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09-07-2016, 09:15 PM
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So sorry your BIL got bad news, Terri. We just lost my SIL to cancer and she had that whipple procedure done years ago, on her first cancer. It worked really well but unfortunately she seemed to grow cancer everywhere over the following 10 years or so. Praying your BIL beats it. I hate cancer!
09-08-2016, 03:49 AM
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09-08-2016, 04:24 AM
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I didn't mean truly wasted that is why I put it in quotes. I didn't mean it couldn't be used for anything, just not for the swap so you would have to buy a significantly bigger piece of fabric to have enough cuts for the swap.
09-08-2016, 05:01 AM
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Superb! She always mentions she loves San Fran and posts photos of it. You must be a mind reader
09-08-2016, 06:01 AM
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Sewbizgirl, that's a thought. But as I recently learned, if appliqué is to be done on a piece, it'd probably be better to send 13 inch wide piece. I'm not sure if that would work for everyone though. As you can see in the gallery, some blocks are made with only a little bit of an f8 and I'd be loath to require people to send larger pieces when only a small percentage of the completed block contains their fabric. But for those of you who think most people will do appliqué, you might consider sending the larger piece.
I may have started this by saying I couldn't make the block I wanted. In my case, it's because both F8s were short by one half an inch and I needed that full 11 inches. I have other plans for those now so it's not a problem but I've recd a couple of reports that some f8s were very short, a couple of inches short because selvages were not removed. Please remember to cut the selvages off BEFORE cutting your fabric into F8s. In one case, the loss to selvage was over 1 1/2 inches along the long edge. That swapper had to work with a piece about 9 inches wide. That's a problem. Also, one piece I recd appears to have been hastily cut by scissors, and once squared up, there's also a loss of over an inch along the long edge. So next round, let's try to get as close to the 11x18 inch size as possible or possibly larger if applique is a real possibility. Thanks!
I may have started this by saying I couldn't make the block I wanted. In my case, it's because both F8s were short by one half an inch and I needed that full 11 inches. I have other plans for those now so it's not a problem but I've recd a couple of reports that some f8s were very short, a couple of inches short because selvages were not removed. Please remember to cut the selvages off BEFORE cutting your fabric into F8s. In one case, the loss to selvage was over 1 1/2 inches along the long edge. That swapper had to work with a piece about 9 inches wide. That's a problem. Also, one piece I recd appears to have been hastily cut by scissors, and once squared up, there's also a loss of over an inch along the long edge. So next round, let's try to get as close to the 11x18 inch size as possible or possibly larger if applique is a real possibility. Thanks!
I think it would be really helpful if we could send 12.5 x 18 instead of 11 x 18... so if you wanted to use the fabric as a whole background for applique you wouldn't have to piece it together. Some people voluntarily did this and I was able to cut their fabric into a 12.5" square with no seaming. 
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09-08-2016, 07:32 AM
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True. I had a whole bolt of my fabric so I cut bigger pieces. I bought it for nearly nothing when Hancocks was liquidating!
09-08-2016, 09:21 AM
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I try to be generous with my fabrics...if anyone is ever wanting more, just let me know and I'll be happy to send you some... in fact if you are so totally inspired with hippie blocks... you can make as many as your heart desires.... peace baby
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