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05-06-2020, 07:44 AM

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rryder

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That's fantastic! Congratulations on finding a solution that works.

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05-07-2020, 07:53 AM

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oldquilter

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Yea,. Nice to master a challenge

05-07-2020, 08:04 AM

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juliasb

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Originally Posted by GEMRM

Congratulations! I recently did a few DP blocks as well, and I did use the Accuquilt die to cut them - our library has one you can go in and use.
I also have a "Curvemaster" foot for sewing them and it really was helpful.
Isn't it great to get something from your wish list tackled?

as soon as our library reopens that will be the first place I ask for other dies.

05-07-2020, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ka9sdn

Looks great! Doesn't it feel to have beaten something that had been bothering you.

This has bothered me for years! I dragged through finishing it and just hated how it looked. I ended up giving this quilt to a dog rescue and they cut it up for coats for the dogs to go to their forever homes. At least it got good use from it.

05-07-2020, 08:16 AM

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I now have 17 blocks done. I am going nice and slow so I don't make a mistake. They are continuing to come out perfect. I had to do a bit of 'scrap' cutting. When I discovered I didn't have enough for 16 blocks. I went back into the scraps I had from the first die cutting and discovered not only did I have enough pieces for a 16th but for a whole 20! Now there are only the smallest of scraps left. I was so afraid I would have to use a different fabric combination to finish a 16th block that I started searching for that before I checked the left over scraps! I learned a very valuable lesson there. Save time and distress, look first! It will be several more days before I have the top finished.

05-07-2020, 02:51 PM

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FabQuilter

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Congratulations!!! That’s quite an accomplishment -its one of my favorite blocks

07-06-2020, 04:58 AM

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craftiladi

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Originally Posted by juliasb

I played with how I wanted to arrange the blocks a great deal before I sewed the 2 blocks separately. I wanted to make a meandering road. Who knows not only this quilt top but another one is in the near future.

Your message encourages me. Beautiful job, Congrats mastering that lesson.

07-07-2020, 04:46 AM

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Watson

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Those look great. It gives me hope.

Watson

07-15-2020, 10:25 AM

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Reader1

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Really nice!! I started quilting a year ago and the first one was a sampler Christmas quilt. One of the blocks was the Drunkard's path. I really did not like doing it because it reminded me of setting sleeves! Looking at your pretty blocks makes me want to maybe rethink this.