Come see my "Happy Scrappy"!
06-21-2010, 11:39 AM
#41
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Location: Spring Valley, CA
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Originally Posted by himnherr
This makes me happy on many levels. First, when I look at it- my eyes POP! :P It made me happy gathering up some of the scraps- I asked my 90 yr. old deaf friend to share some of her scraps with me. She was more than happy to. The other day when I was getting her grandmothers quilt down from the closet so she could show it to me- I saw some of her blouses hanging in there made of the fabrics she shared with me! That made me really happy! And it made me really happy to give the quilt to my parents last night for their 57th anniversary! They were genuinely happy! So, see what I mean!? "Happy Scrappy" seemed an appropriate description.
BTW- this is my 3rd quilt. I learned something new on this one. I am NOT a perfectionist! LOL! I really enjoyed doing this "sq in a sq" but next time I will do plain sashing, with no corner pieces. My points on each square were spot-on! But, the matching up of the pink corner sqs was a nightmare and didn't match perfectly for the most part. So, until I master that I just won't use them. Sounds smart, don't you think? From a distance you can't see that they are "off".
BTW- this is my 3rd quilt. I learned something new on this one. I am NOT a perfectionist! LOL! I really enjoyed doing this "sq in a sq" but next time I will do plain sashing, with no corner pieces. My points on each square were spot-on! But, the matching up of the pink corner sqs was a nightmare and didn't match perfectly for the most part. So, until I master that I just won't use them. Sounds smart, don't you think? From a distance you can't see that they are "off".
06-21-2010, 11:39 AM
#42
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Spring Valley, CA
Posts: 483
Originally Posted by himnherr
This makes me happy on many levels. First, when I look at it- my eyes POP! :P It made me happy gathering up some of the scraps- I asked my 90 yr. old deaf friend to share some of her scraps with me. She was more than happy to. The other day when I was getting her grandmothers quilt down from the closet so she could show it to me- I saw some of her blouses hanging in there made of the fabrics she shared with me! That made me really happy! And it made me really happy to give the quilt to my parents last night for their 57th anniversary! They were genuinely happy! So, see what I mean!? "Happy Scrappy" seemed an appropriate description.
BTW- this is my 3rd quilt. I learned something new on this one. I am NOT a perfectionist! LOL! I really enjoyed doing this "sq in a sq" but next time I will do plain sashing, with no corner pieces. My points on each square were spot-on! But, the matching up of the pink corner sqs was a nightmare and didn't match perfectly for the most part. So, until I master that I just won't use them. Sounds smart, don't you think? From a distance you can't see that they are "off".
BTW- this is my 3rd quilt. I learned something new on this one. I am NOT a perfectionist! LOL! I really enjoyed doing this "sq in a sq" but next time I will do plain sashing, with no corner pieces. My points on each square were spot-on! But, the matching up of the pink corner sqs was a nightmare and didn't match perfectly for the most part. So, until I master that I just won't use them. Sounds smart, don't you think? From a distance you can't see that they are "off".
06-21-2010, 04:03 PM
#44
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 2,694
Nice quilt!
If the setting squares are off I can't see it.
I make my setting sqs. fit right and then adjust the sashing to fit each block. You can't tell if the sashing is shorter/longer but the setting sqs. will be in place.
If the setting squares are off I can't see it.
I make my setting sqs. fit right and then adjust the sashing to fit each block. You can't tell if the sashing is shorter/longer but the setting sqs. will be in place.
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