What to do when your blocks just don't quite measure up!
09-05-2009, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by peel
hi Yvonne,
great idea for solving that problem, I'm attempting something similar for a t-shirt quilt. did you add coping strips opposite each other (ie top and bottom) or adjacent (ie top and one side). thanks for your input.
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great idea for solving that problem, I'm attempting something similar for a t-shirt quilt. did you add coping strips opposite each other (ie top and bottom) or adjacent (ie top and one side). thanks for your input.
peel
Coping strips can be added wherever you find you need a little more fabric. I've been known to add them to all four sides of a block! That was before I knew about making blocks all the same size. :lol:
09-05-2009, 08:13 AM
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yvonne,
thanks for your immediate reply. top and side is what I was thinking. Or as many sides as necessary. Now I'm going to attack that t-shirt quilt, all blocks made and cut but they're different sizes, 12, 14, 16. doing a row at a time of like size blocks, but will need "coping" on some of them.
But I like Z's idea also, coping strips for life, if we could only figure out how to do it.
Thanks, both of you
Peel
thanks for your immediate reply. top and side is what I was thinking. Or as many sides as necessary. Now I'm going to attack that t-shirt quilt, all blocks made and cut but they're different sizes, 12, 14, 16. doing a row at a time of like size blocks, but will need "coping" on some of them.
But I like Z's idea also, coping strips for life, if we could only figure out how to do it.
Thanks, both of you
Peel
09-07-2009, 12:29 PM
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This reminds me of a three-year-old with too much sugar in his system: bouncing around the yard, laughing and chasing butterflies, foot-loose but safely confined. It make the 'happy' just bubble up inside me. I LOVE it!
09-07-2009, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by RuthiesRetreat3
This reminds me of a three-year-old with too much sugar in his system: bouncing around the yard, laughing and chasing butterflies, foot-loose but safely confined. It make the 'happy' just bubble up inside me. I LOVE it!
I'm submitting this with a big smile on my face.:D
09-08-2009, 09:20 AM
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Yvonne,
Your quilt is beautiful. So happy and cheerful looking. I teach a beginners quilting class and we have used the coping strips many, many times only have called them framing strips.I like the name"coping " better though as that is exactly what they do,cope with our uneven blocks. We usally add them to all 4 sides then use a square ruler to even the block up.Thanks for sharing this tip.
From anther Yvonne (aka gramysews)
Your quilt is beautiful. So happy and cheerful looking. I teach a beginners quilting class and we have used the coping strips many, many times only have called them framing strips.I like the name"coping " better though as that is exactly what they do,cope with our uneven blocks. We usally add them to all 4 sides then use a square ruler to even the block up.Thanks for sharing this tip.
From anther Yvonne (aka gramysews)
09-08-2009, 09:50 AM
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Hello Yvonne!
You know, I considered putting the strips on all four sides of the quilt block but I found that two sides were sufficient and gave the quilt an added design element. Plus it was a whole lot faster! I mean, after 2 years it was time to finish this thing up! Now it's still unfinished (waiting for to be quilted) but it's closer than it was!
TTFN, Yvonne
You know, I considered putting the strips on all four sides of the quilt block but I found that two sides were sufficient and gave the quilt an added design element. Plus it was a whole lot faster! I mean, after 2 years it was time to finish this thing up! Now it's still unfinished (waiting for to be quilted) but it's closer than it was!
TTFN, Yvonne
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