A copy is worth a thousand stitches
04-14-2011, 07:09 PM
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I don't know if anyone else has already though of this but being nearer 70 than 60 years old I was pretty happy that my brain still likes to work!
Rather than constructing at least 4 trial squares to see how the quilt pattern will look once they are put together.. sew one then photo copy it (in color preferably) at least three times and tape them together. I now know exactly how my ribbon square quilt will look when finished. Memo to self.... need to refill the paper drawer in the copier!!
Rather than constructing at least 4 trial squares to see how the quilt pattern will look once they are put together.. sew one then photo copy it (in color preferably) at least three times and tape them together. I now know exactly how my ribbon square quilt will look when finished. Memo to self.... need to refill the paper drawer in the copier!!
04-14-2011, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by fabric whisperer
good idea... I use 2 mirrors at 90-degree angles to each other, and stick my square into the crook... gives me a good visual :)
04-14-2011, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by velvor
Originally Posted by fabric whisperer
good idea... I use 2 mirrors at 90-degree angles to each other, and stick my square into the crook... gives me a good visual :)
see how it repeated the center star? I just imagined the "right" colors...
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