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storm at sea
I'm thinking of Storm at Sea. Specifically, I'm thinking of the diamond
in a rectangle unit that goes into the storm at sea block. Is there a clever easy way of piecing this? I've used templates, but templates are a pain. I've paper pieced it, but that wastes a lot of fabric, and I suspect there's an easier way, something that's dopeslappingly obvious after someone points it out to you and accurate to boot. I'm hoping maybe for a ruler made specifically for the unit and instructions that go with it. --Lia |
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Birangle ruler. Not specific, but you'll see right away how it could work. I
recommend the accompanying book for the shortcuts. Roberta in D "Julia Altshuler" wrote in message news:0c9xc.1029$ar.521@attbi_s04... I'm thinking of Storm at Sea. Specifically, I'm thinking of the diamond in a rectangle unit that goes into the storm at sea block. Is there a clever easy way of piecing this? I've used templates, but templates are a pain. I've paper pieced it, but that wastes a lot of fabric, and I suspect there's an easier way, something that's dopeslappingly obvious after someone points it out to you and accurate to boot. I'm hoping maybe for a ruler made specifically for the unit and instructions that go with it. --Lia |
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Hullo Lia
Paper piecing this need not waste a lot of fabric: when you draw/print out your pattern, make an extra one. Cut this into the component bits. Use these as 'templates'. Place them on the fabric and cut round them, eye-balling roughly half an inch round each. You can then cut as many as you want, in whatever method you want. You then have the right shaped pieces, so they are easy to place at the correct angle, and so on. All you have to remember with this is that, because it is a rectangle rather than a square, the pieces are not completely interchangeable. .. In article 0c9xc.1029$ar.521@attbi_s04, Julia Altshuler writes I'm thinking of Storm at Sea. Specifically, I'm thinking of the diamond in a rectangle unit that goes into the storm at sea block. Is there a clever easy way of piecing this? I've used templates, but templates are a pain. I've paper pieced it, but that wastes a lot of fabric, and I suspect there's an easier way, something that's dopeslappingly obvious after someone points it out to you and accurate to boot. I'm hoping maybe for a ruler made specifically for the unit and instructions that go with it. --Lia -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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If not the Bi-rangle, then Tri-Recs.
Nann in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois "Roberta Zollner" wrote in message ... Birangle ruler. Not specific, but you'll see right away how it could work. I recommend the accompanying book for the shortcuts. Roberta in D |
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"nbhilyard" wrote in message news If not the Bi-rangle, then Tri-Recs. Nann in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois Seconded. I have used my Tri-Recs for a Storm at Sea. Iris |
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Thanks for the prompt and knowledgeable replies. I have the right
ruler, but I've never used it. I have all the fabric for this quilt spilled on my table, but I can't decide what to do next. This is like writer's block. I'm not afraid of cutting the fabric. I don't know what it is. Now I'm leaning away from storm at sea. I'm still thinking on this. --Lia |
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"Julia Altshuler" wrote in message news:NDoxc.20512$Sw.11319@attbi_s51... Thanks for the prompt and knowledgeable replies. I have the right ruler, but I've never used it. I have all the fabric for this quilt spilled on my table, but I can't decide what to do next. This is like writer's block. I'm not afraid of cutting the fabric. I don't know what it is. Now I'm leaning away from storm at sea. I'm still thinking on this. --Lia It's quilter's block! I sometimes have a terrible time with this. I have my next project all picked out. Then I finish the current one, and all of a sudden I'm not sure if I want to do the one I thought i did. Sometimes I decide the pattern is fussier than I want to bother with right now. Sometimes the fabrics that seemed so good on the shelf now don't want to play nice on the table. Sometimes I'm torn between the selected project and another one. I just waste time shuffling fabric and patterns around until I am fed up with myself. You might try just leaving the fabric on the table, if you can, and walk away. Sometimes this works. This is one reason I keep my log cabin box with all my pre-cut strips. Sometimes it helps to just grab up some strips and make scrap log cabin blocks. Then they go into lap quilts or quillows. Iris |
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"Julia Altshuler" wrote in message news:NDoxc.20512$Sw.11319@attbi_s51... Thanks for the prompt and knowledgeable replies. I have the right ruler, but I've never used it. I have all the fabric for this quilt spilled on my table, but I can't decide what to do next. This is like writer's block. I'm not afraid of cutting the fabric. I don't know what it is. Now I'm leaning away from storm at sea. I'm still thinking on this. Well quit sharing your quilter's block with me! Keep it to yourself!!! LOL I've got two quilts I need to get cracking on designing, and one more that needs a setting, and every time I pull out my sketch pad, I freeze up. I hoped maybe mindless block sewing would do the trick. No progress on what I need to do, but I got 30 mindless blocks done. *grin* I have a feeling there's too much going on in my life to be creative right now. Which tweaks me, because I know getting something creative done would be very soothing, and be a nice change from all the other cr*p. Grrrr.... -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) longarm machine quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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Im thinking its because the fabric knows what you might do in the squaring
up process and is quivering in fear and silence. Diana :-) "Julia Altshuler" wrote in message news:NDoxc.20512$Sw.11319@attbi_s51... Thanks for the prompt and knowledgeable replies. I have the right ruler, but I've never used it. I have all the fabric for this quilt spilled on my table, but I can't decide what to do next. This is like writer's block. I'm not afraid of cutting the fabric. I don't know what it is. Now I'm leaning away from storm at sea. I'm still thinking on this. --Lia --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.693 / Virus Database: 454 - Release Date: 6/1/2004 |
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If it helps, Lia, I love that pattern and I want to do it sometime, so
if you need any pushing I wholeheartedly say "Go for it!" Julia Altshuler wrote: Thanks for the prompt and knowledgeable replies. I have the right ruler, but I've never used it. I have all the fabric for this quilt spilled on my table, but I can't decide what to do next. This is like writer's block. I'm not afraid of cutting the fabric. I don't know what it is. Now I'm leaning away from storm at sea. I'm still thinking on this. --Lia -- Dr. Quilter Ambassador of Extraordinary Aliens http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out before replying) |
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