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#71
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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Originally Posted by bbeyes
I purchased some fabric that had baseball players rather large had to go 9"x6" can't figure out what I can add to it besides solid colors. Do have some baseball fabric and thought if I cut them same sideways . Do you think they would look okay together? Colors are okay.
Baseball fabric
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#72
Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Poconos, PA
Posts: 125
This is just a simple question - do you mark your quilting design before pinning the quilt to the rack, or do you do all the marking after it is pinned and nice and tight. I was told to mark it first, but I have to redraw the lines in so many places and i was wondering if anyone did theirs after. I still have a working quilt on the rack so I have to keep changing the lines on it and do not want to do this on my next one. Thanks quilting buddies!!!
#73
Originally Posted by BrendaB
Originally Posted by Late Bloomer
I am almost embarrassed to mention this, but if I read any kind of 1/8. 7/8 or any kind of 8 for cutting - I am out of there. I have trouble getting that on my rulers and my husband thinks it is funny and laughs at his math challenged wife trying to figure out how many lines back or forward I need. Rulers, as a rule, do not indicate any 8ths and it drives me nuts when i find a great pattern and when I look at the instructions, I will not attempt it. Does anyone else have this problem, and if so, how do you dealwith it?
The eights are not hard. every line in an inch is an eight. there are 8 lines to any inch in any of your quilting rulers. two lines is a 1/4 and four lines is half an inch...so if the seam is 3/8, count the three little marks in the one inch section and so on...if it says 1 3/8 seam, then you know you have to add three little lines to your 1 inch..
If it says 7/8 then you know you have to count 7 little lines and there will be one line left to finish that inch...the number underneath (8) only signifies the the number of parts in that particular measurement, for instance the inch being divided into eights.
#74
Originally Posted by sewmuchmore
I have a hard time : Make sure the fabric is straight before cutting. I had on piece taht I could never get it straight so I put it to the side and replace it with a other fabric.
This is a good way to straighten fabric. Hold the fabric, selveges together in the air in front of you, now look at the fold...if it is cooked, slide the fabric in your hands to the left or right, move only the front side until the fold is straight. Now place on cutting board and line up your ruler with the fold and cut the edge to straighten it.
#75
Originally Posted by CAROLJ
I'm afraid of the rotary cutter. When I first started quilting I used scissors. I quit for years, now that I'm back I use a rotary cutter. Musch faster, but also much sharper and easier to make a cutting mistake on my fingers ond on the fabric!
#76
Originally Posted by SewSewGal
I just don't understand how to square up a block
If you have one of those big square rulers ( I say big because it will do any size.) I have a 6 and 12 and 16 inch square rulers...
Anyway, place the ruler with the diagonal line going down the diagonal line of your block, cut those two edges then do the other two.
#77
Originally Posted by Crafty critter
Originally Posted by craftybear
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#78
Originally Posted by luvin quilting
For beginners, I recommend the four Books and rulers from Sharon Hultgren. Her rulers will cut perfect triangles, hex, diamonds. Any pattern you find, you can use her rulers to make sure that the patches are perfect.
The Basics ..introduction to quilting 101,Beyond the Basics 201, 60 degree shapes with no math 401. Then if you want to get her other two books they are: Traditional quilts the easy way....Tradional quilts 2 the easy way.
These books have been my bible in the beginning. I have always sewed but never done quilting.
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