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#131
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Muscatine, Iowa by way of West Virginia, Washington State, and Montana
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Originally Posted by Mishi
I finished my first block for the swap. It went together really easily until the last seam, which just didn't want to co-operate and made me resew it.
I hope it's ok!
I hope it's ok!
#134
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: West of Cleveland
Posts: 505
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DOH! Here's the lesson I learned today. I put together the first two of my blocks and was extremely disappointed to find that they were both 12 x 12 instead of 12.5 x 12.5. I have never had this problem before, and was quick to blame the pattern.
After going through the calculations, everything should have been fine with the pattern, so I started investigating other causes.
Bottom line - when my machine recently came back after routine cleaning and maintenance, the tech put on the #1 foot instead of the 1/4" foot. It never dawned on me to check.
There can't be more than 1/32" difference between them, but in a block with a lot of seams, it made a significant difference.
Now, back to work.
After going through the calculations, everything should have been fine with the pattern, so I started investigating other causes.
Bottom line - when my machine recently came back after routine cleaning and maintenance, the tech put on the #1 foot instead of the 1/4" foot. It never dawned on me to check.
There can't be more than 1/32" difference between them, but in a block with a lot of seams, it made a significant difference.
Now, back to work.
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Originally Posted by quiltingnonie
So finally decided I will do the London Roads block.
LOVE it in blues!
LOVE it in blues!
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