tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74316765625510555212024-03-05T11:35:23.199-08:00Pie In the (Big) SkyGive me a place to stand and I will move the Earth. ~ArchimedesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-3822236001679527432012-09-06T19:16:00.001-07:002012-09-06T19:16:20.124-07:00Are you ready?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-72747138892865081462012-08-26T19:31:00.003-07:002012-08-26T19:31:26.639-07:00BBS 8.0 - Jaba<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-63578333566070393532012-08-26T19:22:00.001-07:002012-08-26T19:30:15.280-07:00BBS 8.0 - QuilterMomma<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-44535142330940014192012-08-25T10:14:00.002-07:002012-08-25T10:14:37.569-07:00BBS 8.0 - Elisabrat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-86476759788893043712012-08-25T10:13:00.000-07:002012-08-25T10:13:59.926-07:00BBS 8.0 - MissGiggleWings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-65243486167069201882012-08-25T10:12:00.000-07:002012-08-25T10:12:03.862-07:00BBS 8.0 - Marytoddliz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-80962895157414148942012-08-24T06:48:00.001-07:002012-08-26T19:33:08.735-07:00 A Poem by Jorge Luis Borges<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And company doesn’t mean security.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And you begin to accept your defeats</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With your head up and your eyes open</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And you learn to build all your roads on today</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And you learn that you really can endure…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And you really do have worth…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">And you learn and learn…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">With every good-bye you learn.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-14550755842924863102012-08-23T18:52:00.000-07:002012-08-23T18:52:22.256-07:00BBS 8.0 - Yosamitesa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The starting F8 was "Thing 1 and Thing 2" from Dr. Seuss. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not sure what to call the block - maybe Pinwheel Weave?</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-47988704893698035522012-08-20T16:11:00.000-07:002012-08-20T16:11:14.521-07:00BBS 8.0 - Moonrise<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm a member of QuiltingBoard.com and frequently participate in the swaps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've got quite a few getting ready to start and today I got my first package for the Boomerang Block Swap 8.0.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The basic premise is this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each member sends every other member a fat eighth (F8) of fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A F8 measures approximately 11" x 18".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using that F8 and their own added materials, each member makes a block of their own choosing and sends it back to the original sender.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can request certain colors or styles of fabrics but you cannot request a certain style of block. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All blocks must be 12.5" when mailed back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the fabric I got in the mail today:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And this is the block I'm mailing back tomorrow:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pattern is called "Paths & Stiles." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm trying not to let the fabric sit around since I've got time to work on the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">blocks now. A week from today (when school starts back up) my schedule is going to be considerably more crowded - so I'm doing what I can while I can.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-7190278479095791402012-08-20T15:53:00.002-07:002012-08-20T15:55:29.310-07:00A Second Cutting Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, remember <a href="http://pieinthebigsky.blogspot.com/2012/07/basic-cutting-tutorial.html" target="_blank">this tutorial</a> about how to cut?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mentioned that I had a method for cutting pieces larger than your ruler.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Allow me to demonstrate that method.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm jumping to the point in the last tutorial where you had already ironed the fabric, folded it selvage to selvage and creased the bottom, and squared up one side of the fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also already done the flip/rotate maneuver so that my squared edge is on my left hand side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, I needed to cut a 17.5" wide strip. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The problem? My ruler is 8.5" wide.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I do is this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First, start with the math. In this situation, I have an 8.5" wide ruler. I need a total of 17.5".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, 17.5" - 8.5" = 9".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I take a second ruler (in this case, it's my 15" square ruler) and line it up on the squared side of the fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*A note: when you are using 2 rulers, it really only matters if one is the full length of the fabric. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this case, the 8.5" ruler is going to be my "cutting" ruler.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, now I carefully position my 8.5 x 2" ruler against the 15" square ruler. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Double check you are still perfectly lined up on the squared edge of the fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this point, you can remove the first ruler (in this case, the 15" square ruler) and focus on the cutting ruler.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now my cutting edge is at the measurement I need and I can finish cutting the fabric with my rotary using the technique I demonstrated before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This, especially, is where those True Grips circles come in handy. (You can see them all over the place on both my rulers).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember, take your time to line things up correctly. If things don't look right, pick the rulers up, walk away, and try again in a few minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a pain to mess up a 1.5" strip. It's a gigantic catastrophe to mess up a 17" or 21" or 36" strip. </span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-26360277833442527642012-08-19T19:45:00.000-07:002012-08-19T19:45:02.780-07:00A Pinterest Win! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, based on <a href="http://theberry.com/2011/08/01/show-off-your-crafty-side-27-photos/get-crafty-16/" target="_blank">this pin</a> on Pinterest (<a href="http://pinterest.com/themamahauser/" target="_blank">click to follow me</a>), I made my own birthday board dangly tracker thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, that's an official name. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started off at Michaels. I found a wooden board that was more or less already framed for about $4.99. It even had hangers on the back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I painted the frame part with black high gloss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cut some scrap book paper to fit inside the "frame" part of things and glued it down with Elmers. I had some trouble with the paper buckling up around the edges. I just kept pushing it down and eventually the paper gave up fighting back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I predrilled 13 holes at the bottom. Why 13? We'll get there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In those holes, I screwed in little gold screw hook things. I made the first six point one way, the middle points forward, and the last six point the opposite direction as the first six.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then, I stuck letters for each month above the hooks. If I had been thinking a little better, I would have stuck the stickers first and THEN drilled. Why? The spacing is a little uneven, to say the least.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then I put stickers across the top saying "Birthdays."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, for that 13th hook: I made a spot in the center (between June and July) to hang people we're waiting on. As in babies that haven't quite made it out yet. I put a "W" at the top... for waiting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn't find any circular (or even different shapes) that would work out, so I bought a 1" circular paper punch and punched holes out of scrap book paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used a tiny pin-hole punch to make a hole at the top and bottom of each circle. I wrote names and dates (numbers only) on each tag and then connected them using oval shaped jump rings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doogie said, "What a great idea. Now I know who to send cards to." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, because I know he spends SOOO much time stressing out about when everyone's birthday is about to happen so the cards can get in the mail on time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Including the tools I had to buy (those freaking punches are expensive!!! I know why Martha Stewart is so damn rich!), the total cost for this project was probably in the $40-$50 range. But, if I were to make another as a gift or something, I'd only have to buy another wooden board. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am considering adding in important anniversaries and putting them in some kind of contrasting color. But then, the only anniversary I really give a crap about is my own and I already know that date.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-4694528772680279162012-08-05T10:49:00.002-07:002012-08-05T10:49:46.288-07:00I'm not the only artistic one in this family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Midget won ribbons at the 2012 Montana State Fair!</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-51222950024889349132012-08-01T09:33:00.000-07:002012-08-01T09:33:15.169-07:00A (Different) Wedding Quilt<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A friend and I are splitting the block construction for this quilt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 block = 9x9 grid = 81 squares</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That is 2,025 2" squares to cut, fuse, and sew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully, we're using QuiltFuse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has built-in grids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are my first 3 blocks (fused, not sewn):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't enjoy the binding process because I generally end up with scratches and bleedy spots all over my hands, arms, and chest.* It's not a pleasant shower to take after binding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But this quilt was staring at me and starting to get a little belligerent when it talked to me... "Hey stupid, I'm not doing any good on your floor." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*I use my machine for all the binding and I pin it to death before I step a foot onto the pedal. I feel like I'm giving the user a better shot of not destroying the quilt or requiring repairs if it's machine-sewn.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-34689386649991708902012-07-31T09:34:00.002-07:002012-07-31T09:34:49.085-07:00Bella Verona BOM - Blocks 6 & 6.5<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I finished putting binding on little Miss Gummi Bear's quilt, I thought to myself, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Hey, I can do a project for myself now."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Awesome thought. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I go about digging through the on-deck project pile and decide to work on my Bella Verona BOM kit. Except mine isn't really a BOM because I got it all at once to save on shipping costs. But I'm treating it like a BOM. Or maybe a BOW. Truthfully, maybe I can make it a BOD, but I don't want to set myself up for failure there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First: I always use Mary Ellen's Best Press. There are a million smells. Cherry blossom is the only one that doesn't make me sneeze uncontrollably and get a snotty nose. To be fair, I haven't tried the unscented version but I like the smell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The major benefit of using this over traditional starch is that if you over-spray or saturate an area, when it comes time to iron there isn't a white caked up flaky mess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it smells good. So. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, the first step is to take your fabric and open it up. Spray it with your starch. I have my own "big board" so I can fit almost 2 yards of fabric (lengthwise) and from one selvage to the factory fold. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Press the fabric so that it is smooth from selvage to selvage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, take your nicely pressed fabric and line up the selvages. The sides (where it was cut at the store) might not line up; you can see I've got almost an inch of difference. It's ok. We'll fix that in a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, press your new fold. It may or may not mirror the factory fold (not that you can see it now that you've pressed it into submission). You can see where I've pressed half the fold (it's flat) and where I haven't pressed yet (the right side).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you do this fold-pressing, you want it to look like the left side: when you go to square things up and cut, if it isn't pretty darn flat, it will mess up your measurements.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, take your freshly pressed fabric and lay it on the mat with the fold by you, selvage away from you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Try to center it on the mat if it makes you happy, but that isn't as important as making sure the fabric is on the mat and not hanging off. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now you're going to put the ruler on your fabric. Pick a measurement within the bottom inch (by you) and align it with the fold in your fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you don't make sure your bottom fold is aligned with the ruler, your fabric cuts won't be square, straight, and true. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't quite figure out how to rotate this picture, but you can see that my fold is lined up with the 1/2" measuring dots all the way across.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is where those True-Grips come in handy. I place my hand centrally on top of the ruler; the grips hold the ruler to the fabric and keep it from sliding around. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NOTHING will piss you off more than having your ruler slip mid-cut. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notice my fingers are all inside the bounds of the ruler. Believe me when I say it <b>really</b> hurts to cut yourself with a rotary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you're really worried about slipping and cutting yourself, get a kevlar glove. I haven't seen any at the quilting stores, but I know kitchen supply stores have them for people who shuck oysters and dismember meat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You are going to place your rotary blade at the bottom of your fabric and butt it right up against the ruler. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I use my left hand to push down on the ruler and provide a stable guide for the rotary to roll against. Keeping the blade pressed against the side of the ruler, push up with the cutter until you are clear of the fabric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have found that I can feel if the blade doesn't go thru all the fabric. If you think this has happened (or you're not sure and want to be positive), make a second pass with the cutter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use your right hand to move away the excess fabric you just cut (the stuff NOT under the ruler). It should move away freely and easily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If it doesn't, then your cutter missed a spot. Keeping your hand on the ruler, pick the cutter back up and carefully go over the spots you missed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a note: if this is happening a lot, it might be time to change your blade. With a new blade, it will feel easier than cutting melted butter. When you have to labor to cut the fabric, the blade is dull or chipped and needs to be changed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This part is where my personal preferences tend to veer away from how other people cut fabric. I can't promise my method is better, but it makes a whole lot of sense to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While my ruler is still in place (like the picture above), I fold over the fabric that was off to the left side of where I was cutting so that it's entirely on top of the mat (and ruler).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I rotate the entire thing 180 degrees so that the ruler and cutting-side is now on my left and the fold is up at the top of the mat (away from me).</span></div>
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June - Block 1</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431676562551055521.post-8332979277593651282012-07-23T20:00:00.002-07:002012-07-23T20:00:41.059-07:00Monday Finishes (and Starts)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finished the Spring '12 Mystery Quilt (the Original) and got the binding on today. I couldn't bear to go to bed knowing there was even a second of work left to do on it... including the label.</div>
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Now it's ready for the birthday girl.</div>
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Thus, I dig out my Fat Quarter Shop Mystery Designer 2012 BOM #2.</div>
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It's cut, partially pieced, and ready to be completed tomorrow.</div>
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Today, I decided it was time to learn how to miter corners. </div>
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And now the Spring '12 Mystery Quilt, Take Two, is finished...</div>
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Aside from this being my first mitered-corner quilt, this is also officially the last quilt I will be paying for someone else to quilt.</div>
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That's right.</div>
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The Six is going to be here before too long... so it's time to start stockpiling.</div>
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... And handing out business cards.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09200910206397659535noreply@blogger.com0