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...mutter mutter...Help?
ok I want to know right now! I want to read it in the rules! I want to see
it right before my very eyeballs RIGHT NOW!!!......... ok so it's NOT here so I AM right after all!!! *mutter mutter -explicit verbs intermixed- mutter mutter* I have come to the conclusion.... I HATE TRIANGLES!!! AND EVEN HATE THEM STINKING POINTS EVEN MORE!!!! *yes I am throwing my best imitation of one of my DD temper tantrums here* I decided that it was time for me to attack a different shape from a rectangle or a square so logically I chose a triangle! Now I dont know who planted that seed but it wasnt anything but a damn weed!! lol Just had to vent here, frustrations of trying to make points has almost driven me around the bend.... besides, how is it going to be an original and ~KK~ true quilt if it looks perfect with points like every other HST top out there huh? yeah.... that's it..... original! me! mine! no two alike! Yup that is my theory alright! The rest of you can conform to those perfect point people and just blend in, not me, no way, I gotta be me!!! *and I am too disgusted to go back and try it again for the umteenth time!* lol In other words, what is the trick?????? I pinned, I held it, I smooshed and straightened and eased and creased and..... well you name it I could have tried it but still no nice points... well that's a lie, I have a few nice points they just dont like each other enough to meet. ~KK~ about to toss this sucker into the trash.... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 'The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze.' -- Robert Brault |
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The secret? Chocolate! Makes me feel better anyway. Wait til you get done
with triangles and head for curves - now that's something to swear about! {{{{{{hugs}}}}}} -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html "~KK~ in B.C." wrote in message news:FNNsc.8603$J02.4515@edtnps84... ok I want to know right now! I want to read it in the rules! I want to see it right before my very eyeballs RIGHT NOW!!!......... ok so it's NOT here so I AM right after all!!! *mutter mutter -explicit verbs intermixed- mutter mutter* I have come to the conclusion.... I HATE TRIANGLES!!! AND EVEN HATE THEM STINKING POINTS EVEN MORE!!!! *yes I am throwing my best imitation of one of my DD temper tantrums here* I decided that it was time for me to attack a different shape from a rectangle or a square so logically I chose a triangle! Now I dont know who planted that seed but it wasnt anything but a damn weed!! lol Just had to vent here, frustrations of trying to make points has almost driven me around the bend.... besides, how is it going to be an original and ~KK~ true quilt if it looks perfect with points like every other HST top out there huh? yeah.... that's it..... original! me! mine! no two alike! Yup that is my theory alright! The rest of you can conform to those perfect point people and just blend in, not me, no way, I gotta be me!!! *and I am too disgusted to go back and try it again for the umteenth time!* lol In other words, what is the trick?????? I pinned, I held it, I smooshed and straightened and eased and creased and..... well you name it I could have tried it but still no nice points... well that's a lie, I have a few nice points they just dont like each other enough to meet. ~KK~ about to toss this sucker into the trash.... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 'The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze.' -- Robert Brault |
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In other words, what is the trick?????? I pinned, I held it, I smooshed and
straightened and eased and creased and..... well you name it I could have tried it but still no nice points... I'm going to risk having a pin cushion thrown at me (LOL) by suggesting that you try pressing your seams open....all of them...and then try stitching your points. Please try a sample and let me know how you do. Kathy......ducking and running for cover... http://community.webshots.com/user/katquilts53 Repeat after me......."Spray Starch is my Friend!" |
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"~KK~ in B.C." wrote in message news:FNNsc.8603$J02.4515@edtnps84... besides, how is it going to be an original and ~KK~ true quilt if it looks perfect with points like every other HST top out there huh? yeah.... that's it..... original! me! mine! no two alike! Yup that is my theory alright! The rest of you can conform to those perfect point people and just blend in, not me, no way, I gotta be me!!! Sounds like you need the book "That Dorky Homemade Look". I read it on a plane recently, and it was sure hard not to laugh outloud. One of her principles is that she has no respect for anyone who can only make triangles that have three sides. Another is that if you don't cut off at least half your triangle points, you're just showing off. I loved the part where she was told to sort her fabric by "mood", so she got out every piece of her stash, talked to it to find out what mood it was in, and discovered that most of her fabric was just plain cranky. Seems to me if you can truly embrace the philosophy of being original by eschewing perfect points, you're all set to become an art quilter. Welcome! (bwa ha ha ha ha!!!!!) -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) longarm machine quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to reply |
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Snicker
Sorry I can't be of any help because my points don't match either :-) Some are so far off you would think they are repelled. Now as for triangles, I avoid them like the plague and sew squares on the diagonal - both sides of the cutting line whether I need the extra hst or not; those spare hst must be good for something sometime, right? Shona with a hefty collection of orphan hst in NZ "~KK~ in B.C." wrote in message news:FNNsc.8603$J02.4515@edtnps84... ok I want to know right now! I want to read it in the rules! I want to see it right before my very eyeballs RIGHT NOW!!!......... ok so it's NOT here so I AM right after all!!! *mutter mutter -explicit verbs intermixed- mutter mutter* I have come to the conclusion.... I HATE TRIANGLES!!! AND EVEN HATE THEM STINKING POINTS EVEN MORE!!!! *yes I am throwing my best imitation of one of my DD temper tantrums here* I decided that it was time for me to attack a different shape from a rectangle or a square so logically I chose a triangle! Now I dont know who planted that seed but it wasnt anything but a damn weed!! lol Just had to vent here, frustrations of trying to make points has almost driven me around the bend.... besides, how is it going to be an original and ~KK~ true quilt if it looks perfect with points like every other HST top out there huh? yeah.... that's it..... original! me! mine! no two alike! Yup that is my theory alright! The rest of you can conform to those perfect point people and just blend in, not me, no way, I gotta be me!!! *and I am too disgusted to go back and try it again for the umteenth time!* lol In other words, what is the trick?????? I pinned, I held it, I smooshed and straightened and eased and creased and..... well you name it I could have tried it but still no nice points... well that's a lie, I have a few nice points they just dont like each other enough to meet. ~KK~ about to toss this sucker into the trash.... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 'The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze.' -- Robert Brault |
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In article FNNsc.8603$J02.4515@edtnps84,
"~KK~ in B.C." wrote: ok I want to know right now! I want to read it in the rules! I want to see it right before my very eyeballs RIGHT NOW!!!......... ok so it's NOT here so I AM right after all!!! *mutter mutter -explicit verbs intermixed- mutter mutter* I have come to the conclusion.... I HATE TRIANGLES!!! AND EVEN HATE THEM STINKING POINTS EVEN MORE!!!! *yes I am throwing my best imitation of one of my DD temper tantrums here* I decided that it was time for me to attack a different shape from a rectangle or a square so logically I chose a triangle! Now I dont know who planted that seed but it wasnt anything but a damn weed!! lol Just had to vent here, frustrations of trying to make points has almost driven me around the bend.... besides, how is it going to be an original and ~KK~ true quilt if it looks perfect with points like every other HST top out there huh? yeah.... that's it..... original! me! mine! no two alike! Yup that is my theory alright! The rest of you can conform to those perfect point people and just blend in, not me, no way, I gotta be me!!! *and I am too disgusted to go back and try it again for the umteenth time!* lol In other words, what is the trick?????? I pinned, I held it, I smooshed and straightened and eased and creased and..... well you name it I could have tried it but still no nice points... well that's a lie, I have a few nice points they just dont like each other enough to meet. ~KK~ about to toss this sucker into the trash.... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 'The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze.' -- Robert Brault Awww...you poor thing! Maybe you need to get a book by that quilter who makes everything wonky on purpose -- no points, nothing matching -- and it all turns out looking great. What's her name? I can't remember, but I think she sticks a Z at the end of almost every word.... -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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~KK~ in B.C. wrote:
In other words, what is the trick?????? I pinned, I held it, I smooshed and straightened and eased and creased and..... well you name it I could have tried it but still no nice points... well that's a lie, I have a few nice points they just dont like each other enough to meet. Repeat after me. "It's just a design element." =) For serious help, I suggest resorting to pins. Hold a pin and connect the dots. Then use other pins to hold the seam in place. My mother started quilting just before the rotary blade became available. She still draws *all* of her seam lines. It really does help with matching points for the triangles and diamonds. Then practice, practice, practice. -georg |
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I was told by an elderly quilter than I, when I told her my points weren't
always matching too well, she quickly retorted, "They aren't supposed to." So after that I declared myself a great quilter. g Marlys in Indiana "~KK~ in B.C." wrote in message news:FNNsc.8603$J02.4515@edtnps84... ok I want to know right now! I want to read it in the rules! I want to see it right before my very eyeballs RIGHT NOW!!!......... ok so it's NOT here so I AM right after all!!! *mutter mutter -explicit verbs intermixed- mutter mutter* I have come to the conclusion.... I HATE TRIANGLES!!! AND EVEN HATE THEM STINKING POINTS EVEN MORE!!!! *yes I am throwing my best imitation of one of my DD temper tantrums here* I decided that it was time for me to attack a different shape from a rectangle or a square so logically I chose a triangle! Now I dont know who planted that seed but it wasnt anything but a damn weed!! lol Just had to vent here, frustrations of trying to make points has almost driven me around the bend.... besides, how is it going to be an original and ~KK~ true quilt if it looks perfect with points like every other HST top out there huh? yeah.... that's it..... original! me! mine! no two alike! Yup that is my theory alright! The rest of you can conform to those perfect point people and just blend in, not me, no way, I gotta be me!!! *and I am too disgusted to go back and try it again for the umteenth time!* lol In other words, what is the trick?????? I pinned, I held it, I smooshed and straightened and eased and creased and..... well you name it I could have tried it but still no nice points... well that's a lie, I have a few nice points they just dont like each other enough to meet. ~KK~ about to toss this sucker into the trash.... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 'The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze.' -- Robert Brault |
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wait till I am done with these suckers?? I AM DONE lol I mean really, how
much frustration can one woman take in one day! (besides the DH and DD and DS1 and DS2 and the miserable QI who wants to eat the 'tiel today for some reason) and curves? I think I will just let that one slide by totally unnoticed here. I will just swear at my own curves I carry around with me instead of filling my trash bin with curvey bits to add to the triangle bits *EG* ~KK~ who has a whole new love of squares and rectangles!!!!! -- ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 'The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze.' -- Robert Brault "Sharon Harper" wrote in message ... The secret? Chocolate! Makes me feel better anyway. Wait til you get done with triangles and head for curves - now that's something to swear about! {{{{{{hugs}}}}}} -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html "~KK~ in B.C." wrote in message news:FNNsc.8603$J02.4515@edtnps84... ok I want to know right now! I want to read it in the rules! I want to see it right before my very eyeballs RIGHT NOW!!!......... ok so it's NOT here so I AM right after all!!! *mutter mutter -explicit verbs intermixed- mutter mutter* I have come to the conclusion.... I HATE TRIANGLES!!! AND EVEN HATE THEM STINKING POINTS EVEN MORE!!!! *yes I am throwing my best imitation of one of my DD temper tantrums here* I decided that it was time for me to attack a different shape from a rectangle or a square so logically I chose a triangle! Now I dont know who planted that seed but it wasnt anything but a damn weed!! lol Just had to vent here, frustrations of trying to make points has almost driven me around the bend.... besides, how is it going to be an original and ~KK~ true quilt if it looks perfect with points like every other HST top out there huh? yeah.... that's it..... original! me! mine! no two alike! Yup that is my theory alright! The rest of you can conform to those perfect point people and just blend in, not me, no way, I gotta be me!!! *and I am too disgusted to go back and try it again for the umteenth time!* lol In other words, what is the trick?????? I pinned, I held it, I smooshed and straightened and eased and creased and..... well you name it I could have tried it but still no nice points... well that's a lie, I have a few nice points they just dont like each other enough to meet. ~KK~ about to toss this sucker into the trash.... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 'The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze.' -- Robert Brault |
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Open??? OPEN?? gee I never thought about that and I did try and and it did
work!! How kewl is that! ~KK~ who of course didnt read this post until she had done every one of her blocks but one...... live and learn! *sigh* -- ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ 'The road to success is not a path you find, but a trail you blaze.' -- Robert Brault "Kathy " wrote in message ... In other words, what is the trick?????? I pinned, I held it, I smooshed and straightened and eased and creased and..... well you name it I could have tried it but still no nice points... I'm going to risk having a pin cushion thrown at me (LOL) by suggesting that you try pressing your seams open....all of them...and then try stitching your points. Please try a sample and let me know how you do. Kathy......ducking and running for cover... http://community.webshots.com/user/katquilts53 Repeat after me......."Spray Starch is my Friend!" |
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