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Wauka Mountain Mama
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Fran
Fairburn
Ga
USA
239 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 10:14:50 AM
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My early morning math was way off! How I thought this many five inch squares would reduce to a 12 inch block I don't know. :D
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Looks like I'll be doing some trimming! 
Live simply. So that others may simply live.
http://waukamountainmama.blogspot.com/ |
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Okie Farm Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
1674 Posts
Mary Beth
McLoud
Oklahoma
USA
1674 Posts |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
13055 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 10:41:49 AM
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I think it's beautiful! I couldn't have even done that.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Marcy
True Blue Farmgirl
2716 Posts
Marcy
Tiverton
Rhode Island
USA
2716 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 11:11:55 AM
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It's very pretty, love the colors. Is it supposed to be a pinwheel quilt? I hope you post a pic when it's done.
hugs
Marcy
Farmgirl #170
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give...Eleanor Roosevelt
http://marcysworldofcreativity.blogspot.com/
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Wauka Mountain Mama
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Fran
Fairburn
Ga
USA
239 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 11:17:42 AM
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Thanks, Mary Beth & Marly!
Marly, its not that hard. They're just pinwheels, if you put two squares of fabric face to face & draw a line from the upper corner to the opposite lower corner & sew 1/4th inch from the guide line then cut down the guide line you get two squares that are two triangles of you colors. Then just set up your pattern & sew your block. I always cut my scarp cottons into 5,4 or 3 inch squares so I can do projects like this without alot of set-up.
So, once Iam done with lunch & watching Anthony Bourdain visiting Charleston NC. I'll be trimming my squares down to 3 1/2 inches & making my 19inch block into the 12inch one I planned for. :)
Live simply. So that others may simply live.
http://waukamountainmama.blogspot.com/ |
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Wauka Mountain Mama
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Fran
Fairburn
Ga
USA
239 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 11:21:56 AM
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Hey, Marcy. You must have posted while I was typing.
Yes, they're pinwheels. I was copying from memory a block I saw in a magazine where the artist managed to sneak an extra pinwheel in the center of the block so they all sorta blend but stand out at once. I thought it was a great modern twist. :)
Live simply. So that others may simply live.
http://waukamountainmama.blogspot.com/ |
Edited by - Wauka Mountain Mama on Aug 02 2012 11:22:37 AM |
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kysheeplady
True Blue Farmgirl
1291 Posts
Teri
KY
USA
1291 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 11:41:03 AM
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Fran,
Those pinwheels quilts are so pretty when all together. Love the colors!
Teri
"There are black sheep in every flock"
White Sheep Farm
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marlee
True Blue Farmgirl
1650 Posts
Marlene
DeRidder
Louisiana
1650 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 11:52:28 AM
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Fran if you hadnt said anything I wouldn't have known the difference. That's bad I know!
Marlee
God is the painter, he paints the picture. And his son builds it, for he is the Master Carpenter! |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
7648 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
7648 Posts |
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heritagehunter
True Blue Farmgirl
207 Posts
Julie
La Salle
Co
USA
207 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 3:49:35 PM
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Thats to pretty to cut down. If it was me I would turn it into a pillow.
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Wauka Mountain Mama
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Fran
Fairburn
Ga
USA
239 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 4:17:43 PM
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Thanks for all the praise, ladies. I haven't gotten to sew much this year so I was starting to worry about getting rusty, but you guys got me holding my head high now. :)
Marlene, Iam plum terrible with measurements too! Which, of course is how I ended up with a 7inch size flurble. :D
I did lose alittle detail in the red fabric which was the largest print but its not too bad. If I was keeping the block for myself I'd have just altred the quilt plans to fit the new blocks or Julie's idea about making a pillow would have been great too, but the block is for the july block swap. I probably shouldn't have posted a pic here sense it ruins the suprise for Jonesy but lately I neverget my block sizes right so it was just too funny that I over did the size by that much!
As it is the block somehow ended up at 13 inches instead of 12...BUT the other block I did for the June part of the swap is 13inches too! :D
So, the quilting fates have decieded that Joan should have 13inch blocks...Who am I to fight it?! :D
Live simply. So that others may simply live.
http://waukamountainmama.blogspot.com/ |
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Kammi
True Blue Farmgirl
105 Posts
Kim
Phoenix
Az
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - Aug 02 2012 : 4:47:49 PM
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I have done this many times over the last 30 years. And I didn't want to toss the block because I had put so much work into it, so I have saved all of them and am making an oops quilt. It will look like a sampler. Just with little opps everywhere...but it will hold a lot of memories of all the other quilts that I have made. I do love the colors though.
Happy quilting
Kim
Farmgirl #4256
Remember… Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body. Instead, you should slide in sideways, glass of wine in one hand and chocolate in the other, in a body thoroughly used up, worn out and screaming “Woohooo! What a ride!”
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3331 Posts
marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
3331 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2012 : 03:27:22 AM
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Your work is so precise. Looks gorgeous. Would break my heart to have to change it if it were mine!
Marianne |
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Tea Lady
True Blue Farmgirl
645 Posts
Lorraine
Morris
IL
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - Aug 03 2012 : 4:04:03 PM
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I like Kim's idea of an oops quilt. It is too pretty to trim. Love the colors.
Lorraine
(aka Tea Lady)
Farmgirl #1819
www.birdsandteas.com |
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