OBW Progress--I Think I'm In A Pickle--used flat point ruler
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Putting a pin straight down through the top point intersection into the point intersection on the bottom half hexagon, should match them up nicely. I think the coral companion fabric will look great with your blocks. Your blocks are beautiful!
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marci baker likes to trim off her points. here is a video of her doing tumbling blocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWpSETMbws4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWpSETMbws4
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I think that's what most people do.
I did contemplate leaving it as is, and then binding it to leave a zig-zag outer edge.
Then I feared it becoming a binding nightmare.
Besides, I decided I wanted the lace edge ... and of course, that would not have worked!
And yes, 1/2 a hex as fillers for those top and border indents.
Use the two 1/2s at opposite ends of the quilt, not side-by-side.
You've got a lovely OBW ... I really like the colours.
While you are thinking it is not ideal to have so much open space ... I like it!
It gives the eye a place to rest amidst all the swirls and kaleidos
Plus it lets the eye "see" the kaleidos, instead of it becoming one big mumble-jumble!
Once you get it all together, you'll have a better sense whether you want the reverse print as the border.
What about using the it as the backing?
Another thing ... your print is similar to mine, in that it is a large print, so would be harder to work it into a border and be able to show the design properly. Thus why, I did not do a traditional border!
Last edited by QuiltE; 10-28-2012 at 07:40 AM.
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Thanks everyone for the nice comments. QuiltE, I've seen a few that are finished with the sawtooth sides and my first thought as well was that could be a nightmare to bind and I don't have enough experience to deal with that much trouble just yet.
I've made a few adjustments to my layout. I'm going to leave it up for at least a few days so that I can keep taking a peak and make sure it looks good. I started it using a general rule of thumb that the blocks should have a swirling motion that starts with the color/flowers on the outside edges of the block and then progress down the quilt swirling inward until the flowers were at the center of the block. That works for some of the blocks but there were a few in the left center that just didn't look right doing it that way so I reversed them and put the blocks that have the flowers in the center and then progress down the quilt with the flowers swirling out of the center. I may reverse a few others using that method as well.
I've made a few adjustments to my layout. I'm going to leave it up for at least a few days so that I can keep taking a peak and make sure it looks good. I started it using a general rule of thumb that the blocks should have a swirling motion that starts with the color/flowers on the outside edges of the block and then progress down the quilt swirling inward until the flowers were at the center of the block. That works for some of the blocks but there were a few in the left center that just didn't look right doing it that way so I reversed them and put the blocks that have the flowers in the center and then progress down the quilt with the flowers swirling out of the center. I may reverse a few others using that method as well.
Last edited by AngelinaMaria; 10-28-2012 at 10:29 AM.
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Take your time ... I found this the most frustrating part of the whole process ... meaning that I wanted it to be "right" and was contiually 2nd guessing myself on it.
Looks like we'll have to challenge each other ... to another OBW and leave that sawtooth edge!!!
Looks like we'll have to challenge each other ... to another OBW and leave that sawtooth edge!!!
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