Why Oh Why "y" Seams
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Spectacular! I think we all need to try quilts that stress us periodically or how will we ever improve? You are way, way beyond a place I will ever get to..Thanks for showing us your masterpiece.
Hey love your quilt stand, does that belong to you? If so where did you purchase it?
Kat
Hey love your quilt stand, does that belong to you? If so where did you purchase it?
Kat
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Wow - I have that fabric and doubt I would do anything that difficult with it. Great inspiration -I am in awe. What's the name of the block/motif?
Originally Posted by debcavan
Every three years I do a quilt that is way beyond what I think I can do. I've been doing split star quilts with fussy cuts and thought of my bird fabric from Walmart that I got seven years ago when it first came out. It's time had come. I saw a wall hanging of one motif of the flying swollows. This has four.
Along with y seams which were the easy part, there were 37 places where 8 seams met and many where six seams met. All these made those Y seams seem easy.
Over half of the back ground is off grain, the birds are all off grain.
I starch everything to keep the pieces from being stretch. I marked all the seams at the intersections. It took forever to piece and a long time to quilt. This is by far the hardest quilt I have ever made. Maybe this time I will wait five years before I do something "outrageously difficult" again
Along with y seams which were the easy part, there were 37 places where 8 seams met and many where six seams met. All these made those Y seams seem easy.
Over half of the back ground is off grain, the birds are all off grain.
I starch everything to keep the pieces from being stretch. I marked all the seams at the intersections. It took forever to piece and a long time to quilt. This is by far the hardest quilt I have ever made. Maybe this time I will wait five years before I do something "outrageously difficult" again
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