QST help needed
06-11-2016, 06:10 AM
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Cortland, OH USA
Posts: 20
How should I cut out & sew the marked section of this block. I've marked the section in question with a red arrow. It seems to be an hour-glass variation.
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The block is an Ohio Star Variation that I want to use in a lapquilt I'm making for hubby as a gift. It will be red and white.
I really don't want to use a template for the modified sections.
My first idea is to make a reqular sized hour-glass block and just cut it down to size. A waste of fabric, but I can't see another way besides templates or paper-piecing.
I thought maybe some of you would be share how you would go about making this section of the block. Btw, it's to be a red/white quilt. I just used these colors in EQ7 to count my pieces.
Thanks in advance for all suggestions.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]551907[/ATTACH]
The block is an Ohio Star Variation that I want to use in a lapquilt I'm making for hubby as a gift. It will be red and white.
I really don't want to use a template for the modified sections.
My first idea is to make a reqular sized hour-glass block and just cut it down to size. A waste of fabric, but I can't see another way besides templates or paper-piecing.
I thought maybe some of you would be share how you would go about making this section of the block. Btw, it's to be a red/white quilt. I just used these colors in EQ7 to count my pieces.
Thanks in advance for all suggestions.
06-22-2016, 11:16 AM
#14
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: at the foot of the Ouichita Mountains, SE Oklahoma
Posts: 273
Just to let you know what I did: I took the advise from most of you. I made the full hour-glass block and then trimmed. Thanks everyone, it turned out beautifully.
06-22-2016, 04:52 PM
#15
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: California
Posts: 1,987
I've been making several quilts with snowballed squares. I turned each one and sewed back the other way 1/2" away. No I have a huge pile of HST's ready for something. Even if you just sew your cutoffs together you can make a mug rug or pot holders. Then no waste.
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