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02-08-2014, 10:48 AM
#361
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Haverhill, MA
Posts: 498
Ok, here is my fabric selection. I only 5 for the quilt, but picked up a couple smaller prints, so the quilt will have at the very least 5 of these 7 
and some other things to make it pretty 
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02-08-2014, 03:07 PM
#362
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Centralia, WA, USA
Posts: 4,890
Thanks for putting yourself thru that much pain on my account Kelly!
I actually found myself in the Joann's in Olympia yesterday. Still not getting any solid hits on the colors I'm going to use for you. Saw racks and racks of stuff that didn't work though. In a weird sort of way even that helps with the selections. Don't worry, I'll get there. Just may be some online purchases to be made even though I very much prefer to be able to see and feel fabric in person before I buy.
Applique your owl quilt is beautiful. I like the round barn in the background too.
Rodney
I actually found myself in the Joann's in Olympia yesterday. Still not getting any solid hits on the colors I'm going to use for you. Saw racks and racks of stuff that didn't work though. In a weird sort of way even that helps with the selections. Don't worry, I'll get there. Just may be some online purchases to be made even though I very much prefer to be able to see and feel fabric in person before I buy.
Applique your owl quilt is beautiful. I like the round barn in the background too.
Rodney
02-09-2014, 04:27 AM
#364
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Frederick MD
Posts: 115
I just wrote a bunch of stuff but my cell phone lost connection and i lost it all. :-( I haven't been able to get much done with the ice storm, downed trees, and loss of power and internet. I hope to get cracking today while i wait for the cable company to get here.
02-09-2014, 06:17 AM
#366
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: MA
Posts: 1,507
Wow what great progress everyone is making! I'm taking a little break. Had a high school student show up looking for a credit card holder. He lost his and hoped we might have one. Unfortunately we didn't but I suggested he come back and make one. Dug out camo fabric, pattern from internet etc..He did show up and even though he didn't know how to sew, run a sewing machine or even iron, he did it! Went home with his card holder and a big smile! While he was working I got to play with pieces for a new quilt called chicken pox. The fish were so much fun I just had to try the chickens!
02-09-2014, 08:52 AM
#367
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,363
I am auditioning a new-to-me pattern for my partners quilt. I figured it out from a picture, and the block ended up finishing at 20". Since it has a lot of pieces and looks great, I am thinking of a 3 by 3 layout. If the borders put the finished size to 70", will it be considered too big???
02-09-2014, 01:54 PM
#369
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Location: Great Falls, MT
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02-09-2014, 02:28 PM
#370
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Centralia, WA, USA
Posts: 4,890
Strip sets are strips of various thickness and generally lengths which are WOF that you sew together long-wise. Then you press them open, pray each and every seam is straight, and cut slices that are perpendicular (a right angle) to the seams. That way you end up with a ton of little tiny squares without having to CUT and SEW little tiny squares.
Strip quilting is a technique that is easy to do but difficult to do well (can I get an "I concur" from anyone out there?) and is used for bargello quilts and other applications which require a million and elevnty small squares in a specific pattern.
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This was all done with strip sets - approximately 15 of two different layouts which are then sliced, spliced, and sewn back together.
Strip quilting is a technique that is easy to do but difficult to do well (can I get an "I concur" from anyone out there?) and is used for bargello quilts and other applications which require a million and elevnty small squares in a specific pattern.
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This was all done with strip sets - approximately 15 of two different layouts which are then sliced, spliced, and sewn back together.
Fantastic looking quilt Kelly! Did you do the quilting too? There is a lot to be proud of in that quilt.
Rodney
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