BYCville Town Quilt Block Swap SIGNUPS CLOSED

[amyquilt]

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SE is exactly right.

 

[cockadoodlemom]

MP~mine takes a lot of time and patience
SE~love those hens

 

[Scrambled Egg]

Yeah, I don't think anyone is "dumbing down" here, I know I am so new at this and know so few techniques and shortcuts and am not very adept at staying on the mark for making stitches with the machine that everyone will see that I needed less pieces to handle. I love the applique and a year form now I may have the complicated looking ones figured out but right now it's better for me and ya'll that I do the bigger, simpler ones. I think the combination of what ever one does will look awesome in a quilt and the pieced blocks are certainly elaborate to me..and the reason I didn't pick one..they have so many small pieces that I knew I couldn't get them done and have any consistent sizing!!! So I applaud and look forward to getting some of the more complicated blocks from you all so that I can see how they are done and hopefully step up my game!! Course I want them also and selfishly, because they are pretty and will make my quilt look less beginner!! So please, don't let my changing around influence anyone else, I am probably the newest quilter here and mostly I show you my pictures to make sure you all are ok with my choices, certainly not to set a standard.

 

[leepsy]

Darlene,
You are so right. I chose to do a barn block that has 29 pieces to it. It is the first paper pieced block I have ever made. I am so much a beginner but I wanted to try something challenging that I had never done before. I've almost thrown in the towel a few times but I think I have it licked now. That said, I think applique would be so much harder than paper piecing a block, so I don't think what you are doing is dumbing down. In fact, I think your blocks are so precious they are special and nothing I have seen you do looks like a beginner.

By the way, when this swap is over I want you to tell me more specifically how you use the fusible interfacing to applique.

Simple terms, please, 'cause I know nothing as Klink used to say. Of course you may be too young to remember Hogan's Heroes.

Just sayin'.

Beverly

 

[Scrambled Egg]

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I DO remember Hogan's Heros!!! LOL!!! I'll be 51 in May so I ain't no spring chicken anymore!!! I bought some more of the fusible interfacing today and some fabric to actually iron and sew my appliques onto, a cotton picot, a couple yards of white and all they had left of tan so I'll use both of them. And when you get my blocks Amy has right now, you will seriously re-evaluate your not looking like a beginner comment, but thank you for saying it, lol!!

The interfacing has to be a good weight or you just poke holes into it trying to turn it..this I have learned the hard way!! SO buy the 2.99 a yard good stuff and make it easy on yourself..then cut out all your pieces in fabric then again cut out all your pieces in the interfacing (has to be the fusible kind too) make sure right sides are together and either hand sew or machine stitch them together and leave an opening to turn inside out, this means no raw edges plus the fusible part is not on the back of the fabric and can be ironed onto your base block, then I have been whip stitching with transparent thread to make sure it stays on the base block, then keep adding pieces until they are all on there..not too hard, time consuming but not really hard

Oh, and Leeps..I will def. appreciate your 29 piece barn, I would never have done that so I will be thrilled to have it!!!

 

[leepsy]

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That's the problem, Darlene, I've shown it to three people and they think, "Oh, that's about 5 or 6 pieces".

So I might as well have chosen one that was 5 or 6 pieces.

 

[Scrambled Egg]

Agree!! I think ALL the blocks here are elaborate!!

 

[Acre of Blessings]

MissP--I dont't think anyone is lowering their standards on the blocks they are doing, I think they are just changing to blocks that they can do.

It's O.K. you all will get the only school house from me, and it is all sewn together, and I hope it turns out nice. Gonna try one today. I'll try and get a pic up when I'm done.

 

[Acre of Blessings]

I ran out of sky for my school so I had to go and buy more.

that just sounds funny.

 

[Scrambled Egg]

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