2 more finishes from my tops made from my 2.5" "blah" blocks
03-30-2013, 10:18 PM
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I think they are just fine. I like the pattern and how you laid out the blocks. Very Nice. I too, had wavy borders at one time, but a fellow quilter said to measure the top, middle and bottom and divide that total by 3 and that's how long the border should be. I usually take an extra 1/4" off and it sure made a huge difference. No more wavy borders. Give it a try on a small quilt. But like another quilter said.. they'll keep you warm so who really cares... enjoy them.
03-31-2013, 04:23 AM
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I think they are just fine. I like the pattern and how you laid out the blocks. Very Nice. I too, had wavy borders at one time, but a fellow quilter said to measure the top, middle and bottom and divide that total by 3 and that's how long the border should be. I usually take an extra 1/4" off and it sure made a huge difference. No more wavy borders. Give it a try on a small quilt. But like another quilter said.. they'll keep you warm so who really cares... enjoy them.
03-31-2013, 04:25 AM
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I think it's called Four Patch Chain on point taken from The Quilter's Academy, vol. 2. Send me a PM and I can give you more detailed instructions if you want. It is really just two 9 patches--just that the chain (the 9 patch) has some four patches in it. 
03-31-2013, 05:56 AM
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These are the two that my 15-year-old son said "They mess with my mind, mom". He assured me now that they are quilted, they don't do that anymore as we can't see the lines that show that the squares are actually "on point".
First I will post the tops and then the finished quilt. I finished these both yesterday. I'm working on improving my FMQ...have plenty to work on but I do see progress since I first started last summer.
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Finished quilt:
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and
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and the finished quilt is here:
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Gotta keep working on those wavy borders. I quilted them each differently with the top one using straight line right through the colored blocks and then kind of stippled the outer area. The bottom one was just meandering stippling--kind of large.
Overall, I'm quite pleased with how they turned out.
I do have to use poly batting since that is what is available here in Poland. I may have more success on the borders if I switched to really thin batting.
First I will post the tops and then the finished quilt. I finished these both yesterday. I'm working on improving my FMQ...have plenty to work on but I do see progress since I first started last summer.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]405051[/ATTACH]
Finished quilt:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]405052[/ATTACH]
and
[ATTACH=CONFIG]405053[/ATTACH]
and the finished quilt is here:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]405054[/ATTACH]
Gotta keep working on those wavy borders.
I quilted them each differently with the top one using straight line right through the colored blocks and then kind of stippled the outer area. The bottom one was just meandering stippling--kind of large.Overall, I'm quite pleased with how they turned out.
I do have to use poly batting since that is what is available here in Poland. I may have more success on the borders if I switched to really thin batting.
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