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#151
Originally Posted by Havplenty
ooh i found a shoe block pattern!!! i just ordered the magazine. i hope someone in my upcoming swap group likes shoes.:-D
#152
You are such a reliable person and respond to PM'm and e-mails quickly I don't feel you or your family need the added aggravation. Maybe if one or two people feel they need it you could send it to just them.
#153
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Columbia, Md
Posts: 353
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Question about the washing and size. I see it says to wash the block before sending it home. So, do you think we need to make it a slightly bigger in case of shrinking?
I just want to make sure no one gets upset. I see some people are talking about prewashing so I'm a little confused. I just want the best way to get the size done, and washed at the right time!
I just want to make sure no one gets upset. I see some people are talking about prewashing so I'm a little confused. I just want the best way to get the size done, and washed at the right time!
#154
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Do not wash the block. Wash your fabric before you send your F8 and any fabric you might put into the block but not the block itself. Hope that helps.
Originally Posted by babeyruth
Question about the washing and size. I see it says to wash the block before sending it home. So, do you think we need to make it a slightly bigger in case of shrinking?
I just want to make sure no one gets upset. I see some people are talking about prewashing so I'm a little confused. I just want the best way to get the size done, and washed at the right time!
I just want to make sure no one gets upset. I see some people are talking about prewashing so I'm a little confused. I just want the best way to get the size done, and washed at the right time!
#155
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MO (the Show Me state)
Posts: 2,947
as an fyi, the completed blocks should measure an unfinished 12.5". proper cutting and sewing an accuratee 1/4" seam is key. if you do not have a 1/4" presser foot, you can use the blue painter's tape (removes easily) to tape off your 1/4" seam mark or i saw a sewing tip that used a package of post-it-notes as a marker. sticking a package of post-it-notes at the 1/4" mark acts as a stop gap & will keep your fabric from going over the seam allowance. the notes are easily removable too, just stick them on or take them off.
while we may all have our times of mis-cutting or mis-sewing a seam, if the receiver gets a block that is less than 12.5" unfinished, it can be difficult to fix that issue depending on the pattern of the block. i have two 1/4" presser feet as well as i keep a seam gauge near while i am sewing to check my seams.
also as i make some blocks without the actual patterns (i see the blocks on the web or in a picture), i have to calculate what the proporations are so i will cut the block out of practice fabric and make it up first just to make sure i get it right. as i will probably make several paper pieced blocks this upcoming boom (the shoe blocks), i know i will be doing plenty of practice blocks so i can make something worth sending. hopefully these are helpful tips to someone out there.
while we may all have our times of mis-cutting or mis-sewing a seam, if the receiver gets a block that is less than 12.5" unfinished, it can be difficult to fix that issue depending on the pattern of the block. i have two 1/4" presser feet as well as i keep a seam gauge near while i am sewing to check my seams.
also as i make some blocks without the actual patterns (i see the blocks on the web or in a picture), i have to calculate what the proporations are so i will cut the block out of practice fabric and make it up first just to make sure i get it right. as i will probably make several paper pieced blocks this upcoming boom (the shoe blocks), i know i will be doing plenty of practice blocks so i can make something worth sending. hopefully these are helpful tips to someone out there.
#156
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MO (the Show Me state)
Posts: 2,947
hmm i'm thinking scandulous stilettoes!
I love shoes! A Shoe fabric, or a shoe block would be awesome!
Originally Posted by marytoddliz
Originally Posted by Havplenty
ooh i found a shoe block pattern!!! i just ordered the magazine. i hope someone in my upcoming swap group likes shoes.:-D
#157
Originally Posted by Havplenty
hmmm. i think the bigger question is how will you feel about receiving the telephone calls. with all that is going on in your life, your health, you're raising a daughter with all that goes with that & managing and participating in board swaps, do you really want the added traffic of receiving swap phone calls also?
i personally like calling over email/posts/pm's because it can be more direct and quick but i have found in this forum the pm's and posting work because these activities take place in our "spare" time. personally i would never call you, just use the resources that are available on this board or email for communciation. all imho.
mary
i personally like calling over email/posts/pm's because it can be more direct and quick but i have found in this forum the pm's and posting work because these activities take place in our "spare" time. personally i would never call you, just use the resources that are available on this board or email for communciation. all imho.
mary
Originally Posted by LovingIzabella
I saw another swap hostess post this in her swap and was wondering if you all would feel better if I posted my number in the private section of the activity page in case anyone ever needed to contact me?
Let me know your thoughts
Hugs
April
Let me know your thoughts
Hugs
April
#158
Originally Posted by LovingIzabella
Originally Posted by moonrise
Originally Posted by LovingIzabella
I can honestly say that most people who join do every boomerang thereafter lol :)....
Yep, I did 3, 4, and 5, and would be doing this one if I didn't have so much going on right now. Even so, I'm having to sit on my hands to keep from signing up anyway! So nobody tempt me! :lol:
Hugs
April
#159
Power Poster
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 20,306
My 2 cents if you think you might be unavailable for a few days have someone else help answer questions - this is my first time doing one of your swaps - but in all the other swaps I have done there is no real need to call. We are doing this for fun and it should be kept in perspective as a fun swap. Everyone has life emergencies and things come up and we all understand that :wink: I don't see any reason I would need to call you and would probably forget where I wrote the number down anyways :oops: LOL
#160
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northwest Georgia
Posts: 3,273
Originally Posted by missgigglewings
How in the world can we put together a Boom quilt without a moonrise block??
Y'all don't have to twist my arm anymore. Moonrise is IN! :mrgreen: :lol: ;)
My fabric is all picked out. I'd bought two "potential" fabrics for the last Boomerang, then changed my mind and went with something else. I went digging through my stash, and there were the two original fabrics! I'd forgotten about them! :oops: :thumbup:
I'll probably send half of my F8s in blue, and the other half in purple (same fabric; different colorway) ... if I can bear to cut into it, that is! :shock: :lol:
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