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04-05-2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ktbb

I like your idea of appliqueing them to a square of muslin or other complementary fabric..based on what you show in your photo, they all seem to be consistently rounded and that would add to the enjoyment of the final product....

And then if you heavily quilted the squares behind the appliqued pieces, it would help it to blend more. Just a thought. I think this will be fantastic when completed. Red & Green quilts have always been a fav. of mine. Good Luck & can't wait to see it completed one day.

04-05-2010, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Gal

I am sure because of the mistake this is why they did not get sewn into a quilt in the first place.
I have loved seeing the pictures, do keep us up to speed with what you decide to do won't you!

Gal

Well, it was all sewn together when I got it, and I couldn't figure out why it was so puckery all over. Then I started really looking at it after I had washed it (it was just FILTHY when I got it!), and I realized that it was curved edges sewn to straight edges. EEEKKK!!! Well, I decided to take it apart to figure out the solution. That was over a year ago. Now I am ready to tackle it, and am mulling ideas. That's why I am asking for suggestions. It is really large when all together, but rather useless since it won't lay flat.

04-05-2010, 09:32 PM

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I think this may be the only solution. They are not uniformly rounded (some are off 1/4" or so), so there is no way to do a template of a corner patch and sew them on each one. I really think I could trim each one all the way around and then machine applique them down on a new background square of plain muslin. What do you think?

04-06-2010, 01:17 AM

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I like the idea of heavily quilting it to disguise the fact that it would be sewen onto a muslin background, I think you could get away with that solution.

Gal

04-06-2010, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by mom-6

Had you thought of laying out the slightly curved blocks on the sashing and attaching them as you would applique so that they lie flat? I'm thinking of doing something similar on one of my older UFO's that has major problems with inconsistent block shape and size.

After seeing the photo, I agree with the applique idea.

04-06-2010, 10:03 PM

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I looked it over again tonight, and I am definately going to go with doing machine applique on new background 12x12 squares of muslin, and then trim out the middle of the background square. Only the corners should show from behind, and that will give me straight sided blocks so I can redo the sashing. Are we agreed? Let's save this lovely quilt!!! :-)