuff of that, I love ya
me
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