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I might be in the minority here, and usually would vote for the wild side,
but in this case it really will be an awesome quilt with 18 of those! So IMO buckle down and finish them. Maybe you could do all the remaining compasses at once? Sew each step for all the blocks before moving to the next step? They'll be done in no time if you stop counting how many more you have left to do! Roberta in D "the black rose" wrote in message ... Making a quilt for my youngest son, it's a whooooooooole lotta 15" mariner's compasses, I've gotta pic of one at http://community.webshots.com/photo/...43983978WWVbdx . My original plan was to applique them into 16.5" squares, and set the squares on point, 4 rows of 3 alternating with 3 rows of 2 (which equals 18 compasses). I've made 5, and now I'm bored. *Now* I realize I should have varied the colors I used, but I wasn't thinking. This many compasses, that many strips of this fabric, this many strips of that fabric, yada yada, it's all pre-cut now (I was being efficient), and the strips are different widths (1.5", 1.75", 2.25") so I can't just mix and match. Do I struggle through the rest of the 18 compasses, or do I throw caution to the winds (and the precut strips into my scrap stash) and improvise? Five compasses is enough to do *something* with.... just make some nice wide borders or something, or maybe take some of the strips and make some other kind of block to set with the compasses. Or I *could* gird my loins, grit my teeth, turn on the TV and just keep sewing. And it'll be an awesome quilt if I do. *sigh* Decisions, decisions.... -- the black rose, wench with a wrench proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts |
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After reading the responses I had on the list, my suggestion is to use the
compasses you have, use the strips with the tigers to make alternate blocks, and go from there. Five blocks could be arranged in any number of different ways, 4 diagonally across/down the top and one either in top or bottom section; scattered among other blocks; or symmetrically with 2-1-2. Other blocks could be made with the strips already cut, with and without the tigers you want to use. (tigers with uneven log cabin strips around them; piece the strips and use that to cut points for stars with tigers in the centers of the stars; all sorts of things come to mind.) If you are bored with the compasses, making more will not be a good idea. they will end up not being as well made (if you are anything like me.......... G) and you won't be pleasant to be around if you aren't liking what you are doing. If there is no time crunch on this, then put it aside for a bit and do something else, maybe that will give you a new perspective and you will feel like doing something else. Believe me, I understand how you are feeling. I have a top that is sitting, has been sitting. When it is done it will be wonderful, but it involves 9 whole and several partial strip pieces, multi diamond point stars. (think smallish Texas or Bethlehem stars.) I have one star finished, points made for 3+ more and the strip sets done, but can only work on it a bit at a time. sigh. Pati, in Phx the black rose wrote: Making a quilt for my youngest son, it's a whooooooooole lotta 15" mariner's compasses, I've gotta pic of one at http://community.webshots.com/photo/...43983978WWVbdx . My original plan was to applique them into 16.5" squares, and set the squares on point, 4 rows of 3 alternating with 3 rows of 2 (which equals 18 compasses). I've made 5, and now I'm bored. *Now* I realize I should have varied the colors I used, but I wasn't thinking. This many compasses, that many strips of this fabric, this many strips of that fabric, yada yada, it's all pre-cut now (I was being efficient), and the strips are different widths (1.5", 1.75", 2.25") so I can't just mix and match. Do I struggle through the rest of the 18 compasses, or do I throw caution to the winds (and the precut strips into my scrap stash) and improvise? Five compasses is enough to do *something* with.... just make some nice wide borders or something, or maybe take some of the strips and make some other kind of block to set with the compasses. Or I *could* gird my loins, grit my teeth, turn on the TV and just keep sewing. And it'll be an awesome quilt if I do. *sigh* Decisions, decisions.... -- the black rose, wench with a wrench proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts |
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Roberta Zollner wrote:
I might be in the minority here, and usually would vote for the wild side, but in this case it really will be an awesome quilt with 18 of those! So IMO buckle down and finish them. Maybe you could do all the remaining compasses at once? Sew each step for all the blocks before moving to the next step? They'll be done in no time if you stop counting how many more you have left to do! This is what I'm leaning toward. Honestly, I'm pretty sure it'll be striking as originally planned. I'm gonna break up the monotony a bit by going out to my LQS today to get the background fabric. And maybe some interfacing -- I think I'll use interfacing to make sure the compasses stay round (the technique where you sew the interfacing to the *right* side of the fabric, then slit the interfacing and turn the fabric right side out -- voila, perfect circle, then applique it to the background and trim out the interfacing). I forgot to mention that the compasses are paper-pieced, from Judy Mathieson's book _Mariner's Compass Quilts: New Directions_ (if you have the book, you can see the compass I'm doing on pp.68-69). The compasses have such nice points because they're paper-pieced, so I can't really take any credit for it -- after all, all it takes to sew along the line on the paper is a bit of concentration! I have a paper-piecing foot for my Bernina, too; that makes it *much* easier to stay on the line. And I took the book to Kinko's to have it spiral bound so it'll lie flat. Every little trick helps. :-) Now, if I could only find a paper that's thin enough to easily trace through but that doesn't curl when ironed. :-/ This is quilting we're talking about. We're not talking major trauma here. If I weren't sewing a seam on a compass, I'd be sewing a seam on some other kind of block; there's no *real* difference except in my own imagination. It's just boredom, not some major life-threatening stress. So I think I'll just keep slogging along with the compasses, and entertain myself with ideas on settings, sashings, borders, backgrounds and backings. There's always the History Channel. And Nat Geo Channel, and Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet. *grin* -- the black rose, wench with a wrench proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts |
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Hi,
I have a Bernina, too. Which foot is the paper piecing foot? I need all the help I can get! LOL Donna "the black rose" wrote in message ... Roberta Zollner wrote: I might be in the minority here, and usually would vote for the wild side, but in this case it really will be an awesome quilt with 18 of those! So IMO buckle down and finish them. Maybe you could do all the remaining compasses at once? Sew each step for all the blocks before moving to the next step? They'll be done in no time if you stop counting how many more you have left to do! This is what I'm leaning toward. Honestly, I'm pretty sure it'll be striking as originally planned. I'm gonna break up the monotony a bit by going out to my LQS today to get the background fabric. And maybe some interfacing -- I think I'll use interfacing to make sure the compasses stay round (the technique where you sew the interfacing to the *right* side of the fabric, then slit the interfacing and turn the fabric right side out -- voila, perfect circle, then applique it to the background and trim out the interfacing). I forgot to mention that the compasses are paper-pieced, from Judy Mathieson's book _Mariner's Compass Quilts: New Directions_ (if you have the book, you can see the compass I'm doing on pp.68-69). The compasses have such nice points because they're paper-pieced, so I can't really take any credit for it -- after all, all it takes to sew along the line on the paper is a bit of concentration! I have a paper-piecing foot for my Bernina, too; that makes it *much* easier to stay on the line. And I took the book to Kinko's to have it spiral bound so it'll lie flat. Every little trick helps. :-) Now, if I could only find a paper that's thin enough to easily trace through but that doesn't curl when ironed. :-/ This is quilting we're talking about. We're not talking major trauma here. If I weren't sewing a seam on a compass, I'd be sewing a seam on some other kind of block; there's no *real* difference except in my own imagination. It's just boredom, not some major life-threatening stress. So I think I'll just keep slogging along with the compasses, and entertain myself with ideas on settings, sashings, borders, backgrounds and backings. There's always the History Channel. And Nat Geo Channel, and Discovery Channel, and Animal Planet. *grin* -- the black rose, wench with a wrench proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts |
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Donna wrote:
Hi, I have a Bernina, too. Which foot is the paper piecing foot? I need all the help I can get! LOL #13. http://www.berninausa.com/product_de...=1085402117356 It's really called the straight stitch foot, but the open toe means you can sight a drawn line along the inside edges of the foot, and that makes it great for paper-piecing. You get marvelous control with it. -- the black rose, wench with a wrench proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts |
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Yes, the #13 foot would be wonderful. If you don't have one, toy with what
you do have. You want the one that gives you the most visibility and/or gives you a good center mark to stay on line. Polly "the black rose" wrote in message ... Donna wrote: Hi, I have a Bernina, too. Which foot is the paper piecing foot? I need all the help I can get! LOL #13. http://www.berninausa.com/product_de...=1085402117356 It's really called the straight stitch foot, but the open toe means you can sight a drawn line along the inside edges of the foot, and that makes it great for paper-piecing. You get marvelous control with it. -- the black rose, wench with a wrench proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts |
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Thanks, I'll have to get that one, too! Donna
"the black rose" wrote in message ... Donna wrote: Hi, I have a Bernina, too. Which foot is the paper piecing foot? I need all the help I can get! LOL #13. http://www.berninausa.com/product_de...=1085402117356 It's really called the straight stitch foot, but the open toe means you can sight a drawn line along the inside edges of the foot, and that makes it great for paper-piecing. You get marvelous control with it. -- the black rose, wench with a wrench proud to be owned by a yorkie http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts |
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