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03-16-2010, 05:35 PM

#41

mjsylvstr

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Bravo.......bravo !!!!!!!!!!! clapping out loud !!!!!!!!!!

03-16-2010, 06:01 PM

#42

weezie

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Originally Posted by dkabasketlady

I'm clapping with you! This will be one costly quilt, I hope this one's for you! I can't wait to see the finished quilt!

I do plan to keep it. Even though I need 6 Bali Pop sets (40 strips each set) for the pattern I want to make, it actually uses less than 10 strips from each set ... leaving me with enough strips for 3 more large quilts. If this one is a success (in spite of myself) and is not terribly difficult to construct, I might use those remaining strips to make some of the other quilt choices that are in the book that I bought. I could eventually end up getting my money's worth on both the strips and the book.

03-16-2010, 06:10 PM

#43

heidikins

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Originally Posted by athenagwis

tehe I did the EXACT same thing. I bought some charm packs for the first time ever, and figured out that one pack would make abut a 30x27 quilt (way too small), so I just doubled it to 60x53. Doubled size means double the charm packs right? So I bought 2 and went on my way. Started sewing and realized (ever so slowly) that doubled width and height means 4 times the number of charms .... not 2!!

So you are TOTALLY not alone.

Cheers!
Rachel

OMG!!! While I was reading this, it hit me....I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CHARMS! I did this exact same thing. Shoot. I know what I'll be doing first thing in the morning!

03-16-2010, 06:20 PM

#44

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Originally Posted by sewgray

Hadn't thought about tinker toys, I've been threatening to give up sewing and get a coloring book and a box of
Crayons.

Great minds think alike!!!

03-16-2010, 06:36 PM

#45

zz-pd

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You are not a dummy. I take full credit for the dummy title. Penny

03-16-2010, 06:48 PM

#46

weezie

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Originally Posted by penny doty

You are not a dummy. I take full credit for the dummy title. Penny

I'm laughing! I hope I'm laughing with you and not at you!

03-16-2010, 07:02 PM

#47

Cathy M

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Uh, you're hanging out with a group of women who regularly run with scissors. You're in great company :):)

03-17-2010, 03:27 AM

#48

sewcrafty

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I wonder if this is a indicator that I need to go out and get EQ6 so I can design it and it'll tell me what I need to get for my material!!! :lol: :lol:

03-17-2010, 04:26 AM

#49

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hokieappmom

For me that is one of the hardest things about quilting - figuring the yardage needed. I tend to overbuy because of it.

Overbuy? Overbuy? Hahahahahahaha. That's not a word in MY vocabulary. Underbuy = very yucky!!! Overbuy = can't be done!

LOL

03-17-2010, 08:22 AM

#50

FAYE

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I "been there..done that" but I comfort myself with the reasoning that it is a challenge for my brain, to keep me young. I know I will never get to a vegetative state of life, with all my challenges.