Boy, have I got a lot to learn! And could use some encouragement...
01-20-2012, 02:02 AM
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I agree that paper piecing would help. But I think that I would be starching and watching my pressing to see if I could get those seams to lock together for pinning. We can't always press to the dark side 
01-20-2012, 03:13 AM
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You have some time. How about making a baby size quilt from other fabric as a way to practice this pattern. When matching seams "nest" as much as you can (one seam allowance pressed one way the other pressed the other way.) Nest them and pin perpendicular on both sides. Go slowly over these seams at first. Sometimes with a tricky match I will increase the length of the stitch, check to see how it matched and resew. Most important to remember: No one gets perfect points all the time and if you get frustrated put it down for a while, come back later. Enjoy.
01-20-2012, 06:30 AM
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I know I'm in the right spot. This block is for my first ever "real" quilt. I've made little things before but this will be an ambitious project for which I will need you all to keep me on track. This block was my trial run and as you can tell, needs a lot of adjustment with points and all. It's for a dorm room quilt for my gd and thank goodness she's just a junior in high school. She picked the pattern and fabric... I love the fabric and not real keen on the pattern... but we all do whatever for our grandbabes. Wish me luck and send some of your talent muses my way... I'm sure going to need all the help I can get. Thanks for looking...
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01-20-2012, 06:46 AM
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I do not like paper piecing myself, but one way I do have to make a difficult block easy, is to break it into sections to piece before putting the whole block together. My first quilt teacher put a bunch of blocks on the screen, and had us break each one into simpler sections, and that is the way I teach, too.
01-20-2012, 06:52 AM
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Take the small center green and sew it to the brown, and then to the green triangle. Do all eight of those. Then put them together two at a time, then the four major seams. Then sew the white triangle to the big green triangle, and then the brown triangle to the other big green triangle, then put those two sections together, sewing the white and brown together. Do that four times, then put those four corners onto the center of the block. That should simplify it a whole lot.
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