tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4324850279011463282024-03-12T12:55:17.907-05:00Gateway Quilts & StuffA blog for all people who love quilting and looking at quilts.tlischkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083140291794281374noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432485027901146328.post-15137581706535746202020-05-02T14:47:00.003-05:002020-05-02T14:58:40.265-05:00Baskets and Blooms<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Spring has sprung! </h2>
This last winter was the dreariest winter ever! I don't think the sun shone most of it. When my trees started blooming (Red Bud, Lilac, Fire Bush) I was so excited I just had to take photos. During my walk with the dogs I also found some little wildflowers and my Flags are just starting to bloom. My poor Daffodils didn't make it with the cold snap.<br />
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It was so nice to finally see some color! I live in a rural area with woods all around me so all I have seen all winter is bare trees and brown grass and plants.<br />
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National Quilter's Circle Baskets and Blooms</h3>
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Speaking of flowers, I apologize for not writing a blog for the first week. Despite being stuck in the house, I would think I had a lot of time to quilt but life just gets in the way. So, for those new to this I will post some of my tips. For those who have already seen these tips, please have patience.<br />
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I can't stress how important a consistent 1/4" seam is when you are sewing a lot of seams in a block. I use an "exact" 1/4" because I don't know what a "scant" means. It means a lot of different things to different quilters. If I set my seam right, everything goes together so well. I have a YouTube video on how I do this with my 1/4" seam guide.<br />
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I also want to mention the importance of good quilting tools. The right pins are important. I used to sew clothing (ancient history) and I still have some of those pins I used back then. I call them nails! Today's fabrics are so much better than they were years ago. Good fine pins are essential! You can't always tell about the pin on the cover of the package. Be sure it says how wide the pin is (not the length). A .5mm or .4mm is the best. The smaller is better for batiks because they have such a tight weave. I carry them on my website.<br />
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Pressing is also important. Now Ashley and I differ when it comes to pressing. She likes to use a lot of steam on her seams. We both finger press before pressing with an iron, but I don't use water until I finish my block and I use a spray bottle so the steam in my iron doesn't leave any residue on my fabrics, just in case it decides to spit brown! Either way works. You do what works for you. Just be sure <b>not</b> to "iron" your seams (back and forth motion). If you do, especially with steam you will distort them. Pressing is an up and down motion.<br />
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There is always that controversy with whether to press your seams open or to the side. I do both depending on what kind of block it is and how many seams intersect. For most of these blocks you will press to the side in the direction the instructions give you. Again that is a personal preference. If you do a lot of in-the-ditch quilting, you will want to press to the side.<br />
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So far you have been given 6 blocks.<br />
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I love the variety of fabrics you all have chosen for this project! Many have just pulled from their stash and made them all very scrappy. Remember, this is your quilt. Make it unique to you. Don't be afraid to experiment with colors. There is no right or wrong way to do it. Just your way!<br />
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Most of the blocks in this quilt have half-square triangles (HST). I wrote in my general instructions that there are many ways to make them. Most quilters like to cut the squares, draw a line down the center and sew 1/4" on each side of the line. Then trim to the size listed. That method is fine. I don't like taking the time to draw the line so I just cut them in half diagonally with the pair of fabrics right sides together so they are ready to sew. Sewing along a bias edge is not hard. You just have to make sure you don't stretch your seams as you sew. Just let the machine do the work. Since the squares are overcoat (cut a little large than needed) you can still trim them down to the size required.<br />
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I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's blocks and the fabrics you pick. Quilter's are so creative. Also don't feel obligated to sew the quilt exactly like I did. Of course the on-point setting has to be unless you want tilted blocks!<br />
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If you haven't gotten a chance to sign up yet, go to: <a href="https://go.nationalquilterscircle.com/A21603/?fbclid=IwAR0OnjoTUdNhlbznlJJiKNsduJ9Ji3VdGIppAxRuORxJE3bg_CvlFD6o5Wg" target="_blank">National Quilter's Circle Baskets and Blooms Challenge.</a><br />
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GIVEAWAY</h3>
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Just to add a little extra to this post, I will be giving away my 1/4" seam guide to the first 10 that respond to this blog. If you already have one please allow other quilters get a chance to get one. Then after 10 responses you can post a comment. I will also draw a name for a chance to win my cutting corners template set. Be sure to leave an email address for me to contact you. This is for the U.S. quilters only since shipping overseas is so expensive, even for a small item (sorry).</div>
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Thank you for reading and remember: Always do what you love and love what you do. Toby Lischko</div>
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<br />tlischkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083140291794281374noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432485027901146328.post-43526995296355882302019-12-23T00:16:00.002-06:002019-12-23T00:16:17.938-06:00Eight Days of Chanukah specials<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't believe the last blog I wrote was in March! Every year I make a resolution to write in my blog at least once a month if not more and every year I start off great but by March or April I start to wain. Usually because I start getting really busy. I would love to write about the projects I am currently working on but many times I am unable to share them with you because they are projects for a company that I can't share until they come out which might be 6 months down the road!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know I will make this resolution again and really try to keep it but again, I will probably get busy and lose track of time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am writing this message not only to wish all of my friends a wonderful holiday season and happy new year but also to tell you about my 8 days of Chanukah sale. Many businesses do a 12 days of Christmas sale but because Chanukah falls on top of Christmas this year I decided to do something a little different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was a child my parents would give me a present each night of Chanukah. For the first 7 nights it was usually a small gift such as a box of crayons, socks, coloring books and other small things that I would use. The last night we would get a big gift (well not necessarily a BIG gift) of something that we really wanted. I continued that tradition with my own children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, each day of Chanukah I will be offering a special on some of my products on my website. It might be patterns, templates or certain fabric. I will be mailing out my newsletter to announce what is on sale for that day so be sure to go to my website to sign up for my newsletter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first special starts tonight at midnight and goes until tomorrow night at midnight. I will be offering <b>all</b> of my in stock templates at 40% off! All you have to do is write "templates" in the coupon box for the discount when checking out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This would be a great time to get those templates that go with either of my classes; <a href="https://www.mybluprint.com/playlist/11375/20337" target="_blank">Clever Curves</a> in Bluprint or <a href="http://www.iquilt.com/lischko001" target="_blank">Kaleidostars</a> at iQuilt. Also if you order any of my Kaleidostars templates you will get my book Kaleidostars for free!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also want to mention that I will be starting a new Block of the Month at the end of January. This won't be a fussy cut block. It is based on my Soldier's Quilt pattern. The original was made especially for a fabric collection from Washington Street Studio called Soldier's Quilt and the size was for a Civil War cot so it was long and skinny. This quilt is bigger but has the same blocks in it (just more of each). This quilt features a Washington Street Studio fabric collection called Wildflower Woods designed by Evonne Cook. The blocks are 9" and the finished size of the quilt is 65" x 87".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the first block: The photo of the fabrics doesn't do it justice. They are so much prettier in person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are a limited number of kits available so if you are interested don't wait too long to sign up for the first month's installment. <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product/soldiers-quilt-block-of-the-month/" target="_blank">Soldier Quilt Block of the Month.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I better get sewing. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season. Watch for my newsletter for specials all this week and feel free to share that and this blog with all your quilting friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As always; do what you love and love what you do. Thanks for reading. Toby Lischko</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It seems that since the first of the year, I am one step behind! For the February Island Batik Ambassador challenge we were to make a mini. I did start it in February with the purpose of finishing it in February! Well, I came close.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I have made many minis. I went through a period in late 1996-97 making minis because I never could seem to finish larger quilts. I would make quilt tops but quilting them seemed daunting on my domestic machine. I hadn't gotten my longarm yet. Making minis was great because I could finish the top in a short time and quilt and bind it in record time!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b> <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/?s=glorified+nine+patch&post_type=product" target="_blank">Glorified Nine Patch with a Twist</a></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The first quilt I entered in the Miniatures from the Heart contest in the Miniature Quilt magazine (which is no longer in print). It won a Innovative quilting prize and the Glorified Nine Patch won a first place ribbon in a local quilt show. (The later is one that I teach a lot to quilt guilds.)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>For this challenge I had lots of small fabric strips left over from the Spring Breeze quilt that I made. (Pattern is available on my website, click on link under image.)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I was thinking since the strips were all about the same size (1") I would do a log cabin block. I have a favorite curved log cabin block that I have used in quite a few patterns and I miniaturized it down to a 2-1/2" finished block in my <a href="https://electricquilt.com/online-shop/category/eq8-upgrades-and-books/">EQ8 program</a>. Then I printed the paper pieced blocks on freezer paper. Since the block was so small I could print multiple blocks on one page. On a log cabin if you make the strips smaller on one side it creates a curve illusion.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br />I wanted to make the binding scrappy but luckily one of the fabrics I used in the quilt had multiple colors and worked perfectly! For miniature quilts I cut the binding at 1-1/8" and use a single fold. Before I sew it on I press it in half (wrong sides together) and then press the edges to the center for my 1/4" seams. This makes a perfect 1/4" binding.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I hope you enjoyed the process of making my mini. I had fun. My husband helped me name it Bullseye! If you think you would like a pattern of it, please let me know. I will add it to the list of patterns that I have to write.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Congrats to Sharon Aurora who won a fat 1/8th bundle of Island Batik fabrics. Leave a comment and you will be entered into a drawing for a fat 1/8th bundle of Island Batik fabrics. Be sure to leave your contact information so I can reach you if you won.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I was recently diagnosed with Fibromyagia. Those who are not familiar with the disease, some of the symptoms are fatigue and Fibro-Fog. You know what the first one means, the second symptom means what it sounds like. I am constantly in a fog. I forget things easily (walk into a room and forget what I went there for, well some of that can be due to age!), I get easily distracted, I forget what someone tells me seconds after they tell me, and it is difficult to concentrate. I know some of you will tell me that you have those too if you are over 65! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The other symptom (fatigue) causes me to be tired all the time. I can fall asleep anywhere; in front of my computer, my sewing machine, and the tv. I could sleep 12 hours and still be tired. There are other symptoms but they are being somewhat controlled with medication.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I started the day getting up early for an eye appointment. I had planned when I got home to work on a couple new versions of block 2. I had felt tired even when I got up so I knew it was going to be a bad day. Well, when I got home I sat on the couch catching up on emails and I fell asleep. I woke up in time to eat lunch and my husband had some things to do outside so I sat down in front of the tv and fell asleep again! Well this went on all afternoon. Finally I got a chance to sew after dinner.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I don't have to stress how important it is to have an accurate 1/4" seam allowance when piecing with the templates. Use your best method for getting a consistent 1/4". I talked about how I do it in earlier blogs but just in case you haven't seen it, you can check out my Youtube video. You can </b></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>purchase my Accurate 1/4" Seam guide here: <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/?s=seam+guide&post_type=product" target="_blank">Seam guide.</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>So I sewed the two halves together. I knew it definitely didn't look right. It wasn't even square! So I tried to figure out what I did wrong. (I got really friendly with "Jack".)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>As I said, my brain is constantly in a fog so, I really couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. I was looking at the image of the block (was I seeing it correctly?) and my pieces and I was getting very frustrated! So my last resort was to get out the paper pieced section and place my pieces on top of it. The light bulb went on! I was placing the B template backwards! That's why the edges still matched.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I just love quilters! What makes life so interesting is that everyone has different tastes in fabrics and colors and we are all so versatile. Seeing block 1 come to life with all the wonderful variations is so fun! Also some quilters put their blocks together differently (I don't think on purpose) but the end results are fantastic! Need the instructions you can click on BLOCK 1 and the link will take you there. If you haven't signed up for it yet, please do so you don't miss any of the instructions!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>What I want to demonstrate today is how I paper piece with freezer paper. (Can't find freezer paper, I have it on my website: <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/?s=jenkins&post_type=product" target="_blank">Freezer paper</a>.) I have heard many comments that there is so much waste in paper piecing that quilters don't like to do it but when I show you how I use the templates to cut out my pieces you will see that there is very little waste.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>If you have not done the block yet, you need to downloaded the updated corrected block 1 templates and foundation sections. If you have already made it, then you don't need to bother doing that. You can find the file under Links on the Facebook page or get it <a href="https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/IC%20block%201%20corrected.pdf?token=AWx0bW6hV3cuIbEtuXygdmP6CSuTy5qTwmbVFKwSH0Fk2EWH_73p-cE5hfEYVwXTT5xP1eDj5Yw07ntK_EMnILdyQB_wG4__fvMqwzF9-r2Chakq2obgN0EBxF_AhEgaW6UivpFfle8tI8nspSfWP2CD" target="_blank">here</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>First make your templates out of heavy weight plastic. It just lasts longer than the thin stuff and you can purchase it at JoAnn's or Michaels. You can also use heavy cardboard. If you use cardboard I suggest you line up your ruler along the edges so you don't cut into them. To make the templates, just cut slightly around the outside edges of them and tape them to your template material. Then cut out along the outside edge exactly making sure you trim all the little corners.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Lay your fabrics wrong sides together. I have in the instructions which fabric should be on top when cutting out so that you have the correct A or Ar (B or Br and C or Cr). The r just stands for the reverse of the original. Since I have batiks there is no really visible right or wrong sides so I can cut them with the same fabric on top. If you are not using batiks be SURE to put the correct fabric on top before cutting out. I left some space between each of the templates so I can add a 1/4" all the way around them.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Now I take my Add-a-quarter ruler and add 1/4" around the entire template as I cut the pieces out. You end up with a piece that is 1/2" bigger than the original. That gives you plenty of "play" room to cover the area that you are paper piecing. </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(If you want to cut the sections even larger than that, go ahead. Do what you feel comfortable doing to get it to work for you.)</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My first printing of the freezer paper did not include the shading so I made sure I wrote dark or light on my sections so I would not get confused. Instructions for printing on the freezer paper are in the pattern. (Be sure to check your printout with the 1" box on the page so that your scale is correct.) Cut out the left and right sections close to the outside line. I do not cut right on the line. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>If you know me, you know I love to fussy cut so I had to play with this block and some of my new Paula Nadelstern fabrics I carry in my store. This one is called Rabbit Hole from her More is More collection and the pink and blue are her blenders. You see I laid out the fabrics a little different. Not on purpose, but I like the way it came out (and I didn't want to recut anything! To do this I had to use the templates and not paper piece it. You can see Paula's fabrics on my website here: <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/?s=paula&post_type=product" target="_blank">Nadelstern fabrics.</a> If you purchase any of her fabrics and mention you saw it on my blog in the comment section when checking out I will give you 10% off your fabric purchase (on the Nadelstern fabrics)!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Well I know the NQC quilters are anxious to read my blog so I will get this posted. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Leave a comment and I will put your name in a drawing for some of the Timeless Treasures batiks I am using for this quilt! Be sure to give me some way to contact you if you won.</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember: Always do what you love and love what you do. </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>HAVE FUN AND SEE YOU ON THE NATIONAL QUILTER'S CIRCLE <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/244481002658165/" target="_blank">FACEBOOK</a> PAGE. All of these blocks were designed in EQ8.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>This blog hop's theme is Getaway. Since I don't do appliqué or theme quilts very well I decided to say that making this quilt was a journey for me. The journey involved designing the quilt.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I was given the fabric collection (of course from Island Batiks) called Soul Song. It was in my surprise package that I wasn't able to use until now. The collection was unusual in that it had two completely different looks. Ten of the fabrics were small dots in all different colors and ten were tans and blacks with geometric shapes on them. What do I do with two fabrics that to me didn't go together at all even though they were in the same collection?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I started like I usually do and open EQ8 and think about doing a log cabin block. Being rushed for time, I decided that I didn't have time to make a lap size quilt of log cabins. So I did something I haven't done before. I made it up as I went a long!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Luck would have it that I received a wonderful package from FedEx labeled Accuquilt that same week. I found out that Accuquilt graciously gave the ambassadors an <a href="https://www.accuquilt.com/fabric-cutting-machines/go-fabric-cutter-aq.html" target="_blank">Accuquilt Go</a> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>with some dies! Perfect timing! In that package was a die for 2-1/2" strips. I also had a die for 1", 1-1/2" and 2" strips so I decided to use my new toy to cut strips. I cut the tan and black strips with the smaller die and the colored strips with the 2-1/2" die.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I then cut them into sections. The fastest way to cut a lot of different strips is to line them up and cut them all at the same size. (I had to use two rulers to get the size I wanted. I don't use my mat to measure.)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I thought maybe a type of Rail Fence quilt would work so I sewed them together alternating the colored fabrics and tan fabrics.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I then laid a few of the blocks out in a Rail Fence design and stood back and looked at it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Now the tricky part. How do I cut the second piece so that they fit together? It took me a couple tries but finally figured it out. (Luckily I was able to use the ones that I cut wrong since there are only a couple different ways to cut them.)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I put them together. I liked the look but decided that I didn't want to take the time to match all of those seams!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>So I cut a thin strip of one of the fabrics in the collection that I hadn't used yet to put in the middle of the block. Now I was happy with the block! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>So I continued with all of the strips and laid it out on my design wall.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>used some wonderful Hobbs Tuscany Cotton/Wool batting, </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>that was given to me in my Island Batik box, and put it on my quilting machine. That is where I am right now since I had to get this blog out! Have to figure out how to quilt it now (the hardest part for me). Any suggestions? I always start by quilting in the ditch (with the <a href="https://www.aurifil.com/products/aurifil-monofilament" target="_blank">Aurifil </a>Monofilament thread that I was also given) on each side of the diagonal strips. I'm thinking some type of curves since the quilt lines are all straight.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I was pretty pleased with myself! Not only did I design something that I had no idea what it would look like when I finished but also that I made a scrappy quilt (which is hard for me since I am so predictable and uptight about knowing what my finished project should look like). </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Well as usual I am late getting this out, which has been a pattern for me lately.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I will be having a give away of five fat eighths of some Island Batik fabrics (not from this collection since I used most of it). If you want to be in the drawing be sure to leave a comment and your email address so I can contact you if you win. Also if you have any suggestions for quilting this let me know and if you are interested in a pattern on how to make this quilt with the measurements I would like to know that too. I will be choosing a winner when the blog concludes in the first week in February.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>As </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>always: Do what you love and love what you do. Thanks for reading and please share with your quilting friends.</b></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.mmmquilts.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sandra Walker</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.mmmquilts.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">mmm! quilts</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://conniekresin.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Connie Campbell</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> - </span><a href="https://conniekresin.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Free Motion by the River </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://arkangelcreations.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Anna Branch</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://arkangelcreations.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Ark Angel Creations </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.beaquilter.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bea Lee</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.beaquilter.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Bea Quilter </span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.yellowcatquiltdesigns.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sharon Parcel</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="http://www.yellowcatquiltdesigns.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Yellow Cat Designs </span></a></div>
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<a href="http://livingwaterquilter.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Geraldine Wilkins</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="http://livingwaterquilter.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Living Water Quilter </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.desertbloomquilting.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Jessica Caldwell</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.desertbloomquilting.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Desert Bloom Quilting </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.sarahgoerquilts.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sarah Goer</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.sarahgoerquilts.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sarah Goer Quilts</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://poweredbyquilting.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sherry Shish</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://poweredbyquilting.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Powered by Quilting </span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Jennifer Fulton- </span><a href="http://www.inquiringquilter.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">The Inquiring Quilter </span></a></div>
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<a href="http://dizzyquilter.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Jen Strauser</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> - </span><a href="http://dizzyquilter.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dizzy Quilter </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.cleverchameleon.com.au/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Dione Gardner-Stephen</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.cleverchameleon.com.au/blog" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Clever Chameleon </span></a></div>
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<a href="http://masterpiecequilting.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Nancy Scott</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="http://masterpiecequilting.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Masterpiece Quilting </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.carolelylesshaw.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Carole Lyles Shaw</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.carolelylesshaw.com/blog/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Carol Lyles Shaw</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://gatewayquiltsnstuff.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Toby Lischko</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> - </span><a href="http://gatewayquiltsnstuff.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Gateway Quilts & Stuff </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://quiltingaffection.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tina Dillard</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="http://quiltingaffection.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Quilting Affection</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Monday, January 21 - Winter Park </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Tuesday, January 22 - Bazaar</span></div>
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<a href="https://littlebunnyquilts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Alison Vermilya</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://littlebunnyquilts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Little Bunny Quilts</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.sliceofpiquilts.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Laura Piland</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="http://www.sliceofpiquilts.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Slice of Pi Quilts</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://websterquilt.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Suzy Webster</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://websterquilt.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Adventurous Applique and Quilting </span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Friday, January 25 - Brookview</span></div>
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<a href="http://sewincrediblycrazy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Amy Warner</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="http://sewincrediblycrazy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sew Incredibly Crazy </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://pamelaquilts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Pamela Boatright</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> - </span><a href="https://pamelaquilts.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">PamelaQuilts </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://heartscreations.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Joyce Mullis</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://heartscreations.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Hearts Creations</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.kathleenmcmusing.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Kathleen McCormick</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> - </span><a href="https://www.kathleenmcmusing.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Kathleen McMusing </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://kauffmandesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Connie Kauffman</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://kauffmandesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Kauffman Designs </span></a></div>
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<a href="http://patternsbyjen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Jen Shaffer</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="http://patternsbyjen.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Patterns by Jen</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://inchwormfabrics.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Jeanette Jones</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="http://inchwormfabrics.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Inchworm Fabrics</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Thursday, January 31 - Snow Berry </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.sallymanke.com/blog/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sally Mannke</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://www.sallymanke.com/blog/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Sally Manke Fiber Artist </span></a></div>
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<a href="https://moosestashquilting.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Joan Kawano</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">- </span><a href="https://moosestashquilting.blogspot.com/" style="color: #787878; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Moosestash Quilting </span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It is hard to believe it is finally at an end. (Click on the above link for the final instructions.) I can't wait to see what the final quilts look like. This has been such a wonderful experience for me. Especially since it is my first mystery quilt. I hope if I do another one that there will be just as much excitement as there was with this one. For those who haven't started or say that they are behind, please share your progress. The pattern will be available for anyone who wants it. Maybe it will reach 100,000 worldwide! We are more than halfway there!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I didn't get a chance to write my blog last week. Since the block was similar to week's 6 I didn't feel the need to write instructions. I do want to show an experiment I did with the 4 Flying Geese method since there were two different fabrics in them. I knew what the result would be but I went ahead and tried it anyway.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>One thing that makes sewing borders on easier is to make sure that your top is square. I am not referring to whether it is a "square" but the term "square up" just means that the edges of the quilt are the same size. Many times when you have a lot of blocks to piece together, they are not always the same size across the quilt so when you go to put the borders on, one side of the quilt is longer or shorter than the other side. So, how do you check to see if all the sides are the same?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I have a very easy method that is used by quilt judges when they judge how well a quilt is constructed. First find a large space to lay the quilt down. You can use a floor or large bed. I use my quilting machine and lay the quilt along one of the bars. Now take each end (either the top and bottom or sides) and fold them to the center of the quilt. If your seams are consistent the edges of the quilt should be the same size as the center. I have to admit even as careful as I am to have consistent seams, I am not perfect and sometimes the measurements are not the same. They may be off just a small amount (1/4" to 1/2"). </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I have a couple option at this point. If the edges are slightly bigger than the center, I can trim a little off each end. If they are slightly smaller than the center I can take in some seams a little across a few of the seams on both side of the center. The other option is to take the three measurements (center and opposite ends) add them together and get the average (divide that number by 3). This last option is best if your measurements are off more than 1/2" and it is difficult to trim the sides to equal the center. I will then cut my borders to that measurement.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Now that you have squared up your top and you need to add pieced border sections to it, you need to measure your pieced section to make sure it is the same size as the quilt top. What if it isn't? Again, there are always to make adjustments. If it is too small, take some seams out and shorten them across the strip until you get close to the measurement. (If it is less than 1/2" you can always ease the section in.) If it is too big then take in some seams across the section. You don't have to use your ripper to make the seams bigger.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here is where most beginner (and even some advanced quilters) make the biggest mistakes when sewing on the border strips. You can either measure each of the sides and cut your borders to that size or (this is what I do) lay the quilt on a flat surface (again, I lay it on my quilting machine bar) and take my sewn strips (the two at the same time) and lay them across the center of the quilt. I then make a couple clips on the border strips even with the quilt top on both edges and take them to my cutting table and trim them at the clips with a ruler.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Now here is the most important part. Pin, pin, pin, pin! I match and pin the centers of the quilt and the border strips and ends. Then I start pinning always dividing the sections in half, placing a pin, then halves, pin, halves pin until I have pinned the entire border. I usually have my pins about 3" to 4" apart when I am done. If you have to ease in either side, whether it is the quilt side or border side, place the larger of the two pieces on the bottom by the feed dogs. That side will ease in better than if it is on top. It is also easier to pin the two together if you lay it on a flat surface rather than hold it up. Now you are ready to sew.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>No matter how many borders you have to piece, you need to repeat this process every time. You will find that your quilt will lay nice and flat and if you have to take it to a longarm quilter she will thank you for that.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>One more tip and this has to do with the backing. Make sure that you make your backing 4" - 8" bigger all around the quilt depending on your longarm quilter. Some even request that you make it even bigger than that. If you have trouble squaring up your backing consider tearing the fabric along the grain. If you do that you will want to make it slightly bigger because tearing it does cause at least 1/2" or more to be stressed along the edges.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I love the quilting community. Everyone is so willing to share. I never stop learning. Even though I have been teaching quilting for over 20 years I am still learning from my students. After the directions came out for block 4 I was reading the posts and someone posted another way to piece this block. It was ingenious! I asked her if I could share it and she said I could. Carolyn Acrey Shepard was the one who came up with it and I will share it after I show my way of doing the block.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>For those who have my <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product/cutting-corners/" target="_blank">Cutting Corners template set </a>you can cut the triangles with the triangle template using a 2-1/2" x WOF strip instead of cutting squares and then cutting them into half-square triangles as in the original instructions. I really like using it because I can trim the corners of the triangles and they fit with the squares without any dog ears to cut off. </b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once you have all of your pieces cut out, lay them out to the left of your sewing machine. You can piece these just like I showed how to piece the nine-patch blocks. (Sorry the white fabric is hard to see on the white quilting surface.)</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Now you are ready to sew on the side triangles. Since I cut them using my "Cutting Corners" </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">triangle, I don't have to match the center. The triangle ends meet the ends of the squares perfectly. Otherwise you do have to match the centers, pin and sew.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2-1/2" x LOF and 2 light strips at 3-1/8" x LOF. She sewed the strips together with 1/4" seams and pressed to the dark fabrics. She then cut the strip set into 2-1/2" sub strips. Don't forget to even up the edge before cutting it into subsets.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every day I am amazed at how many different versions there are of my design. Some I wish I had thought of myself! I have been rushed to get this quilt finished so I wish I had had more time to really work on some of the things I like to do, such as fussy-cutting. There have been some really fantastic versions with fussy-cutting in </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>different parts of the blocks. Some have even added their own versions of the blocks by adding a pinwheel or other designs in the center of the blocks. That is what I love about quilting. There are no right or wrong ways to do something. You are only limited by your imagination! Of course if you are a beginner you will want to follow the directions to a "t" but if you are a veteran quilter, feel free to put in your own flair.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>One of the things that happened to me when I was getting ready to put the border on the quilt was the stripe fabric that I chose for the border only had 3 small stripes instead of 4 on the width of the fabric. Usually most border fabrics have 4 large and 4 small border stripes in them. I had cut 2 one yard cuts from the fabric to sell, so I decided to use that so I could get 4 stripes. The only problem was 1 yard wasn't enough to put on the edges of the quilt. So I had to do some creating sewing! Here is what I did and how you can piece a border strip when it isn't big enough.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Step 1. Match the center of the quilt and border strip. Fold one right sides together and the other wrong sides together. This will create a small crease and they will fit inside each other.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Step 3. Measure from the center of the quilt to one edge. For this quilt it would be 15-1/4". Using a measuring tape measure 15-1/4" from the center of the border strip and make a small mark. Repeat on both edges.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 4. Match marks on border to the edges of the quilt top. Pin with the border on the bottom so you can see the 1/4" marks on the back of the quilt. Don't be stingy with the pins. It works best when you lay the quilt on a flat surface to pin them together. Always pin halfway between each pin set to get the borders to piece evenly.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 5. Starting at the 1/4" mark, backstitch or use your sewing machines knot function (I love that function on my machine) and sew to the 1/4" mark on the end and backstitch or knot. Repeat with all four border strips.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 6. Lay the quilt on a flat surface where you can press with an iron. Lay out the top border piece straight and the right side border piece across the top of it at a 90 degree angle.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step 7. Fold the top border under creating a 45 degree angle. The two strips will be evenly on top of each other with right sides together. Check with a square ruler, with a 45 degree line on it lined up with the fold, to see if the edges of the border are at a 90 degree angle. This first attempt was not quite right yet as the edges of the ruler did not cover the edges of the border. (Look closely at the bottom right of the photo.)</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Step 9. Fold quilt in half diagonally and trim seam to 1/4". Now you are probably saying "Why didn't we just do this instead of all those other steps?" This certainly does work some of the time but I don't always know if I will end up with a 90 degree corner when I do just this step. You can fold the quilt in half diagonally, take a long ruler and draw a line through the border strips even with the fold of the quilt and use that as your stitching line.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Step 10. Sew the corner seams with a 1/4" seam, backstitching or knotting at the intersection where the seams come together. Make sure that you don't catch the seams from the borders in the stitch line. Press seams to one side or release the glue and press seams open. Trim dog ears off corner.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here is what my top looks like with the mitered border. If I had had more time and more border stripe I would have worked harder at trying to get the corners to match. By some miracle one of them matched almost perfectly without me even trying!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I didn't have time to piece the rest of the quilt but did lay it out. I made a couple changes to my original design (designer's privilege)! I saw one of the settings in the Facebook posts that I liked and decided I didn't want to take the time to match all those triangle seams in Block 1! I also changed blocks 2 and 3. </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On block 3 I didn't have enough of the red fabric so I had to use a different one. On block 2 I decided to use the fabric I used in the center medallion because I have a design rule that I don't use a fabric just once in a quilt (just one of my own design rules). So here is what my quilt will look like. Now to </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>finish piecing it and putting on the last two borders. Don't forget to measure again each time you put on your borders.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay, now you are ready to sew the blocks to your quilt. You sew your four blocks together and they aren't the same size as your quilt top. With this new inner border your quilt now measures 36-1/2". The four 9" blocks sewn together should equal 36-1/2" and they don't! Don't fret. Is your measurement larger than 36-1/2"? Easy fix. Take in some of the seams just a fraction (I took them in a stitch width or just moved my needle to the left one click.) Is the measurement too small? Take out the seams just a little.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What if the center medallion is not 30-1/2" so when you sew your borders on they it will be too small? You have a couple options. First sew your four blocks together and measure them. If they equal the measurement of your center plus the 6" (don't forget your seam allowance of 1/2") then you don't need to do anything. Chances are all of your blocks will be slightly smaller so they should work out. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week's winners are Jean Squires, Ann Fitzmorris, and Kathy Onarheim. They each won my 1/4" seam guide with a trimmer. Please send me your address so I can mail one to you. Congrats ladies. This week I will again choose 2 winners to win a pdf of any one of my patterns. This includes my international followers so don't forget to leave a message and your contact information. Good luck!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I still have some wonderful fabrics in my End of the Bolt sale so be sure to take a look. They are only $5 a yard for the remainder of the bolts. <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product-category/fabric/pre-cuts/" target="_blank">END OF BOLT SALE.</a> I will be having a Black Friday sale next week so be sure to read my blog and find out about some fantastic deals!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/?s=phoenix+rising&post_type=product" target="_blank">Phoenix Rising pattern</a> is now available in in both printed and pdf format. You can use my <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product/helix-templates/" target="_blank">Helix acrylic templates</a> to make the quilt.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It has really been fun watching everyone play with the placements of the blocks that they have finished so far! Would you believe that there are over 40,000 quilters joining in on the fun!!! Some have created some very interesting settings. This is something that I do frequently when I am designing quilts. That is the fun part of designing. How many different ways can I move these blocks around to create different designs? With this being a medallion quilt, there is a limited number of ways to do it. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I have a pattern called <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/?s=mosaic+magic&post_type=product" target="_blank">Mosaic Magic</a>. It has been one of my most popular patterns for over 20 years. It is one log cabin-like block. There are 5 sizes in the pattern from a wall size to a king size. The pattern has a variety of ways that you can put the blocks together to create different designs. This first one shows you basically what the block looks like. But look at how each version creates a whole different design.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Again I have to remark about how wonderful all of the blocks look! They are all so different. Some of you may have read that I have said on the Facebook page, there are no rules about what fabrics you have to use and where you use them. I also said that if some of your pieces are upside down, as long as they are the same, there is no reason you can't keep them that way. This is your quilt and you can make it any way you want. My pattern and fabric suggestions are a jumping off point. If you want to be creative and put your own spin to it, by all means do it. Make it your quilt! </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">By now I'm sure you are all pros at making Flying Geese units! I have read some discussions about making 4 Flying Geese at the same time so I decided I would do a tutorial on that method in case you have never seen it before. The trick is you don't have to cut your squares into half-square or quarter-square triangles. You leave them as squares. You can do this with any pattern that gives you the cutting instructions to cut squares then cut them into HST or QST. The math is already done for you in the pattern. If they use a different method then I will give you the formula.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A Flying Geese unit is made up of 1 quarter-square triangle and 2 half-square triangles. I explained in my first blog of the challenge what the difference was between the two. If you didn't read that blog, go back and read it. For making them you have to know what the finished size of the block is. For example if you are making a half-square triangle square (a square made of 2 triangles) that finishes at 4" you would cut a square that is 4-7/8" x 4-7/8". You always add 7/8" to the finished size of the block. If you are making a quarter-square triangle square (a square made of 4 triangles) that finishes at 4" you would cut a square that is 5-1/4" x 5-1/4". You always add 1-1/4" to the finished size of the block. Am I clear as mud?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well since a Flying Geese unit is made up of both, you have to use both formulas. Say the Flying Geese unit finishes at 2-1/2" x 5". A Flying Geese unit is always half as wide as it is long. Your big square you would cut 6-1/4" (5" + 1-1/4") and your small squares you would cut at 3-3/8" (2-1/2" + 7/8"). If you need to use a calculator to figure it out the decimals for 1/4 is .25 and for 7/8 is .875.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For this block the finished size is 2-1/4" x 4-1/2". So you will need to cut four (4) 5-3/4" x 5-3/4" (4-1/2" + 1-1/4") from Fabric 1 (your background </span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>fabric) and sixteen (16) 3-1/8" x 3-1/8" (2-1/4" + 7/8") from Fabric 5. Use these measurements instead of what is in the instructions if you want to do them this way.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Welcome back!!!! I can't believe how beautiful all of the blocks are coming out! Isn't it amazing how much changing colors or fabric placement creates a whole different look. Some quilters accidentally put some of the units in upside-down or backwards but in the whole scheme of things it doesn't really affect the finished project. It just creates a different look in the center of the quilt. That is of course if all of the sections are switched. If it is just one or two of the sections then you might consider fixing them for a cohesive look.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Ashley Hough made another great tutorial video for part 2. If you haven't seen it you can view it here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ashley.briggs.108/videos/10155837130995963/" target="_blank">Ashley's Video</a>. For week 2 download click on the link above (Week 2 block 1).</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I promised that I would show you how to twist that center seam on the back of a four patch. This short little video will hopefully help. ( I didn't do one, why reinvent the wheel when there is Youtube!)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In this installment you will be making a lot of half-square triangles. I have you cutting squares just a little larger than you will need and then trimming the finished half-square triangle unit to 2-3/4". The best way to cut half-square triangles is, after you cut your individual squares, line up the two fabric squares you will use right sides together, and then cut the triangles. That way, they are ready to sew and they are cut at the same time. Be sure to read through all of the instructions before beginning. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask me or Ashley by using our names on Facebook.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>If you want to make more than one at a time, I have designed my own Half-square triangle paper so you can make 8 at a time. You will need 40 total so you just need to copy the foundation 5 times on some type of thin paper. Be sure to check the 1" box after printing to make sure it prints at the correct size. (Print at "no scaling" or at 100%.) Cut the two fabrics into 7" squares and cut out around the paper form (I cut about 1/4" around the line).</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I want to give you one more tip about doing blocks with half-square triangles. I know sometimes it is difficult to perfectly cut those squares in half diagonally. Sometimes you don't cut exactly through the corners. This isn't the end of the world if you do that. You can compensate when you go to piece the sections together. I purposely cut the large triangle a little off so I can show you what to do.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020;">I have to confess. I didn't make the quilt that you see in the pattern. I was working on other projects so I sent the instructions to Ashley and as she pieced the quilt, she checked the instructions. The image you see is a virtual image created by <a href="https://electricquilt.com/online-shop/category/electric-quilt-8-eq8/" target="_blank">Electric Quilt 8</a>. I use it to design all of my quilts. It is a fantastic program. The fabric scans are to scale so when I design a quilt with the fabrics it looks just as if I made it! If you haven't tried it and like designing your own quilts, I highly </span></b></span><span style="color: #202020; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32);"><b>recommend it. If you don't want the full version you can get<a href="https://electricquilt.com/online-shop/eq-mini/" target="_blank"> Electric Quilt Mini</a>. It isn't as expensive and it is a great way to get an introduction into their software. </b></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As always: Do what you love and love what you do. Feel free to forward and share this with your quilting friends Thank you for reading. Toby Lischko</span></b>tlischkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083140291794281374noreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432485027901146328.post-62446308274787603412018-10-19T21:27:00.002-05:002018-10-19T21:27:57.363-05:00NATIONAL QUILTER'S CIRCLE MYSTERY MEDALLION <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Welcome back! I am so excited to see all of the wonderful blocks from part 1. There are so many creative quilters out there. Each block is so different. That is what is wonderful about a mystery quilt and the imagination of all of you. Some of you are happy with your results and some of you were not. Some took time to make more than one option, some redid their blocks. Don't get discouraged! Keep working at it and you can get it done. Seeing the finished product is such a satisfying experience for me.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Now to the second installment. (Click on Part 2 if you didn't get the instructions.) This week's piecing includes some more Flying Geese units. This time I chose to cut the half-square and quarter-square triangles to make them. Again I used my "Cutting Corners" template set to cut them. First I want to tell you the difference between a half-square and quarter-square triangle and where they are used in blocks and quilts. I know some of you already know this but for those that don't, a half-square triangle is a square cut diagonally into 2 triangles. Each of those triangles has 2 edges that are on the straight of grain of the fabric. Those triangles are typically used in the corners of a block or quilt so that the edges are stable.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Many of you have ordered my Cutting Corners template set and I appreciate it. If you use it please take time to post photos of you using it on the National Quilter's Circle Facebook feed. If you are still interested in purchasing it you can find it here: <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product/cutting-corners/" target="_blank">Cutting Corners template set.</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I will have another drawing with this blog. Be sure if you leave a comment you put your email address. If you don't want to leave it in the message, then send me a message in my contact me form letting me know what your comment was. If I can't contact you, you can't win! I will be giving away one more Cutting Corners set and a seam guide. Those international quilters will get to pick one of my patterns in it's place if they are picked.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>As always: Do what you love and love what you do. Have fun, enjoy reading, and feel free to share with your quilting friends. Thank you, Toby Lischko</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Welcome and I am so glad you will be doing my mystery quilt! This is the first time I have designed a mystery pattern. I've done many medallion patterns and block of the month patterns, but never a mystery one. I am so excited to see what everyone comes up with. If you haven't signed up for it or seen the first installment, just click on the heading (Mystery Medallion part 1) above. You have the option of making the large quilt, 83" x 101" or a lap version 65" x 65". The large quilt just has more installments so if you want to make the lap version you will not have to follow it until the end. My goal on this project is for you to have fun doing it. My motto is "Quilting should be fun, not hard!". Be adventurous in your fabric choices. You might surprise yourself.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>When choosing fabrics, I always start with a large or main print with lots of colors. That way I can use those colors to pick coordinating prints. I also always like to use a very light and very dark fabric in my quilts for contrast and then pick coordinating prints in different size prints and tones. For some of you who have problems choosing fabrics, use the experts at your local quilt shop or stick with specific fabric collections where everything is already coordinated for you. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>This fabric collection I used to make this quilt is called "Heavenly Hydrangeas" by Sue Zipkin for Clothworks. You might still be able to find some on the internet or in your local quilt shop.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>If you don't know what a medallion quilt is, it is a quilt that starts with a large block in the center and then borders are added around it. Some borders may be plain and some may have pieced blocks in them. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Since NQC released the fabric requirements and first block early I have been unprepared. I was hoping to have my blog done so I could help you make this first block. Some of you have already finished it and what I have seen are all great! I also saw that Ashley posted a video on making Flying Geese sections. She did a great job so take some time to watch it as there may be other Flying Geese sections in this quilt and you may use both methods that she showed throughout this quilt. You can see it here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NationalQuiltersCircle/videos/497302794084115/" target="_blank">Ashley Hough Flying Geese tutorial.</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I want to also show you one other way to do Flying Geese units using my <i><u>Cutting Corners</u></i> template set. I use it in two ways. One is to eliminate the need to draw the line on the backs of the squares when making them with squares and rectangles and the other is to cut accurate half-square and quarter-square triangles.</b></span><br />
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tlischkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083140291794281374noreply@blogger.com104tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432485027901146328.post-77282815403005223902018-10-01T12:27:00.000-05:002018-10-01T12:27:38.683-05:00ISLAND BATIK AUGUST CHALLENGE WINNERS<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>This summer has been challenging emotionally for me. Working on the Island Batik project has helped me cope with the deterioration of my mother. Usually a very private person, I have had to tell people I work with that I have not been able to keep up with many of the projects that I have had to do. On September 6, my mother passed away. She had a wonderful life. Her and my father had the perfect marriage. He called her his "bride" for over 70 years. She will be missed terribly.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I'm sure many of you have wondered whether or not I have picked any winners that I said I would for all of the blogs related to this challenge. So I will make a quick announcement and give the winners here and email them. If I do not hear from any of them, I will pick new ones.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The first two winners from parts 1 and 2 won some batik fabric bundles. They are Kathleen McMusing and Quilter (she did not leave her name). Congratulations ladies.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The 3rd winner from the final part three is Deb Thuman. She won a fat 8th bundle and my Cutting Corners template set. Congratulations Deb!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I did play with some other ideas with this block. I wanted to see what I could design from just the flower tops. These are what I came up with. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>And the third option was to make a smaller version of the original quilt that I could teach.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>So what do you think? Are there any of these versions that you would like to do? I am having templates made of the flower tops so you don't need to make your own and if you don't want to paper piece you don't have to. Would you take this workshop?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Thanks for following me. The Summer Breeze pattern is now available in pdf or printed form now. If you order the printed form, you will get the freezer paper foundation sections to make the quilt. <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/?s=summer+breeze&post_type=product" target="_blank">SUMMER BREEZE</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Leaving town tomorrow to teach at the AQS show in Virginia Beach. I will mail the prizes when I get back. If you plan to be at the show, please look me up. I will be doing some demonstrations for my book and iQuilt video.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I frequently work with many of the fabric companies designing quilts to go with their new fabric collections. RJR is one of those companies that I do a lot of commission work for. They always have such beautiful fabrics that are easy to design with. In the beginning of the year they sent me a fabric collection called Family Roots which I immediately started playing with on my <a href="https://electricquilt.com/online-shop/category/electric-quilt-8-eq8/" target="_blank">EQ8</a>. I had been doing some sampler quilts with some previous companies (Soldier's Quilt) and collections so I thought I would try to do another one. I came upon with this concept. I love using log cabins in quilts and felt that this was an unusual setting that was different than other BOMs that I have seen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">RJR liked it and submitted the design to <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/" target="_blank">Missouri Star Quilt Company</a>. They liked it too! So they picked it up and are selling it on their website. It is a nine month series and Missouri Star will be selling the kits each month for the next nine months. There are 13 fabrics in the quilt. Two of them come from a different fabric collection called Falls Majesty. You can purchase the first month's kit here: <a href="https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop/detail/104056/rjr-fabrics/gateway-quiltsn-stuff/hearth-and-home-block-of-the-month" target="_blank">Hearth and Home BOM.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Each month you will receive the fabric in fat eighths, fat quarters or regular yardage to make the block(s) for that month. The pattern will include instructions for each block. To save me from having to print too many pages, I have designed cutting charts for each of the fabrics in pdf form. To receive the cutting charts you can use the contact form on this page to request them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Each month I will be doing a short tutorial on piecing one or more of the blocks. If there is more than one technique that I will be discussing, I will divide it up into two or three separate tutorials. I will not be discussing cutting instructions or specific block piecing instructions. Those are in the pattern and you will have to purchase it with the kit if you want to make it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To start off, before I talk about the blocks, I think it is important to discuss your 1/4" seam allowance. If you have not seen my Youtube video yet, here it is on how to establish an accurate 1/4" seam.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because most of these blocks have numerous pieces, accuracy is very important. I always set my seam and make a test block with my own fabric. (You don't want to cut up the good fabric yet!) Measure each section for accuracy. It is easier to make adjustments at this level before sewing the parts together. Once you get that established you don't have to make any more test blocks. If you want to purchase my seam guide you can find it here: <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product/14-seam-guide/" target="_blank">Perfect 1/4" Seam Guide.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Block 2</b> has Half-Square triangles and Chevrons. The squares for the half-square triangles are cut slightly larger than needed so that once you piece them you can trim the patches down to size. You can either draw a line on the backs of the lighter fabric, sew 1/4" on each side of the line, cut apart and then trim the square to the size listed, or just cut them into triangles, sew them together and then trim it to the size listed. Don't be afraid of sewing on the bias. Just let the sewing machine do it's job and don't stretch the edge as you sew. I always add a pin at the end of the triangle so that the edges stay together when I sew it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Chevron patch is made with squares and rectangles. Again you can draw a line on the backs of the squares, sew on the line and then trim the seam to 1/4" or you can use my "Cutting Corners" template set to trim the corners and then sew with a 1/4" seam allowance. You can purchase my Cutting Corners template set here: <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product/cutting-corners/" target="_blank">Cutting Corners.</a> It can be used a lot with the blocks in this quilt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As an introduction to this quilt I will be having a drawing for some fat eighths of the collection. If you would like to be in the drawing simply leave a comment at the end of this blog. You do not have to purchase the BOM kit to be in the drawing but you don't want to miss out on making this fantastic quilt! I will draw a name on September 2. Good luck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As always, do what you love and love what you do. Thank you for reading and be sure to share this with your quilting friends. Toby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today is my day and as usual I was down to the wire. I put the binding on the quilt at 9:00 last night. I don't think I have ever put on a binding on as quick a time as I did this one. ****<b>Be sure to read all the way to the end so you learn how you can be eligible to win a fat quarter batik bundle and my Cutting Corners template set and a strip pack from Island Batik.****</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before I reveal the quilt I want to show how I made the second part of the block. The patches that attaches to the flower have triangles on the ends of them. They are made with squares. You can draw a line on the backs of the squares and sew on the drawn line or you can do what I do and use my <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product/cutting-corners/" target="_blank">"Cutting Corners" template set.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was working on this quilt during a quilt retreat called "Summer Breeze" so I asked the group what should I call the quilt and they said call it "Summer Breeze" after the retreat! I pieced many of the blocks at the retreat so I laid down the pieces to see what they would look like. ( I was still missing 4 blocks.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I then thought, what would it look like with white sashing strips? I definitely liked this version better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After I got home, I finished the blocks and put it on my design wall. I couldn't decide on whether I wanted to put on a border or not so I cut some strips to see what it would look like with a border. I also added four orange corner stones where the flowers came together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So.......here is the finished quilt! It is 57" square with an 8" block.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: left;">I really had fun making this one. I decided to make a pattern of it so I am offering a special discount if you preorder the pattern. (It will take me a couple weeks to write it.) The pattern will come with enough freezer paper sheets to make the 24 blocks. So for a limited time you can get the pattern for $12 (regular price will be $15 with the foundation papers). I will make the pattern available in pdf form after it is written. It will be $12 regular price.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can preorder the pattern here: <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product/summer-breeze/" target="_blank">Summer Breeze Pattern.</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used 25 fabrics from the collection. 5 groups of 5 fabrics. It was my surprise bundle in my box from them. You can see the whole collection here:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.islandbatik.com/shop/search/?keywords=ocean+odyssey" target="_blank">Ocean Odyssey by Island Batik</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will be having a drawing for a fat eighth bundle of the collection and my Cutting Corners template set. Just leave a comment to be in the drawing. I will draw a name a week from today (August 27). Be sure to leave your email so that I can contact you if you win. US only due to shipping charges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As always: Do what you love and love what you do. Feel free to share my blog with your quilting friends. Thank you for reading. Toby</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Be sure to check out the other blog posts especially <a href="https://thequiltrambler.com/2018/08/summer-lovin-the-great-outdoors-blog-hop/" target="_blank">Karen Overton's</a> who also used Ocean Odyssey in her quilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Monday, August 6 - All A Flutter - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yellowcatquiltdesigns.com%2F2018%2F08%2Fthe-great-outdoors-blog-hop-with-island.html&h=AT2r_4uUNBdAGHOokF2_QKcgfl1sMzCQ079JPIbZ_Q7OkMv7f-cISqF5LN6cNjMRTD0bKebD0nwEohgY93fHGDy520y-QW23vxbqh0ARZrp3xYnM8XgenU3fao9Mcg3C8jg" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Yellow Cat Quilt Designs</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativeblondeblog.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F08%2F05%2Fall-a-flutter-inc-giveaway%2F&h=AT2ru-ei38_lmJ0Vbra9gzSsLfLlxeyNh6AXqGdZ3myHQflqOlEcGhPD6PKsSgGvvamyHmZZGlRmb5COlVPL4Uvmve5gMwQG_vTi_lW36THonEjkH56JgPGJ4sZ702Tec3Q" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Creative Blonde</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Tuesday, August 7 - Birds N’ Bees - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Farkangelcreations.blogspot.com%2F2018%2F08%2Fblog-hop-post-and-give-away.html&h=AT15sD0vgBvYZJ5ePoP58czt8K_5LqzaCQEMuwfRvaDgxVCymf-cWNdhLI5AYeZHB5Ew5uwNZBPL9Ctc2GxNpkGsPTJ_VUZwlS0FYpPk4xXt6fU2VMTL1DuQand71OBvaHI" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Ark Angel Creations</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpatternsbyjen.blogspot.com%2F2018%2F08%2Fthe-great-outdoors-blog-hop-day-2-my.html&h=AT0Ma-_oPUVXOr64AQh0T-1bfFujfTwjVfAIe0TLmSiKhC_JhkABbFOePV4lwTDyNYWBFkjIk1hiaDuETCYJiV043RcZdXbkP9ljs-rdS9f3eYIxqRbG0S4wFYUmxkdEPNU" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Patterns By Jen</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Wednesday, August 8 - Canterbury Manor - </span><a href="https://www.sallymanke.com/blog/2018/8/5/flower-child-hippie-van-art-quilt" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Sally Manke</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://poweredbyquilting.com/2018/08/08/the-great-outdoors-blog-hop-giveaway/" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Powered By Quilting</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Thursday, August 9 - Eclectic Garden - </span><a href="http://www.desertbloomquilting.com/blog/2018/8/9/island-batik-great-outdoors-blog-hop-eclectic-garden" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Desert Bloom Quilting</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://sewkaren-lycreated.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-great-outdoors-blog-hop.html" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Sew Karen-ly Created</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Friday, August 10 - Vintage Morris - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmoosestashquilting.blogspot.com%2F2018%2F08%2Fthe-great-outdoors-blog-hop-with-island.html&h=AT1nyq6hmsqP3qp_wlMb2IQzyaHNjmVF6nw9ENzSleXA_CWhH19MwEwG3Ityi48KIOcG6Uqa_t2veXi-gMmGYCvSfbDvGU7a4FtF27Onhnm5yJ-jv5TTHpD1XKnnbUAD4qo" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">MooseStash Quilting</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdevotedquilter.blogspot.com%2F2018%2F08%2Fisland-batik-great-outdoors-blog-hop.html&h=AT1KVeNtRytvjkhCKdPOR4pLcvXQawy9ZHgGkhtdosgttJ2kLmXcYdIt24jBl5FMVmsSBLBcgNWTITMh4ZFgKwDncVSm2j45Ju95dboVB88GPR6FnPmN5hpYeJ9zSTMXX9c" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Devoted Quilter</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Monday, August 13 - Safari - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsewincrediblycrazy.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT31c66xbAAP6DqUR4EElT4M7lPRtB9EHoD0MaTeyhyBLCw-WsUZ3Im1RDYlcfsAbbrN0CfEYoUXxH87lWRPfmvfOR6XhYq8ikDuhTzC4-dWHNreFEMBq6-xzHL_WX88M3M" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Sew Incredibly Crazy</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsweetgrassdesigns.wordpress.com%2F&h=AT1C_2CgyjVUw8XYLtJm5KBBZhy-dBCY73qdLbiwp6vCEAhn80YcjQ9anc_Z5WH8iIKWTu1qNGVAw8X4Ag_xEfRx37zOvSQ8Eus23sPOlvwhIy_CgVV5JUkDPDR78losP9Y" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">SweetGrass Designs</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Tuesday, August 14 - Spring Blossoms - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fteachpany.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT2CxTCabGunIkrWGEb9hOsb6Qq2SRhToFfll3X5bDx9Kv0FBt3SMhmfSoseOfJmvjf24JoRZggAm7wnl247IcjkSg5snujE2L0lEGvKLtpOV_aIbjGwgmNKUZp_iApIzGY" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Mary Mack Made Mine</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fifthesethreadscouldtalk.com%2F&h=AT2WVRlniZ3Gn1APveb262JiFxpAxksRfFaEa4AA41oN4M-28iq_DzqJ1-8F4JpZgz7JZrlDLOxDdRMSbTcy1691Yks0mWQZuR4liXaSCe3GF5UAdem0Y4jKTu2_DZs4zzk" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">If These Threads Could Talk</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Wednesday, August 15 - Victoria and Albert - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bejeweledquilts.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT1zBC9-CB03x7F6R6Pp-QAjiPjD3fQ8tGa7lXw8FObz-p25aowmR3C25w_Nj0k6ozYMYGVxZScOTpRH9wh-BaTtk4ZpRs3L-7gyxNpHrc0dYbmoe_sf-w1Cu3qCgDrDy28" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Bejeweled Quilts</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cleverchameleon.com.au%2Fblog%2F&h=AT1qbGhtpm4KqQqEeCNflQj4MQYUwGreJeDp_uMBGDuERwCd83KiGXZ0Eg8S0phGRI8B_cgShs9UAcmkE1fBWcXq_cWDQ7R2yy5UttFNCq0jhEELlLn6uJkYM-7LhcmMrXg" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Clever Chameleon</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Thursday, August 16 - Wild Things - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fconniekresin.com%2F&h=AT2Dsbgtwbv08Rge8y_euO-SUzqZ0aw0c8UPJjD5NvFzt3L_2xVm_pSEhQa77xBq8yU_AcRm7JH_RE2cKsEThSqwGlR6P4FyQ8GI7XGP4qTX1ROHutr0NNc6mZ0LQXcOcnCbD_PAyWMMcykN" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Freemotion By The River</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fkauffmandesigns.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT00eNaGjZ3n36ioQYkT2AgzQmZIuJq8GvYIPNkyxEoFg4be8DIpXig03zF7qkU9gO0kWmzP-M4UuhHAxxXW69ELoJro1bz0fP1cJL4BWIZpTC8gj2snw9YR-GhikJfuYmI" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Kauffman Designs</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Friday, August 17 - Petting Zoo - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdensyendehimmel.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT324U8Os09wMit-NtpWNY4H3jpfw5_J7KnYPSQ2uF_wxa8V6VhdblYi4aZPt8KPEhwV_WOwU3M-wMLuOWxTdtud239EnCmgtVYDKQsDkQ3t-A_V3J3m4cNwc_Xexo9oCs8" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Den Syende Himmel</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sarahgoerquilts.com%2F&h=AT0azy7MwoA_sY9wEv8OOvj2CDl4car2qsLXt9rcXOMWm7TeTeRagKnc77b-3VPsarZ3_j2tRyeepwnu8pCIo-w0BSS70uILBBVdxDXvK_Vd4DdlzXJNnBUto7Bj5SUg_t8" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Sarah Goer Quilts</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Monday, August 20 - Ocean Odyssey - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgatewayquiltsnstuff.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT1krvMyl7pXpGjD2UKLijOkZSz8CgtTPsxUC1m2wdq3rAO83MGY5lPRk90q9QqFX-nD2FrJgA4-QUy_-Uq89V9gBk-omB3FxquCJZxJYUUXoxwCko6cjitUc1-NwBTcncM" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Gateway Quilts</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthequiltrambler.com%2Fblog%2F&h=AT0e5P-YnlrGT8roIBgVzDYgjQavbj8h1cjKzJ1GaOlUGL4e69bfzmSBY8JySCAt65ExaxWI_pDiVSjk6_s3c-6nEU76vwXp8DUkBNgy8ZEsW-p94nqkuNLvpxfh3H-ovs4" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">The Quilt Rambler</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Tuesday, August 21 - British Rose - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbusyhandsquilts.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT2oIIJdQbfelxT08cFlMITk4KfU_8MJzac9bNrP8JlOq_AwhLp_TUpXCAjM_PhfWds9g704z5Mi9s38oLhoudl_KhOShcdh6SLIwCyPkfbOaUMklQlrdZbWB5R3KoAvy6A" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Busy Hands Quilts</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmaniaforquilts.com%2F&h=AT3Igfo-PP1_mxt5dYIcELT2FozJSKSuPWNoJBXcuNoGbWlx0XUgL8eAv7sXYJYJuixobYftKD6EC8l1qozI7wjt_aACFvMgCtVTTfpoBZJS8pr4vhcT8n_XldVHJhg_iS4" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Mania for Quilts</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Wednesday, August 22 - Dear William - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquiringquilter.com%2F&h=AT10H01KH-ldMTlFq1-3hMngpFBe7KoUdVJpy4zeGo4jjREqyjyD9bsn9crms16BrG-SmPBj5jitesoIMB8e44PisCet7mKLZaG0jawzsQo94u60MOH6CMT5rOenvccWOSI" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">The Inquiring Quilter</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmmquilts.com%2F&h=AT3zIVL5sl-lAKltvhRS8yBznzwGZqXx22LIrx9qg90zFFUPNz8c-YIQ3VeKgm-3jmPStdOx-8XfNwwpkMWQCCwFm3168HsDO6xo6VLCCzP8135KB5GwV329QJptMe19xbU" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">mmm! Quilts</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flivingwaterquilter.com%2F&h=AT1HC0EeYzXHp-oeBfhlCIrcFeC0xEghLtn5u6MQB-HQEIxXtAeGL76uVbIfk3EKAOxlBYNQ8oKoYLIzbycg4pbZQznTefIk18qwl4jbSFujt0FUd75mAcX_PGf4fPpx5Mk" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Living Water Quilter</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Thursday, August 23 - Dragonfly Dreams - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Finchwormfabrics.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT0OQCUY72h8ZglbjQ4pWToCOHf27F_lSu5Fffi31BV_zEOnZlv68jgElb_s5_zePcQ1Ug91e5l4_vwZPyZ_BVpn8qDL-YKP_MCzsC4OdFCY4h9YT9F9Wl26Oe9RhHe-9yY" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Inchworm Fabrics</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beaquilter.com%2F&h=AT12o3sWLiXsxSUJfgNFZhOdEkauRhz-Ejw9xIWhxHgKRmKn5JyYYW_ZZZgzuxc9r9FKF0h74QMEynCu7qDT36Yo1kzlhskrUJjJU8z8-lt-C3aBP1b_nvURI0Y1uk3UXJo" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">BeaQuilter</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Friday, August 24 - Fur-ocious Friends - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fquiltingaffection.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT2F39KXaSt1g1m4oy07Jf9LFNOsyQ0Zos38Tp0Y_o4IFJ5efUQUc3GEItZN-obJ0Rcls-IUy489-HmYcLEswkfukP4m9Hu67dFswN_KhOWrzxplvE2-DWu0rX-DuayS_hc" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Quilting Affection Designs</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdizzyquilter.com%2F&h=AT2MoDPV3LThomaesbDyXW7pq7ataF3SZD3LvrWovrhHF9JTpMeL8ryAXJrzLOQgvOfecqHiz7jSaw2u5sVxBjuCjJHvD6qNgXDZ_6t3ZbxB4MB8d6SulNk9DopaxAO7MB0" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Dizzy Quilter</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Monday, August 27 - Globetrotter - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpamelaquilts.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT2jigfnvYtdoh7WO7RE-0w1_xRIpOpvg87dU-j7c3fiwkVAUZnbktVHFvjkGBccoTNr-258EmbPP-vGcHPfguizGpiKGjhTy9UjjpdYWp7RXX2d9hjWtppufzp8ri4S6-g_ewPndeFBhPEM" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Pamela Quilts</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcurlicuecreations.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT0Yf-bCQhl6Ca6VV9jR98vbU5iiLjrQ-GxyLA-geDPRihGJBkXspxYapVUvL6rZN83IEoFQfKqceRd8l2YVTDN0jK2OPldtuPN6PUA-ZHXP1Kd0M3cQFJqX3lFd5WY5PdA" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Curliecue Creations</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Tuesday, August 28 - Jungle Cruise - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fknitbug2.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT3psLYKLXPeCUg5f1j8_l0lsMxHZ5sms94osKHDuzPikO_7ioPy9XyOSRojHghNSG2hxJ9EVxJFBybkg955VEuZ9C7wl8KxAGD-lGCD9B3WYXle5DFaHZD6WhfS9yufzWA" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Vicki's Crafts and Quilting</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flittlebunnyquilts.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT010E2CgNUZJQvaXTwRJaP8Z8jFHAv12r9Mo-qFSkxLddUZtfhTMcC3XxgFj2zLryB1VMTVqeoY1TClR2rswVEvxt3Zs9ReuCK_B30XFuw2jCjLGKRMecTXRlSEpJqFfEs" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Little Bunny Quilts</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Wednesday, August 29 - Lavendula - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carolelylesshaw.com%2F&h=AT1v6zyhmlFp7Aff8FSFA9oIQNFUmqFTZ54i2w7cVdBvajQoYtnVpN01i8zeV0xiKioK9udlHTBQER5m2-hNq3WWXQdrHBdNReG_Ki0sE8qym13NIbIRx6QmxBmgQnqlO-Q" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Carole Lyles Shaw</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmasterpiecequilting.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT2NF4a10nYoyV_3_SU4SdTtAel9qhH8hlrIUkCiHn8_v1i_YN-DfZfy5e1MPMtdXpD--w7DGmPuF9b9wI9zaQgLzh82FydBateygnkybViASjnb5mZkeMqctsbc6b8lbeM" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Masterpiece Quilting</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Thursday, August 30 - London Calling - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fquiltinanotshell.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT1_38vfOugMgXmwjKdNNoiRuLWtY7rWrutYeTywiQckDftTeyYBUE3h6EmYGDV0Mn1eGAZSlIVnccjHcwwqS3anxLJAW0imz0QDsMpRutwIQ_ju0ZYIoIBRZ3kk7C-9HCM" style="color: #0066cc; 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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Welcome back! Today I will show you how I get ready to sew my paper pieced patterns and how I use freezer paper as my foundation so I don't have to tear paper off at the end. I know I have shown this in previous blogs but in case you missed them here it is again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can use your inkjet printer to print the foundation section on freezer paper. I sell 8-1/2" x 11" sheets on my website (<a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/product/applique-freezer-paper-8-1-2-x-11/" target="_blank">Freezer paper sheets</a>). Before printing on the freezer paper check to see how the paper is fed so that you end up printing on the paper side not the shiny side. Write an "X" on one side of the paper and feed it through. That way you can see which side is being printed on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first thing I do is make a template for each of the sections of my foundation. I do this because I want to have as little waste as possible and so that I know the piece I cut will fit properly in the space. I use heavy template plastic for this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After making the templates I measure the length of the template and cut a strip of fabric that is 1/2" larger than it. Or you can just use scraps as long as they are big enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I cut out the pieces I use an <a href="https://www.gatewayquiltsnstuff.com/?s=add-a&post_type=product" target="_blank">Add-a-Quarter or Add-an-Eighth ruler</a> (also available on my website) all the way around it so that the piece is slightly bigger than the section.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I do this for all of the templates in the set. I try to cut out all of my pieces so that when I am ready to sew, I don't have to stop. (That is if I do the math correct!) Some of the pieces have a right and left section so if I cut them with the fabric wrong sides together, I will get a left and right cut at the same time. Because you don't have to worry about accuracy you can cut multiple layers at a time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first step in using freezer paper is to get the iron hot. Then iron the first piece, wrong side of fabric to the shiny side of the paper. Don't hold the iron on too long or it will make the freezer paper hard to remove. </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">(The edge of the fabric is poking out of the edge of the paper.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next, fold back the paper along the line between 1 and 2. I used the long template to help crease the paper along that line. Trim your seam to 1/4" using the Add-a-Quarter ruler. The small ledge on the ruler bumps up against the fold of the paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before lining up the next fabric patch right sides together, to the cut edge, I check to make sure that my piece is facing the same direction as the image on the paper. Then I place them right sides together, checking to see that I have fabric covering the seam allowance on both ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now instead of folding the paper back, I leave it folded and sew as close to the fold as possible. I don't have to change my stitch length but I do usually sew at a 2.0. I use an open toe foot so I can see it better and move my needle all the way to the right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once I have finished my entire section. I place the 1/4" line of the ruler on the 1/4" seam line on the foundation and trim all of the way around. I can then take off my freezer paper and it is ready to use for the next set. Since it has been folded once, I don't need to use a card to fold it along the lines anymore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To make the process go quicker, I will chain sew 4 or 5 at a time, sewing the same section on each time. Here are the 5 different combinations I put together. (It is hard to see the white background against my design wall.)</span></div>
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text-decoration: none;">Mania for Quilts</a><br style="color: #333333;" /><br style="color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Wednesday, August 22 - Dear William - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquiringquilter.com%2F&h=AT10H01KH-ldMTlFq1-3hMngpFBe7KoUdVJpy4zeGo4jjREqyjyD9bsn9crms16BrG-SmPBj5jitesoIMB8e44PisCet7mKLZaG0jawzsQo94u60MOH6CMT5rOenvccWOSI" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">The Inquiring Quilter</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmmquilts.com%2F&h=AT3zIVL5sl-lAKltvhRS8yBznzwGZqXx22LIrx9qg90zFFUPNz8c-YIQ3VeKgm-3jmPStdOx-8XfNwwpkMWQCCwFm3168HsDO6xo6VLCCzP8135KB5GwV329QJptMe19xbU" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">mmm! 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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This month's challenge is called "The Great Outdoors". It is a month long blog hop with all of the Island Batik Ambassadors. At the bottom of this blog you will find all of the dates and names of the participants. There are prize drawings in all of them so be sure to visit everyone for a chance to win some fantastic prizes! My date for posting is August 20 so be sure to come back on that date for a special drawing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do with it. The requirements stated that even though the theme was the great outdoors it didn't have to illustrate something outdoors. However, I decided that I wanted to make some type of flower with them. I played around drawing a paper pieced flower in EQ8 and started with this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I felt that the top of the block (the flower part) was too square so I rounded it out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then I played with different settings. Of course each flower will be a different fabric combination so this just gives me an idea of what it would look like in this setting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wanted it to be a little more interesting so I rotated the blocks and made the quilt square. I really liked how the blocks came together in the center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now I am ready to put groups of fabrics together for each of the blocks. I decided to put a yellow/orange fabric in the two opposite sides of the center. That way when they come together they will create that secondary pattern. I won't tell you yet whether this is the final setting. I will let you be surprised when you see the finished quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stay tuned to the next blog where I start making the blocks and how I use my freezer paper technique for making the flower end so I don't have to tear off any paper at the end. I will also show how great my "Cutting Corners" template set comes in handy for making those small triangles on the ends of the long pieces.</span></div>
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color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Wednesday, August 22 - Dear William - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquiringquilter.com%2F&h=AT10H01KH-ldMTlFq1-3hMngpFBe7KoUdVJpy4zeGo4jjREqyjyD9bsn9crms16BrG-SmPBj5jitesoIMB8e44PisCet7mKLZaG0jawzsQo94u60MOH6CMT5rOenvccWOSI" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">The Inquiring Quilter</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mmmquilts.com%2F&h=AT3zIVL5sl-lAKltvhRS8yBznzwGZqXx22LIrx9qg90zFFUPNz8c-YIQ3VeKgm-3jmPStdOx-8XfNwwpkMWQCCwFm3168HsDO6xo6VLCCzP8135KB5GwV329QJptMe19xbU" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">mmm! Quilts</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flivingwaterquilter.com%2F&h=AT1HC0EeYzXHp-oeBfhlCIrcFeC0xEghLtn5u6MQB-HQEIxXtAeGL76uVbIfk3EKAOxlBYNQ8oKoYLIzbycg4pbZQznTefIk18qwl4jbSFujt0FUd75mAcX_PGf4fPpx5Mk" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Living Water Quilter</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Thursday, August 23 - Dragonfly Dreams - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Finchwormfabrics.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT0OQCUY72h8ZglbjQ4pWToCOHf27F_lSu5Fffi31BV_zEOnZlv68jgElb_s5_zePcQ1Ug91e5l4_vwZPyZ_BVpn8qDL-YKP_MCzsC4OdFCY4h9YT9F9Wl26Oe9RhHe-9yY" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Inchworm Fabrics</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beaquilter.com%2F&h=AT12o3sWLiXsxSUJfgNFZhOdEkauRhz-Ejw9xIWhxHgKRmKn5JyYYW_ZZZgzuxc9r9FKF0h74QMEynCu7qDT36Yo1kzlhskrUJjJU8z8-lt-C3aBP1b_nvURI0Y1uk3UXJo" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">BeaQuilter</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Friday, August 24 - Fur-ocious Friends - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fquiltingaffection.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT2F39KXaSt1g1m4oy07Jf9LFNOsyQ0Zos38Tp0Y_o4IFJ5efUQUc3GEItZN-obJ0Rcls-IUy489-HmYcLEswkfukP4m9Hu67dFswN_KhOWrzxplvE2-DWu0rX-DuayS_hc" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Quilting Affection Designs</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdizzyquilter.com%2F&h=AT2MoDPV3LThomaesbDyXW7pq7ataF3SZD3LvrWovrhHF9JTpMeL8ryAXJrzLOQgvOfecqHiz7jSaw2u5sVxBjuCjJHvD6qNgXDZ_6t3ZbxB4MB8d6SulNk9DopaxAO7MB0" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Dizzy Quilter</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Monday, August 27 - Globetrotter - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpamelaquilts.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT2jigfnvYtdoh7WO7RE-0w1_xRIpOpvg87dU-j7c3fiwkVAUZnbktVHFvjkGBccoTNr-258EmbPP-vGcHPfguizGpiKGjhTy9UjjpdYWp7RXX2d9hjWtppufzp8ri4S6-g_ewPndeFBhPEM" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Pamela Quilts</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fcurlicuecreations.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT0Yf-bCQhl6Ca6VV9jR98vbU5iiLjrQ-GxyLA-geDPRihGJBkXspxYapVUvL6rZN83IEoFQfKqceRd8l2YVTDN0jK2OPldtuPN6PUA-ZHXP1Kd0M3cQFJqX3lFd5WY5PdA" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Curliecue Creations</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Tuesday, August 28 - Jungle Cruise - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fknitbug2.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT3psLYKLXPeCUg5f1j8_l0lsMxHZ5sms94osKHDuzPikO_7ioPy9XyOSRojHghNSG2hxJ9EVxJFBybkg955VEuZ9C7wl8KxAGD-lGCD9B3WYXle5DFaHZD6WhfS9yufzWA" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Vicki's Crafts and Quilting</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flittlebunnyquilts.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT010E2CgNUZJQvaXTwRJaP8Z8jFHAv12r9Mo-qFSkxLddUZtfhTMcC3XxgFj2zLryB1VMTVqeoY1TClR2rswVEvxt3Zs9ReuCK_B30XFuw2jCjLGKRMecTXRlSEpJqFfEs" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Little Bunny Quilts</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Wednesday, August 29 - Lavendula - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carolelylesshaw.com%2F&h=AT1v6zyhmlFp7Aff8FSFA9oIQNFUmqFTZ54i2w7cVdBvajQoYtnVpN01i8zeV0xiKioK9udlHTBQER5m2-hNq3WWXQdrHBdNReG_Ki0sE8qym13NIbIRx6QmxBmgQnqlO-Q" style="color: #0066cc; 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caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmeanderingsalonglizardcreek.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT2dkyG-uH3SmNSDSJjU6m2ifeIYg08Vr_e3pURPh60GWkbpqAjUhDQRvSmnWSxuJ85JU9NjOb3c7Tgcxk_9Ty_WlUpxzW1Zt49z4aaliS9ga1WR02nZA4FiTIutDCmFocA" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Lizard Creek Quilting</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Friday, August 31 - Spirit Rhythm - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstephjacobson.blogspot.com%2F&h=AT0VVqGcueZXv1g13Hdxu_1sgD_YjUHUC2axFFFjR-VhcFhAd1WGg3SheRC9Gdan3bsTWxxv0dsX6KLb6d6pkdS9romCl7LzyEEwQZOWvFmKS2BeHTAigxU07c4lhOZPAbi-TvCQOQ63zDVH" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Steph Jacobson</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WhispersOfYore/" style="color: #0066cc; 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color: #333333;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">Tuesday, September 4 - Whatnot - </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fheartscreations.com%2F&h=AT2jvwGykTkh1RYd59VCBriIlfSLxtcMSOhBbCNGypJ2tGmwfo3cdYRNoloU26MdrYEr1f5VIOWmk0v01nNZFV344HZvsQgTJv3b_JeMGUbXBsV9XyjPqKdZFOXivvwxd00" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">heARTS Creations</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">, </span><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sliceofpiquilts.com%2F&h=AT2eqMdmTIGM2CyoKNutKzJJ7Dalqm-8WmpVGEcYHyfBmCJTRu0Au9XzDLCjwckx1qFdSFKt4SDctoE740xgryuWzaI3mDMmDhSFwgu58ClE8N6dEdTcTIar1ygIW4K3oRDeLDJlr3VFfNbq" style="color: #0066cc; text-decoration: none;">Slice of Pi Quilts</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>My family celebrated my parent's anniversary on Sunday and I wanted to make them something that they would really cherish. I had a copy of their wedding photo. Aren't they a handsome couple!!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>First I scanned the photo and saved it on my computer. I printed the photo on some Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer paper. I found that it creates a better image than printing it directly on the fabric.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I then, just started sewing strips to the photo. I started with 1", then 1-1/4" then 1-1/2" and so on until I felt that it was as big as I wanted it to be. (I was in too big a hurry to take photos of sewing the strips on.)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I didn't have any pillow forms so I looked up how to make my own with batting on the internet. Isn't the internet a wonderful thing. You can find out how to do anything on it. I found an article that said to make a pocket with 2 pieces of batting by sewing on 3 sides. Then to stuff it with batting scraps so that it is the thickness you wanted without it being too stuffed. Then just sew the last seam down. You don't have to worry about the seams showing since they will be inside the pillow. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>After I made the pillow form (which I measured from the pillow top) I realized that it was too big after stuffing it for the top so I had to add one more row of strips to the top. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I tried out the alphabet stitches on my sewing machine and stitched their names and date of their wedding.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I didn't have time to quilt it so I sewed the backing on the top on three sides and turned it right side out and put the pillow form in. I pressed the fourth edges in and used some glue to hold the edges together. Then I hand sewed the last edge with a ladder stitch. Here is the finished pillow.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Here they are with the pillow. Aren't they still a handsome couple! (My dad never smiles when you take his photo, but he is happy!) Would you believe my dad will be 98 in June and my mom is 93?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It's not fancy but it served it's purpose. Now when they look at that pillow they will always think of me.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I hope this gives you some incentive to make your own photo pillow for that special occasion. If you have a similar story please share it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>As always; Do what you love and love what you do. Feel free to share with your friends. Thank you for reading. Toby</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>This will be a short blog. So far I have showed how I paper pieced my little log homes. This blog will just describe how I pieced them together and where I got my inspiration.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>First I said I would let you know how I fixed that block that had an "attic" and some of my friends called it. Luckily with freezer paper foundation piecing I could iron the foundation back onto the pieces that were already pieced and then continue with fixing that one part.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I have a book called <u>America's Glorious Quilts.</u> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>It illustrates the history of quilts and is divided into chapters of the type of quilts.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Here is the quilt layout I found. The description said it was made in 1880. It's funny because as I was posting the progress of my blocks, when I laid them out I had a lot of questions why were some of the blocks upside down? So I had to show them this quilt. I got quite a few funny responses about it. "</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>You can put on the back of a sofa and it will look good from both directions." and "depends on which side of the bed you are standing!"</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I liked the layout because it had large sashing to separate the blocks. Gives me plenty of space to quilt! </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I used a 2" sashing between the 6" x 8" blocks. So here is the finished quilt. I had a hard time deciding on whether to put a border on it so I asked my FB friends and the consensus was to put on a border. Since I was making this with fat eighths I was limited to how many blocks I could make with them. The quilt has a 2-1/2" border and finishes at 37" x 39". I haven't found time to quilt it yet but when I do I will show it off.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>So let me know what you think of my little quilt!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>As always; Do what you love and love what you do. Thanks for reading and please share this blog with your quilting friends. Toby Lischko</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here are the fabrics I chose.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Here are the patches cut out.<br /><img alt="indiana blk 2 fab cut" class=" wp-image-17 aligncenter" height="334" src="https://gatewayquiltsnstuff.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/indiana-blk-2-fab-cut.jpg" width="506" /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cutting instructions:<br />Fabric 1<br />Symmetrical 1: Cut (4) with template A. (MM B9)<br />or Cut (2) 4-7/8" squares and cut each once diagonally into HST.<br />Fabric 2<br />Symmetrical 2: Cut (5) with template C. (MM B10)<br />or Cut (2) 4-7/8" squares and cut each once diagonally into (4) HST.<br />Fabric 3<br />Blue: Cut (16) with template B. (MM13)<br />or Cut (8) 2-7/8" square and cut each once diagonally into (16) HST.<br />Fabric 4<br />Red: Cut (4) with template B.<br />or Cut (2) 2-7/8" square and cut each once diagonally into (4) HST.<br />Fabric 5<br />White: Cut (4) with template A.<br />or Cut (2) 4-7/8" squares and cut each once diagonally into HST.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Construction:<br />1. Sew the Fabric 3 template B HST to each side of (4) of the Fabric 2 template C squares and the Fabric 4 template B HST to the remaining Fabric 2 template C square. Press to HST.<br /><img alt="indiana blk 2 dis" class=" wp-image-19 alignleft" height="314" src="https://gatewayquiltsnstuff.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/indiana-blk-2-dis.jpg" width="316" /><br /><img alt="indiana blk 2 center" class="alignnone wp-image-18" height="303" src="https://gatewayquiltsnstuff.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/indiana-blk-2-center.jpg" width="330" /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2. Sew the Fabric 1 and Fabric 5 Template A HST together. Press to darker fabric.<br /><img alt="indiana blk 2 hst" class=" wp-image-23 aligncenter" height="291" src="https://gatewayquiltsnstuff.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/indiana-blk-2-hst.jpg" width="304" /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>3. Layout the (5) diamond in a square patches and (4) HST patches as illustrated. Sew across and then sew rows together. Press towards HST and center.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>After completing the block, I was not happy with how the corner blocks looked so I decided to take the corners apart and resew them. I would love to hear what you think of each of the finished blocks. Which one do you like the best?<br /> <img alt="indiana blk 2 revised" class=" wp-image-22 aligncenter" height="343" src="https://gatewayquiltsnstuff.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/indiana-blk-2-revised.jpg" width="337" /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>* Fussy-cut (4) Template B. (MM B9)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Fabric 2 (pink)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>* Cut (8) Template A (MM B12)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>or Cut (8) 2-1/2" squares</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>* Cut (1) Template C (MM B8)</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>or Cut (1) 4-1/2" square</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>* Cut (8) Template A</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>or Cut (8) 2-1/2" squares</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>* Cut (4) Template B</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>or Cut (2) 4-7/8" squares and cut each twice diagonally into (4) HST.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1. Sew a four-patch with the Template A Fabric 2 and Fabric 3 patches. Make 4.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Can't get much easier than that! I love the play of the fussy cut pieces and the background fabric. Creates a very interesting effect.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Whenever I start a new quilt or block I always do a test block first, before cutting out the fabric I plan to use with the actual quilt. There are a couple reasons why I do this. One is I want to make sure that I like where I put the fabrics. When I first started quilting (</span></b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>before the design programs were available) I just thought that the fabrics I picked would work out fine in the places where I had planned to put them. Well lesson learned, after I cut out all of the pieces for a quilt and I put a block together and realized I did not like the way the block looked! </b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though now I use <a href="http://electricquilt.com/online-shop/" target="_blank">Electric Quilt</a> to design my quilts, I do sometimes change the way I arranged the fabrics.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Another reason is I like to check my pressing directions as I am making it so when I write the instructions the pieces fit together the way I like.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>The third reason is, I always check my seam allowance to make sure that the block is the size I want it. I don't want to get all my blocks done just to find out they are the wrong size! The wonderful thing </b></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>about foundation piecing is you don't have to worry about that 1/4" seam allowance!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>With this house block I am glad I made a test block because I realized that when I went to piece the sections together, I ended up with a "y" seam. (See part one of this project post.) Not that I don't like "y" seams, but they just take a little longer to piece than regular ones. So, I went back to the EQ design and regrouped the foundation sections so that there were no "y" seams. So instead of 4 sections there are now 5 sections. (They look backwards because when you print out foundation sections you choose a mirror image.)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I then again wrote the cutting sizes on each section, labeling whether they were dark or light. I got out my small baggies and labeled them with the section (A, B, etc.), the size of the pieces to cut, and how many of them to cut per section. To make cutting quicker I layered the fat eighths 3 at a time, cut out the strips and sub-cut the pieces I needed, placing them in the correct baggie. I find that organizing them this way, I can sew each section, chain piecing and get 3 or 4 done at a time. This might be a little time consuming in the beginning, but you will see that it makes finding the right pieces so much easier, actually saving time in the long run. (When I am finally ready to sew, I don't want to go back to have to cut out pieces. Unless of course I didn't do my math right!)</b></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a mantra when I paper piece. Four basic steps: <span style="color: red;">Press, fold, trim, sew</span>. When I teach this method in my New York Beauty classes I give the students a "cheat sheet" with these steps on and tell them to repeat them as they sew.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>You can fold the foundation sections on the lines before you begin to sew or as you are sewing. I chose to fold them first using a business card or some type of thick card stock.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Step 1</span>. Press your first section, wrong side of fabric to the shiny side of the paper. Try to limit your pressing to section one only and make sure that the fabric sticks out of each side for trimming later. You can see that the fabric hangs out past the edge of the foundation section and beyond the lines inside.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Step 2</span>. Fold back the foundation section on the line.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Step 3</span>. Using an Add-a-Quarter or any ruler, trim the edge to 1/4".</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Step 4</span>. Place the next fabric right sides together, lining up the edges and sew ALONG THE FOLD of the foundation. I use an open toe foot and move my needle all the way to the right so I have a guide to keep the paper straight and the needle as close to the fold as I can. No need to shorten the stitch since we will not be tearing it off. Start sewing a few stitches before and beyond the seam line of the foundation section.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Back to step 1. First finger press the fabric on the right side then turn it over and press it to the freezer paper to the next fold line.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Continue following these four steps until the section is completed. Trim the excess fabric off along the outside line and gently remove the paper, being careful not to pull any seams open. If you find that you have problems doing that, then do a small backstitch at the beginning and end when sewing on the outside edges. Here are all 5 sections completed. Now they are ready to sew together (this time without the "y" seam).</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are the first four blocks done (only 9 more to go).</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Oops! Can you see my mistake? Easy to fix. (Leave a comment to let me know what I did wrong.)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>In the next and final installment of this project, I will show how I got the inspiration for the setting and the completed quilt. (And what I did to fix my mistake.)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>I have started a new Yahoo group page called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2083802405198279/?notif_id=1523877399176924&notif_t=group_added_to_group&ref=notif" target="_blank">Toby Lischko's Creative Quilting Group.</a> I hope you will join and share your projects!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>As always: Do what you love and love what you do. Thank you for reading and please share with your friends. Toby</b></span></div>
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