tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56667527568556245092024-02-18T18:05:52.137-08:00 Intrepid Meredith<b>Excursions in crafting, motherhood, and life's other adventures</b>John Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-75283510738887817032016-11-25T17:43:00.000-08:002016-11-25T17:43:08.502-08:00Making a Quilt at Half (Or Any Other) Scale<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">My version of Bonnie Hunter's pattern,<br />Allietare, features a reduced number<br />of blocks, all made at half scale,<br />to create a nicely sized wall hanging.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you ever loved a quilt pattern, but you just didn't want to tackle another big project? Fortunately, there are a few different ways to resize a quilt. We can...</span></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Change the number
of blocks</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Change the size
of the sashing &/or border(s)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Change the scale
of the quilt</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first two methods are
picked up by many quilters pretty easily, but people often hesitate when it
comes to changing the scale of their blocks, especially if they feel math
challenged. However, the calculation is pretty straight forward once
you get the hang of it. Changing the scale of a quilt also offers some advantages, such as retaining the full effect of the pattern (something that can be lost when you reduce the number of blocks), and using half the yardage and being faster to make than the original pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since people most frequently seem interested in reducing the scale of their blocks to make a smaller quilt, rather than enlarging it, that’s what I’ll focus on here. When reducing, it’s often easiest to reduce the
scale by half. You can reduce by other amounts, but you may need to take into
account the underlying grid the block is made on (9-patch, 4x4, etc.) &/or
be willing to work with 16ths of an inch (or smaller!) or odd sizes like
2.438”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the basic steps to
change the scale of your quilt.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> 1) </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Determine your
multiplier. Take the new size that you want your quilt to be and divide it by
the size of the original quilt. Sometimes you don’t need to do any math for
this. If you know you want the new quilt to be half scale, then your multiplier
is 0.5 (this is the multiplier I’ll use in my examples). If you want the new
quilt to be twice as large, then the multiplier would be 2.</span></span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2) </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Determine the cut
size of the patch in the original pattern.</span><br /><br /><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">3) </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Subtract the seam
allowance from the cut size to determine the finished size of the original patch.</span><br /><br /><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">4) </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Multiply the original
finished size from Step 3 with the multiplier from Step 1. This will be the
finished size of your new patch.</span><br /><br /><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">5) </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Add the
appropriate seam allowance (1/2” for squares and rectangles, 7/8” for HSTs, or
1-1/4” for QSTs) to your new finished patch size to find the new size you need to cut.</span></span><br /><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Examples:</span></b><br /> <div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cutting squares at half scale<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Original cut patch = 2-1/2” x
2-1/2”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Subtract the 1/2” seam
allowance = 2” x 2” finished original patch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use the multiplier: 2” x 0.5
= 1” x 1” new patch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add 1/2” seam allowance =
1-1/2” x 1-1/2” new cut size<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cutting rectangles at half scale<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Original cut patch = 2-1/2” x
4-1/2”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Subtract the 1/2” seam
allowance = 2” x 4” finished original patch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use the multiplier: 2” x 0.5
= 1” and 4” x 0.5 = 2” gives a 1” x 2” new patch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add 1/2” seam allowance =
1-1/2” x 2-1/2” new cut size<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cutting HSTs at half scale</b> (This assumes we’re cutting squares, and then cutting
them once diagonally to make our HSTs.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Original cut patch = 3-7/8” x
3-7/8”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Subtract the 7/8” seam
allowance = 3” x 3” finished original patch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use the multiplier: 3” x 0.5
= 1-1/2” x 1-1/2”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add 7/8” seam allowance =
2-3/8” x 2-3/8” new cut size<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If you’re using a specialty ruler, such as the Easy Angle or Fons & Porter Half and Quarter ruler, to cut HSTs from strips, then calculate the new strip width by subtracting and then adding a 1/2” seam allowance (as with the squares), rather than a 7/8” seam allowance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Example: Using a specialty ruler, you can use a strip 3-1/2" wide to cut HSTs that will finish at 3". At half scale, the HSTs will finish at 1-1/2" and will be cut from a strip 2" wide.)</span><div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cutting QSTs at half scale</b> (This assumes we’re cutting squares, and then cutting
them twice diagonally to make our QSTs.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Original cut patch = 5-1/4” x
5-1/4”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Subtract the 1-1/4” seam
allowance = 4” x 4” finished original patch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use the multiplier: 4” x 0.5
= 2” x 2” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add 1-1/4” seam allowance =
3-1/4” x 3-1/4” new cut size<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you’re using a specialty ruler, such as the Companion Angle or Fons & Porter Half and Quarter ruler, to cut QSTs from strips, then calculate the new strip width by subtracting and then adding a 1/2” seam allowance (as with the squares), rather than a 1-1/4” seam allowance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Example: Using a specialty ruler, you can use a strip 4-1/2" wide to cut QSTs that will finish at 4". At half scale, the QSTs will finish at 2" and will be cut from a strip 2-1/2" wide.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>You can use this same calculation to determine unit
sizes.</b> For instance, if your pattern
has a 4-patch unit with a trim size
of 3-1/2” x 3-1/2”, then it will finish at 3” x 3”. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The half scale 4-patch will
have a finished size of 1-1/2” x 1-1/2”, and should be trimmed at </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2”x 2”.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some at-a-glance tables for making
half scale units.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-61709290250669100322016-07-17T15:52:00.001-07:002016-07-24T11:55:35.507-07:00Ohio Star Block and Hourglass Units<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some quilting friends of mine are doing an Ohio Star swap, and they asked if I
could make a tutorial on how to make them. Sure! I love to teach, and it gives
me a goad to get the blog going again. A two-fer!</span></div>
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Ohio Star is one of those great, traditional blocks that keeps popping
up over and over again. It looks great in a wide range of fabrics, from Civil
War to solids, and can also be used to showcase a focus fabric. It can look
just as at home in traditional, contemporary, and modern quilts. And it’s
pretty easy to make, too, even if those hourglass units, and their
quarter-square triangles, might give some people pause.</div>
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Built on a 9-patch grid, Ohio Star is made from 5 plain squares and
four hourglass units. I’ll be making blocks that finish at 6” in this tutorial,
so my units will need to finish at 2”. For a 9” finished block, I’d need units
finishing at 3”, for a 12” block I’d need 4” units, and so on.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But before I start cutting, however, I have to iron my fabric with a
good dose of starch. Do you remember that old Devo song, Whip It? Well, replace
“whip” with “starch” and just keep that song on repeat in your heat every time
you start a new quilt. Starch can be a quilter’s best friend! (Well, maybe
second best. I think all that pretty fabric comes first!) A good starching will
go a long way towards taming any bias stretch that might creep up in our
quarter-square triangle hourglass units, and it won’t hurt the plain squares
either.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once the fabric has been starched, cutting the plain squares is pretty
easy. I just add 1/2" to my finished size and cut four squares from my light
blue background fabric and one square from my dark blue star fabric. In this
case, I’m cutting four, 2-1/2” light blue squares and one, 2-1/2” dark blue
square.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The hourglass units can be made using two different techniques, and
which technique you use will determine how to cut your fabric.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With this method, two large squares are cut and used to make two hourglass
units. The size of the cut squares is determined by adding 1-1/4” to the
finished size of the hourglass unit. In my case, 2” + 1-1/4” = 3-1/4”. Since
I’m making four hourglass units, I need to cut two, 3-1/4” squares of light
blue and two, 3-1/4” squares of dark blue. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Next, layer one light square on one dark square, right sides together.
On the back of the light square, draw two lines 1/2" apart using a Quick
Quarter tool and a chalk pencil (or the marking tool of your choice). Then sew
just <i>inside*</i> each line. (Instead, you could draw a single diagonal line, and then sew a <i>scant*</i> 1/4" on each side of the
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<b>*</b>It is very important that you sew <i>inside</i>
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Once both lines are sewn, put the sewn squares on the ironing board
dark fabric facing up. Set the seams with the iron, gently finger press each
seam open, and then use the iron to press the seams all the way before finally
cutting the two halves apart. From my four starting squares, I now have four
half-square triangle (HST) units.</div>
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Next, take two HST units and layer them right-sides together, butting
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Now mark my double, diagonal lines again and sew just inside the lines.
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the line.) I placed pins outside my lines to make sure that my seams stayed
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Then it’s back to the ironing board to set the seams, finger press them
open, press with the iron, and then cut the two halves apart. And, voila!
Hourglass units! Now all that’s left is to square them up, and I’ll be ready to
put the block together!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This hourglass unit will finish at 2”, which means that it has to be squared
up to 2-1/2”. To do that, lay the ruler over the unit with the diagonal line
over one of the diagonal seams. Half of 2-1/2” is 1-1/4’, so make sure that the
1-1/4” vertical and horizontal ruler markings are bulls-eyed right over the
intersection of the unit’s diagonal seams. Next, make sure that each diagonal
seam ends at either the 0” or a 2-1/2” marking at each corner. Once those are
all lined up, trim away any excess slivers and the dog ears.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Hourglass Method II: Quarter-Square Triangles</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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There are two ways you can make your starting QSTs:</div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Cut squares the same as we did in Method I, but,
rather than layering and sewing them, cut on both diagonals on each square.
This will give you four QSTs from each square. With one light square and one
dark square, you’ll have enough QSTs to make two hourglass units.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">If you have the Companion Angle ruler or the
Fons & Porter Half and Quarter ruler, you can cut your QSTs from strips. To
determine the width of the strip you’ll need, you have to know the height of
your finished QST. Since my hourglass units will finish at 2”, and my QSTs
(measured from the long, triangle base to the top of the center point) are half
the height of the finished hourglass units, my QSTs will need to finish at 1”.
Add a 1/2" seam allowance to the finished size, and I end up with 1” +
1/2" = 1-1/2”. I need strips that are 1-1/2” wide. Follow the instructions
that came with your ruler to cut the triangles from the strip. This is a great
way to use up those last bits of fabric that aren’t large enough to make the
squares needed in Method I.</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130;">Sew the left leg or the right leg,<br />but make sure you sew the <i>same</i> leg on each unit!</span></td></tr>
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Sew going down one of the short legs of the triangles. It doesn’t matter
whether you sew the left leg or the right leg, just make sure that you <i>sew the same leg</i> on both triangle pairs!
Feed the triangles through your sewing machine flat edge first, and sew the
seam with a <i>scant</i> 1/4" seam
allowance. Also, I find it very helpful to use the tip of my seam ripper, a
skewer, or an awl to steer my tringle tips as the last 1" or so of my fabric
goes under my needle.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Set the closed seams with an iron. Very carefully finger press the
units towards the darker fabric, and then very carefully press with an iron. <i>This is a bias seam, so be gentle!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Layer the sewn triangle squares together, nesting the seams. I like to
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press, and press again.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now take that hourglass unit and square it up in the same manner that
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This last step looks easy-peasy, I mean, you’re just sewing units into
rows, and then sewing rows together, right? But, if you want your unit to come
out to the correct size without losing any of your points, this is where sewing
with the correct seam allowance, that <i>scant</i>
1/4", becomes critical.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When you’re finished sewing your block, it should measure 6-1/2”
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<ul>
<li>If your blocks is smaller than 6-1/2”, then your seams when you sewed
together your units was too large. Take the block apart and re-sew the units
with a narrower seam.</li>
<li>If your Block is larger than 6-1/2” and the star points extend into
the 1/4" seam allowance, then your seams were too narrow when you sewed
the units together. If you just trim down your block to 6-1/2” at this point, you
won’t leave yourself enough of a seam allowance, and you’ll end up cutting off
all your points when you sew this block into your quilt. Instead, I highly
recommend that you take the time to take apart the block, then sew the units back
together with a slightly wider seam. Remember: “slightly wider” usually means
only 1 or 2 threads wider. No, it doesn’t sound like much, but it will make a
big difference!</li>
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Sometimes it can be fun to jazz up your Ohio Star by adding an accent
color. The accent color replaces one QST in each hourglass block, and the
blocks are turned so the accent color is adjacent to the center square.<o:p></o:p></div>
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These hourglass units can be sewn by cutting one QST of background
fabric, one QST of the accent color, and two QSTs of your main star color, then
sewing the triangles together as in Hourglass Method II above. However, contrast hourglass units can also be sewn using squares, as in Method I, and here’s how to do that…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>Background fabric ─ four 2-1/2” squares, plus one 3-1/4” square</li>
<li>Star fabric ─ one 2-1/2” square, plus two 3-1/4” squares</li>
<li>Accent fabric ─ one 3-1/4”
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IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-28933563816462272702014-12-09T17:12:00.000-08:002014-12-09T18:45:09.667-08:00At Last! An Afghan!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm breaking out my dancing shoes because it's time to do the Happy Dance! It's only taken seven years and two months, but I have finally and at last finished my daughter's afghan!! Woo-hooo!!!!<br />
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OK, there are still a few ends from whip-stitching things together to weave in on the back, but does that really count? At this point, I don't think so!<br />
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PikaGirl gets home from school soon, and I can't wait to see her expression when she sees it. I also can't wait to share it with my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152581055709466.1073741829.187172119465&type=3" target="_blank">Crafting Bee</a> friends in a couple of days. Without their encouragement and persistent (but gentle!) inquiries, I doubt I would ever have gotten it finished. Thank you so much, ladies!!<br />
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The pattern, if you're interested, was the September quilt from the Leisure Arts leaflet #2131, "A Year of Afghans, Book Two: Twelve Designs to Crochet," ©1991. It was crocheted using Caron's Simply Soft, 100% acrylic, worsted weight yarn. It is amazingly soft, delightfully warm, and weighs almost 5 lbs! The only downside is that the yarn is <i>so</i> soft and slippery, the ends of my yarn tails like to un-weave themselves and hang loose after I've woven them in. If anyone knows a solution for this, I'd love it if you could share!<br />
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Another bonus to finishing this afghan, is that I will now, <i>finally!</i> get to start the In Bloom knit, felted-wool bag that I've been eyeing in Debbie Stoller's book, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761135979/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0761135979&linkCode=as2&tag=farawaypcom-20&linkId=JPVWGEXLW2Q4R6E2%22%3EStitch%20%27n%20Bitch%20Superstar%20Knitting:%20Go%20Beyond%20the%20Basics%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=farawaypcom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0761135979%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">"Stitch'n Bitch Superstar Knitting: Go Beyond the Basics."</a> I bought the yarn, Cascade Yarn's <i>Cascade 220</i>, from my favorite yarn shop, <a href="http://wegaknittingnest.com/" target="_blank">The Knitting Nest</a> in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, <b>two and a half years ago</b>. Really! I've got the receipt to prove it! I promised myself that I could only start it after I finished PG's afghan, and now that time has arrived at last!<br />
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I've never knit intarsia before, and this will also be my first time felting wool, but diving into things that I've never done before is why my husband nick-named me Intrepid, right? And, besides, I know that if I need help I'll have <a href="http://wegaknittingnest.com/blog.html" target="_blank">Catherine, the Knitting Nest's Yarn Diva</a>, and my friends at Crafting Bee to help out.<br />
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The crafting world would be a much smaller place without our good friends to <strike>enable</strike> -errr- encourage us in our new endeavors!<br />
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This week also saw work continuing on my Baby Grand quilt when Part 2 of <b>Bonnie Hunter's</b> <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html" target="_blank">Grand Illusion mystery quilt</a> came out last Friday. She has us making these Double Diamond units this week. Since I'm making my units at half size, these li'l cuties are going to finish at only 2 inches! I've got 14 made so far, but all the rest of my pieces are cut, and my lines have been marked on the backs of my squares, so I'm all ready to sew up the rest.<br />
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The basket in which I'm storing the in-progress pieces and finished units for this step belonged to my dad. He was born in Michigan, so I guess it's pretty appropriate that that I'm using it as I make this quilt that was inspired by that state's historic Grand Hotel. Dear ol' Dad passed away eleven years ago, so it's nice to be able to think of him while I work. Maybe I'll dedicate this quilt to his memory. He loved the outdoors, and I know he'd love the colors and fabrics that I chose for this quilt.<br />
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Of course, the finished units don't stay in the basket for too long before I have to take them out and start playing with them again. These Double Diamond blocks are very dynamic, and I can't wait to see how Bonnie has us using them in the finished quilt!<br />
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If you want to see want to see the progress that others are making on their Grand Illusion quilts, you can check out the link-up on Bonnie's Quiltville blog <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-2.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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So, that's all for this week. I hope that you're finding some happy finishes too!<br />
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IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-28492778200460643092014-12-02T12:35:00.000-08:002014-12-02T14:28:16.006-08:00Birth of the Baby GrandSo it's that time of year again when scrap quilter extraordinaire, <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/">Bonnie Hunter</a>, begins her annual mystery quilt! This year's quilt is called <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html" target="_blank">Grand Illusion</a>, based on Bonnie's stay at the famed <a href="http://www.grandhotel.com/">Grand Hotel</a> on Mackinac Island, Michigan. And, just like last year's Celtic Solstice quilt, I'm changing things up again from Bonnie's instructions. This is the color set that Bonnie gave us:<br />
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But my eye was drawn more to the scenery outside my window at the time. Ma Nature was putting on quite a show for us this Fall, and I suddenly realized that, with a little tweaking, I could use these colors for my Grand Illusion.<br />
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And the deep, dark greens of pines at dusk</div>
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Earlier this year I got bit by the miniatures bug. First, I started making <b><a href="http://laundrybasketquilts.com/" target="_blank">Edyta Sitar's</a></b> Shimmering Birches pattern, with it's adorable little 2-1/4" 9-patches:</div>
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Then, the local school was having an art contest: any medium, not bigger than 12" x 12", and with the theme 'Wing-A-Ding!' (that is, anything with wings). I was looking through <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1604680571/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1604680571&linkCode=as2&tag=intrepidmeredith-20&linkId=PIYII5BWBITJQCUI%22%3ECivil%20War%20Legacies:%20Quilt%20Patterns%20for%20Reproduction%20Fabrics%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=intrepidmeredith-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1604680571%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Civil War Legacies: Quilt Patterns for Reproduction Fabrics</a> by <b><a href="http://www.carolhopkinsdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Carol Hopkins</a></b> at the time, and saw her Darting Birds pattern in the book. Well, the team mascot is the Thunderbird, and the school's colors are orange and black, so I ended up with this:</div>
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And I started having fun with 1" hexies and made this 14" x 40" table runner. I used a technique described in <b>Dr. Peggy G. Rhodes</b> and <b><a href="http://thehexieblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Julia C. Wood's</a></b> book <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1604600551/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1604600551&linkCode=as2&tag=intrepidmeredith-20&linkId=OVMNKPIHQR3NQFBG%22%3EQuick%20&%20Easy%20Hexie%20Quilts%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=intrepidmeredith-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1604600551%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">Quick & Easy Hexie Quilts</a> to make the hexies from folded circles. It's fast, easy, and fun!</div>
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Aaaaand then <b>Julie Cefalu</b>, in her <a href="http://thecraftyquilter.com/" target="_blank">The Crafty Quilter</a> blog, began a <a href="http://thecraftyquilter.com/tag/nordic-mini-quilt-along/" target="_blank">4-part Nordic Mini Quilt Along</a>. I've sewn only the Nordic Star blocks so far, but they are so adorable! They'll finish at only 4-1/4".</div>
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So can you guess what I'm doing with my Grand Illusion? That's right! I'm making it as a mini!</div>
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Yes, this is completely crazy, given that I don't know what the ultimate design is going to be or how small the pieces will end up being. However, nothing in Celtic Solstice finished smaller than 1-1/2", and Bonnie said this year's mystery should be easier than the last couple of mysteries. So I figure there shouldn't be any pieces for me that finish at smaller than 3/4", and that's do-able. (The Shimmering Birches 9-Patch squares finish at 3/4", and the HSTs in my Tiny T-Birds mini finished at 1/2", so I'm already there!)</div>
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I figure that, so long as I make the finished size of my units half the finished size of Bonnie's units, everything should still fit together just fine. So, if Bonnie's unit finishes at 4" (cut size 4-1/2"), then my unit will finish at 2" (cut size 2-1/2"). My finished quilt should come out at about 44" x 44". I figure I can either add an extra row of blocks to make a nice lap size, or, alternatively, I can use it as-is or drop a few blocks, and it will still be a nice wall hanging.</div>
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And I shall name it the <b>Baby Grand</b>. I love it!</div>
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Oh, and as I'm sewing these together, I'm also getting last year's Celtic Solstice finished. I've got 4/7 of that quilt sewn together, with 14 of the remaining 21 blocks sewn. What's left? Only 26 of those dastardly chevron blocks! I'm using them as leaders and enders on my Baby Grand, and then I'll be able to get that top finished up too!</div>
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If you want to see what other people are doing with their Grand Illusion Mystery quilts, you can check out Bonnie's <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-1.html" target="_blank">Monday Mystery Link-Up</a>.</div>
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My next post, I hope, will be about these Broken Dishes blocks and all the different ways that they can be used in quilts. Once you start looking for them, they show up in a lot of patterns! And then there will be more posts on the Baby Grand as we progress through Bonnie's Grand Illusion Mystery. Won't you join me?</div>
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are cut to exactly the same size, and you don’t have to spend time matching
edges before you sew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Sew a <b>scant 1/4</b>” away from this line. Note in the right-hand photo, that
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1/4" wide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">(Alternatively, I could have my drawn
line just under the 4-1/4” ruler marking, and then sew with my needle just to
the right of the 4-1/2” marking.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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stitching is done. My drawn line is under the 1/2” mark, and my stitching lines
are just inside the 1/4” and 3/4” marks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKZrWVsn1l6ajsaLyyM2EoyYZaileZMTE0Ktnj5COcJWh2ZCt45y-_R4Tm_th9g5VKvm7FNtxtbVTLB873BJhAHq2MXnsWV75s3IbzwX5NRB8PEDzmVfkI-pLoTkbCYK4IbQ7ZbN8WIU/s1600/DSCN3687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKZrWVsn1l6ajsaLyyM2EoyYZaileZMTE0Ktnj5COcJWh2ZCt45y-_R4Tm_th9g5VKvm7FNtxtbVTLB873BJhAHq2MXnsWV75s3IbzwX5NRB8PEDzmVfkI-pLoTkbCYK4IbQ7ZbN8WIU/s1600/DSCN3687.JPG" height="183" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">My seams are a <i>scant</i> 1/4” wide.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Now cut between your stitching lines to separate the two HST units.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Pressing:</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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then I very gently roll my fingertips over the seam to start pressing it open.
After finger pressing one section, I’ll lift my fingers and move them down to
gently finger press the rest of the seam. Only then do I press the seam with my
iron. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: center;"><b>Do</b> <b>not use
steam</b></span><b style="text-align: center;"> when pressing this seam, </b><b style="text-align: center;">and
make sure that you are </b><span style="color: #cc0000; text-align: center;"><b>pressing</b></span><b style="text-align: center;"> the
seam </b><b style="text-align: center;">(using an up & down motion with the iron), </b><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">not ironin</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">g</span> it (rubbing
back & forth)!</b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Squaring
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I know you want to get on with the rest of your
sewing, but don’t skip this important step!</span></div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Square up (trim) your HST unit so that
it measures your unit’s finished size + 1/2”. In this case, my finished size is
3”, so I’ll trim these at </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">3-1/2”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Use a ruler with a 45° marking on it. Place the
45° marking on top of the seam line. Make sure that your unit extends just past the desired measurement, and then trim the right and top sides of the
unit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-85987016082206962472014-01-14T18:52:00.001-08:002014-01-14T18:52:30.351-08:00UFO SpottingSo, it seems to be that time of year again when we make those New Year's resolutions that we oh-so-want to keep. I don't really make resolutions, per se. More like intentions or directions. Such as,<br />
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<li>I would like to procrastinate less. This will involve spending less time on Facebook and other social media. (Great time to have started a blog, huh? Then again, if I spend less time online, I'll have more time to spend on my projects, and so more to blog about. Win!)</li>
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That last one seems to be very popular with many crafters that I know. I do have a few friends who are very good about only having 2-3 projects going on at one time, and getting one of them done before starting something new. Frankly, I don't know how they do it! I'm like one of those dogs in the Disney/Pixar film 'Up!':<br />
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I found that being part of a group on Facebook really helped to keep me focused and working on <b>Bonnie Hunter's</b> <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt</a> (no, I'm not done yet, but a little more on that later...), and now I've found something for UFOs ─ that's UnFinished Objects ─ too.<br />
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Quilter/author <b>Pat Sloan</b> has started her own <a href="http://blog.patsloan.com/12-ufo-buster-tips/" target="_blank">UFO Busting Challenge</a> on her blog. Her first challenge: find one project that will be an easy, quick finish, and get it done by the end of January. I've got two projects that I'm looking at:<br />
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2) These cute snowman doorknob hangers! This was a <a href="http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/holiday-quilts/christmas/snowman-door-hanger" target="_blank">free pattern from allpeoplequilt.com</a>. I actually started five of these two years ago, and I still have these last two to finish. There's so little to do, I'm pretty embarrassed that they've ended up sitting for so long. And, if I get them done by the end of January, then I can still give them away as winter gifts!<br />
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I know that Pat will have more challenges for us as the year goes on, so I thought this would be a good time to get all of my projects organized. I'm going to list them all here in the hopes that making the skeletons in my quilting closet public will help keep me on track. Ready? Here we go...<br />
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<u><b>Tops waiting to be quilted</b></u> (a.k.a.: flimsies in Australia and the U.K.):<br />
─ The Wisconsin Sampler Quilt (my own design. I hope to turn it into a book or at least a pattern for sale, but I need to get it quilted first!)<br />
─ Susanna's Friend-Strips (a pattern I designed for a strip exchange)<br />
─ <a href="http://amzn.to/19r5BqY" target="_blank">The Sulky Sampler Quilt</a> (a.k.a.: Grandma's Quilt)<br />
─ Gizmo's lap quilt (It's his, he sewed it himself!)<br />
─ PikaGirl's whole cloth, flannel lap quilt (mentioned above)<br />
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<u><b>WIPs </b>(Works In Progress)<b>:</b></u><br />
─ Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt (<i>360/533 units done so far</i>!)<br />
─ Maple Leaf (<b>Fons & Porter's</b> <a href="http://www.fonsandporter.com/slideshows/love_of_quilting.html?slide_id=1186" target="_blank">Meadow Brook</a> pattern)<br />
─ Little Birches (adapted from <b>Edyta Sitar's</b> Shimmering Birches pattern)<br />
─ PikaGirl's crocheted afghan (the 48th square was finished this week. Now to whipstitch them together and start on the border!)<br />
─ Crocheted spool pin doilies<br />
─ The secret, grey knit (<i>Shhh! </i>It's a surprise!)<br />
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<u><b>UFOs:</b></u><br />
─ Koi fish fabric <a href="http://amzn.to/1dLOg7W" target="_blank">One-Block Wonder</a><br />
─ A Walk Through the Mystery Maze With Mom (<b>Jan Powell's</b> Amazing Mystery Quilt)<br />
─ Wisconsin Turtle Pond (My own design; an ongoing art quilt)<br />
─ The Crazy King (yes, it's a king-size crazy quilt!)<br />
─ Quilt guild crazy quilt blocks for a charity project<br />
─ Bahama Mama hand-pieced quilt (<b>Fons & Porter</b> Half-Yard Challenge)<br />
─ Cross-stitch quilt <br />
─ Strippy placemats<br />
─ 10-Minute table runner/placemats (Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Kfg8BMUakOc" target="_blank">YouTube video demo</a>)<br />
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─ Snowman door hangers (See the <b>UFO Busting Challenge</b> above)</div>
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─ Knit felting experiment</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Test Pattern, a lopsided log cabin I designed in <a href="http://amzn.to/1a5pDIe" target="_blank">Electric Quilt 7</a><u><br /></u></td></tr>
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<u><b>PIGS</b> (Projects In Grocery Sacks</u> - everything's there, ready to go... once I have time!)<b>:</b><br />
─ Test Pattern log cabin quilt<br />
─ Hand quilted pillows (2)<br />
─ Bittersweet Briar from <b>Kim Diehl's</b> <a href="http://amzn.to/1gHKv6V" target="_blank">'Simple Graces' </a><br />
─ Sunflowers wall hanging<br />
─ <a href="http://www.fabricessentials.com/shop/Kits/Quilts/p/Flowers-of-the-Sun.htm" target="_blank">Flowers of the Sun lap quilt</a><br />
─ Embroidered, Purple Sugarplums quilt<br />
─ Love Is All We Need wall hanging<br />
─ <a href="http://webstore.quiltropolis.net/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp?Shopper_id=64691142139536469&Store_id=425&page_id=23&Item_ID=2126" target="_blank">If the Hat Fits</a> witchy Buggy Barn wall hanging<br />
─ Tiger batiks, <b>Fons & Porter</b> Half-Yard Challenge<br />
─ Big Trees quilt<br />
─ Pony fabric One-Block Wonder quilt<br />
─ Floral fabric One-Block Wonder Quilt<br />
─ Wool appliqué wall hanging<br />
─ 'In Bloom' knit, felted, floral tote bag (the from <b>Debbie Stoller's</b> '<a href="http://amzn.to/KhCH0D" target="_blank">Stitch 'n Bitch: Superstar Knitting</a>')<br />
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<b>Collecting fabrics for:</b><br />
─ Me Tarzan, You Jane (<a href="http://amzn.to/1eCvsK6" target="_blank">Dear Jane quilt</a>)<br />
─ Blue Ridge Mountains lap quilt<br />
─ Australian fabric, <a href="http://www.fonsandporter.com/articles/free_bed_sized_quilt_pattern_white_chocolate" target="_blank">White Chocolate quilt (another Fons & Porter pattern)</a><br />
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<b>Fabrics looking for a pattern:</b><br />
─ Japanese prints (won in a fat quarter drawing ─ woo-hoo!!) (I found one good pattern, but now I can't remember what book it was in ─ <i>waaaahhh!!</i>)<br />
─ Kona solid strips (remember that strip exchange for Susanna's Friend-Strips?) (Someone from the Celtice Solstice Facebook group just posted something that could work... hmmm... need to noodle this a bit more...)<br />
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<b>Fabric and Pattern needed:</b><br />
─ <a href="http://www.qovf.org/" target="_blank">Quilts of Valor</a> lap quilt <br />
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And, when I realize that I've only been quilting for 4-1/2 years, this list becomes rather scary... <i>"Squirrel!!"</i><br />
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I think I'll be limiting myself to thread, backing, and batting at the quilt shops in 2014!<br />
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Happy sewing!<br />
MeredithIntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-43053848456702459702014-01-05T12:56:00.000-08:002014-01-06T07:13:21.576-08:00Celtic Solstice, part 6 - Bonnie's reveal!<span style="background-color: #999999;"></span>Instead of waiting until Friday, <b>Bonnie Hunter</b> revealed the pattern for the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt</a> at midnight on New Year's. Happy 2014!! I threw my blocks on the wall to see how my quilt will look:<br />
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This shows only three blocks across and down, and the finished quilt will be 7 x 7 blocks, so much bigger than what is seen here. I decided to see how it would look with those chevron units reversed too:<br />
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Since the quilt is for her, I asked PikaGirl which layout she likes better, and she said number 2, so that's what I'll sew. Although... I wonder what it would look like if I alternate one row reversed, the next row not reversed, etc.? I only had enough of the chevrons done to lay out this much, so I think I need to get to work making more ASAP!<br />
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Bonnie's been posting Celtic Solstice photos to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/QuiltvilleFriends" target="_blank">her Facebook page</a> as people have been sending them in. She also has the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/01/mystery-monday-link-up-part-6.html" target="_blank">link up on her Quiltville blog</a> for bloggers to share their work. The variations have been so fun to see. Go take a look! And, of course, I'll keep posting on my progress as I continue working on my quilt here.<br />
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I've been keeping busy on other fronts too. I picked up the patterns for a <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/12/crochet-snowflake-spool-pin-doily.html" target="_blank">smaller</a> and <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/08/crochet-spool-pin-doily-from-carol.html" target="_blank">larger</a> sewing machine spool pin doily from Bonnie's blog, and thought I'd try my hand at making a few. They crochet up very quickly since they're so small, but, because they're so small, I'm finding that I can't do more than a few at a time before my eyes start going all buggy. Here's a pic:<br />
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About a year ago I dyed some white crochet cotton a mottled, yellowish color using onion skins. The string became an ungodly, tangled mess in the process and has been sitting in a bag waiting for me to untangle it. These doilies each use so little string that I just need to untangle a couple of yards to make each one. I crochet the doily, cut the string, and then it becomes much easier to untangle the next few feet. What a winning combination: untangling an old mess and getting something so pretty to use from it at the same time! Some of my friends have seen them and wanted some, so most of what I've made has been given away already. I think the next batch I make I'll take to my next guild meeting to use as door prizes. And send some to my mom and my sister, sewing/quilting enthusiasts too. And... ??<br />
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I also delved into a little sewing poetry. On Facebook, someone posted an ode to Celtic Solstice using an old children's poem as a base. Well, I started channeling author Lewis Carroll instead and came up with this:<br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;">One, two! One, two! and through and through</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">The seam ripper went snicker-snack!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">She left those threads all torn to shreds,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Then went to sew it back!</span></div>
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It's from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabberwocky" target="_blank">Jabberwocky</a> poem in Carroll's book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1cuJAFD" target="_blank">"Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There."</a> Only the one stanza so far, but maybe more will come to me as a sew some more.</div>
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Up next for me is packing up the Christmas decorations, surviving the bitter, Arctic cold that is swiftly descending upon us (-40 to -60° F wind chills expected for tomorrow morning? Seriously?!?!?), and making a list of all my WIPs, UFOs, and PIGS to get myself organized for 2014. That last one, I'm sure will become an 'upcoming soon' post, so stay tuned!</div>
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Happy sewing!</div>
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IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-47617163413611587202013-12-29T22:11:00.001-08:002014-01-05T12:59:07.798-08:00Playing with Blocks: Birds in the AirI was right! Last week I guessed that <b>Bonnie Hunter</b> might use Birds in the Air as the next unit for us to make in the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt</a>, and when I opened up Clue #5 last Friday, there it was!<br />
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Unfortunately,
this step uses those 100 extra Half Square Triangle units that we had
to sew in clue #5... and which I never got around to sewing. So, a
little extra cutting, and we get...<br />
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So I sewed for a while <i>(have you seen <a href="http://www.intrepidmeredith.com/2013/12/making-birds-in-air.html" target="_blank">my tutorial on sewing Birds in the Air</a>?)</i>, and while I don't have all 100 Birds finished yet, I do have enough sewn to start playing with blocks. Want to play along?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If a bird in hand is worth two in the bush, how much are sixteen birds worth?</td></tr>
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Birds in the Air, like Log Cabin, is one of those really versatile blocks that can arranged in a variety of settings with some very different looks. Check our some of these:<br />
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Now let's switch things up by mixing in some of the units we've been making for Celtic Solstice...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"You will stop taking photographs and start petting me and feeding me instead!"</td></tr>
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Or...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With their vision more heavily weighted towards black & white, I wonder how cats really view our quilts?</td></tr>
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And then there's...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Variations on the Railroad block</td></tr>
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And finally, a little something with those chevron units...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lagoon Rose and Aunt Sukey's Choice? Almost!</td></tr>
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Do you ever play with your blocks? You're never too old, and it's never too late to start!<br />
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And, if you want to see other quilters playing with their blocks, check out the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-5.html" target="_blank">link up</a> that Bonnie's provided for Celtic Solstice!<br />
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Happy sewing!<br />
Meredith<br />
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IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-31013342943421347302013-12-29T22:09:00.000-08:002013-12-29T22:13:45.743-08:00Making Birds in the AirClue #5 in <b>Bonnie Hunter's</b> <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt</a> has us making Birds in the Air units.<br />
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Unfortunately, this step uses those 100 extra Half Square Triangle units that we had to sew in clue #5... and which I never got around to sewing. So, a little extra cutting, and we get...<br />
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That's five, stretchy half square triangles to make each unit!<br />
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First I got all those pesky HST units sewn together. Then I laid out all the pieces how they need to be sewn. Flip over the first wing, making sure that the edges all align...<br />
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Sew the pieces together, and then very gently finger press the unit open. I like my seams to lie very flat, but with bias edges on both sides of this seam, I'm not about to drag my fingernail down the seam like I might usually do. Instead, I'm going to use my iron this time, but I'll have to be very, very careful about it. I'll admit that I'm usually prone to ironing my seams open rather than pressing, but with these units, I have to be especially conscientious, making certain that the iron moves up and down ONLY, and not side to side!<br />
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Lay out the pieces again, flip, align and sew.<br />
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Finger press open, and carefully press with the iron as before. Then add that big half square triangle. The big HST should be the exact same size as the unit that has already been sewn. I line up all three edges, and then add a fine pin at the center and at the tail of the unit. Then we're ready to sew!<br />
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Start sewing the seam, but keep an eye on the center point of the unit as it comes up. The trick to getting a perfect point on that small HST unit is to bulls-eye just a thread to the right of where those seams cross on the HST unit. That extra thread's width will disappear in the edge of the seam, and your point will be spot on. Yea!<br />
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Gently finger press open. Very carefully <b>press</b>, <i>don't scrub!</i>, with the iron. And voilá! A beautiful Birds in the Air unit is done!<br />
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<li>For Celtic Solstice, these units should measure 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" (green line)</li>
<li>The center seam should fall under the 45° marking on your ruler (blue line)</li>
<li>The edges of the Half Square Triangle unit should each fall on the 1-3/4" line (red lines)</li>
<li>The points of the inner half of the HST unit should lie 1/4" in from the edge of the unit (orange circles)</li>
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Birds in the Air, like Log Cabin is a very versatile block. Check out my next post, <a href="http://www.intrepidmeredith.com/2013/12/playing-with-blocks-birds-in-air.html" target="_blank">Playing with Birds in the Air</a>, to see some of the fun things that you can do with it, by itself and with the other units that we've made for Celtic Solstice! IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-84568850205885514592013-12-23T07:54:00.000-08:002014-01-05T13:00:33.568-08:00Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt, part 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Something short this week, I think, because I want to get back to sewing! I seem to be one of those odd ones out, and, now that Christmas week is upon us, I now seem to have extra time, rather than less. Yea!<br />
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The kids are occupied on their computers. Husband came down with a 24-hr. stomach bug (but is better now), and Ma Nature decided to deliver a Winter Wonderland snowstorm to the Mid-West, so we weren't going out even if we wanted to. I decided to ignore the housework and sew up my own little storm.<br />
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This week, Bonnie had us making 4-patch units for the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt</a>. I was so eager to get started, that I forgot that we were supposed to strip-piece these to save time. Oops. Instead I cut my blue and raspberry strips, and then layered them onto my <a href="http://www.quiltcut.com/" target="_blank">QuiltCut2</a>.<br />
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In record time I had stacks of paired squares all ready for sewing. <br />
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I also took the time to cut more pieces for step 1. Now I've got plenty to choose from as I chain piece away.<br />
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The end result? In one day, I've got half my 4-patches done, and another third of the triangle in a square units and all of the pinwheels sewn. Yea! If I can get another couple of days like this one this week, I'll be one happy camper.<br />
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Julia, one of my Celtic Solstice quilting buddies on Facebook, was playing with the C.S. units in <a href="http://amzn.to/1d3DJbk" target="_blank">Electric Quilt 7</a> and came up with a design idea that she shared with the group. Here it is using some of the units that I've made. Beautiful idea, Julia!<br />
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Bonnie will have us make one or two more unit types before she shows us how to put them together and makes the big reveal. I'm guessing that one of them might be something like 'birds in the air.' There's a large half square triangle that's part of the <a href="http://www.inklingo.com/shop/beginners/3/product/celtic-solstice/156" target="_blank">Inklingo Celtic Solstice shapes package</a>, and it would fit perfectly with the 100 HST units that we made <i>(OK, I haven't made mine yet!)</i> as part of Clue #3. Or, they may be used for something completely different. We'll see what she shares with us next Friday.<br />
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In the mean time, I hope that everyone has a happy and safe winter holiday. We've passed the darkest day of the year, and I predict brighter days ahead for everyone. :-)<br />
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Happy sewing!<br />
Meredith<br />
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P.S.<br />
If you'd like to see more of what everyone else has been up to with Celtic Solstice, the check out Bonnie's <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/12/mystery-monday-link-up-part-4.html" target="_blank">link-up page</a>!IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-47676136749597004602013-12-19T17:29:00.000-08:002013-12-29T09:22:43.191-08:00Quiltus InterruptusI'm excited to be making <b>Bonnie Hunter's</b> <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt</a>
with all the thousands of other quilters around the world, but I did
have some other projects in the works that have now been put on hold
because of it. Please allow me to introduce you to a few of them...<br />
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<b>The Maple Leaf Quilt</b><br />
I'm using the pattern "Meadow Brook" from <a href="http://www.fonsandporter.com/issues/may_jun_2010" target="_blank">Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting magazine (May/June 2010)</a>.
This quilt is very exciting because it's the first quilt that I started
to make on my brand new sewing machine, a Husqvarna-Viking 875Q. I
would not have been able to get this machine without a HUGE amount of
help from my mom. I love you, Mom!!! I've been trying to keep this quilt
going as a leader/ender during Celtic Solstice, but I'm falling behind
on CE and will have to use bits from earlier steps in CE as the
leaders/enders now instead. I need more time to sew!!<br />
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<b>Don't Be Koi</b><br />
My first one-block wonder quilt. My mom sent me <a href="http://amzn.to/1fqpNYD" target="_blank">"One-Block Wonders Encore!"</a>
by Maxine Rosenthal and Joy Pelzmann after I started quilting in 2009. I
was so excited to try the one-block technique! I found some great koi
fish fabric at my LQS (<a href="http://www.sewnsewwisconsin.com/" target="_blank">Sew 'n Sew</a>
in Waupaca, Wisconsin -- Hi, Bonnie and Debbie!). The fabric sat on my
shelf for another year while I did other things. Then I was finally able
to cut my pieces during a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.425411444187213.94331.236488633079496&type=1&l=b277067b5d" target="_blank">Norske Needlers guild retreat</a>
in October, 2012. And then the pieces sat on my shelf for another 6
months! I haven't sewn anything together yet, but it's been fun
taking out pieces and spinning them around to figure out how I want each block to go together. They've gone back in their box until after
Celtic Solstice is done. This quilt will be for my son, Gizmo.<br />
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<b>My Baby Birch</b><br />
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I've had a jelly roll, <i>Moda Together</i>
by Brannock and Patek, sitting on my shelf for a while, waiting for me
to find just the right pattern to use it with. I finally found
Shimmering Birches in the book "Friendship Strips & Scraps" by <b>Edyta Sitar</b> of <a href="http://laundrybasketquilts.com/" target="_blank">Laundry Basket Quilts</a>.
I love Edyta's quilts!! I own a couple of her books, and I've had her
quilt calendars on my walls for the last couple of years too.<br />
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Anyway, I'm using my <i>Moda Together</i>
jelly roll to make Shimmering Birches, but with my own twist: I'm
slicing the strips down the center before cutting my squares, so my
squares are 1-1/4" cut, and will finish at only 3/4". That means all
those cute, little 9-patches will finish at only 2-1/4"! There's not
enough cream in the jelly roll for the whole quilt, so I'll be using the
roll creams only to make the 9-patches.
I bought some extra yardage for the cream pieces between the 9-patches, and
the sashing. It may only be big enough for a wall hanging by the time
I'm done, but I'm going to love it! (Now you know why I'm not afraid of
those little waste corners that I saved from the chevrons in Celtic
Solstice!)<br />
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<b> PikaGirl's Afghan</b><br />
If
you asked my daughter how long I've been working on her afghan, she'd
say, "FOREVER!!" I can't remember if she was 3 or 4 years old when I
asked her to choose a pattern. When she chose this one, I was torn. On
the one hand, it was a pattern that I'd admired for a long time and
really loved. On the other hand, I'd made my last "Granny squares" type
afghan about 10 years before, and I swore after that one, <b>no more Granny squares!</b> I don't mind making the squares. It's just sewing in <i>all those ends</i> and then sewing <i>all the squares together</i>
that kills me. But, it seems that 10 years is enough time to dull those
bad memories, especially when when the light of your heart is staring
up at you with her big, expectant, loving, blue eyes. I was her world.
In her mind, I could do anything. I caved. I bought yarn. I started
it...<br />
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Flip forward 6 or 7 years. PikaGirl is now 10
years old and awaiting her quilt with increasing impatience.
Fortunately, I've made faster work of it over the last year, and only
have 3 more 8" squares to crochet and then the border to finish. At
least I've been sewing in ends and sewing the squares together as I've
been going along, so she can sort of use it even in its unfinished
state. It's super soft and fuzzy and warm, and I know we'll both love
it... when it's finally done!<br />
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(FYI, I'm using Caron's Simply Soft 100% acrylic yarn, and the pattern is from <a href="http://amzn.to/1bU1I8g" target="_blank">Leisure Arts Leaflet #2131, "A Year of Afghans, Book Two"</a>)<br />
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<b>The Road Trip Quilt</b><br />
This is a <b>Fons & Porter Half Yard Challenge</b>
quilt that I'm hand piecing. I found this pattern in June 2011 while I
was watching the Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting 700 Series DVD.
It's also in the <a href="https://www.shopfonsandporter.com/product/fons-porter-love-of-quilting-january-february-2006-digital-issue/magazine-issues" target="_blank">January/February 2006 issue of LOQ</a>.
I just loved the idea of making one of these quilts (a familiar
refrain, huh?), but I was leaving on a looong road trip soon.
Fortunately, I had also just found <b>Jinny Beyer's</b> book <a href="http://amzn.to/1erQ3Fx" target="_blank">"Quiltmaking by Hand,"</a>
a wonderful resource for anyone interested in cutting templates, hand
piecing, &/or hand quilting. Well, Half Yard Challenge + Jinny Beyer
obviously = Road Trip Quilt!<br />
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So PikaGirl was dragged
to the quilt store to help me choose fabrics. She went straight to the
super bright batiks! I can't say that orange would have been my first
choice in any quilt, but I have to admit she did a pretty good job
picking out a nice combination with the orange, pink/orange swirl, and
magenta fabrics. I added the blue and green to tone things down a
bit. I washed, ironed, and cut my new fabrics likketty-split, played
with the pieces on the design wall a bit, and then colored my pattern
onto graph paper before hopping in the car. Four thousand, five hundred
miles later we were back home, and I had the first few rounds of my
quilt done. These days I take it out in between other projects, and I still bring it along on trips. I've only got one and a half more rounds until it's
finished.<br />
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Once it's done, I might quilt it using some bold,
metallic threads with a big, tropical flower in the center and sun
beams extending out to the edges. Or something. At the rate I'm sewing, I
think I'll still have plenty of time to think about it!<br />
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So,
these are just a few of the projects that I've been working on (and,
yes, there are many more!). What's been keeping you busy lately?<br />
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Happy sewing!<br />
MeredithIntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-42475702980818215222013-12-15T19:15:00.001-08:002013-12-29T09:23:33.067-08:00Karma and Celtic Solstice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, it looks like Karma (or maybe her brother, Hubris?) caught up with me on Clue #3 in <b>Bonnie Hunter's</b> <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt</a>.<br />
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Clues #1 and #2 gave us triangle-in-a-square and chevron units to make. While many people seemed to have some problems with these blocks, I've sailed through them pretty easily. Mind you, I haven't finished making the complete number of units for each step, but they've been coming together nicely with pieces flipped only a couple of times, and they're coming out to size. Yea! In fact, I was doing so well, that I even wrote tutorials on those units (see <a href="http://www.intrepidmeredith.com/2013/12/using-wonder-triangle-ruler.html" target="_blank">triangle-in-a-square</a> and <a href="http://www.intrepidmeredith.com/2013/12/celtic-solstice-mystery-quilt-part-2.html" target="_blank">chevrons</a>) to help others who were struggling.<br />
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I was feeling pretty good about myself and my sewing skills.<br />
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And then Clue #3 came out: half square triangles and pinwheels! And everyone rejoiced, because HSTs are one of the most common units in quilting, and there are a jillion ways to make them, and most quilters are pretty comfortable and confident when they sew them. Add to that, that pinwheels are such a fun and happy unit, who could be unhappy with this step?<br />
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Then add to <i>that</i>, that they're fairly quick to make, so I might even have some time to catch up on my sewing for the first two clues. Or getting ready for Christmas. Or finally getting around to checking out that crazy new health insurance exchange. Y'know, those pesky things that interfere with our quilting lives...<br />
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And then<i>,</i> to add just <i>one more</i> thing<i>,</i> that I had just finished making a few really cute, teeny, tiny pinwheels using those waste corners from the chevron units. Aren't they adorable?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny pinwheels,<br />
In my hand,<br />
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And so I grabbed my fabrics and my <a href="http://amzn.to/1hVNyvN" target="_blank">Fons & Porter Half and Quarter ruler</a>, and started cutting and sewing away. And everything was going great! <i>(Doom always seems to start that way. Sneaky bastard!)</i><br />
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First I cut just enough triangles to make one pinwheel. I had to get ready for work, but I wanted to make just one before I left for the day. Awwww, I love it!<br />
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When I got back to sewing that evening, I realized that I'd sewn the pinwheel with my color placement reversed from what Bonnie shows in her pictures. Oops! Well, that can be easily fixed when I make my next pinwheel, so no problem. Sew on!<br />
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Bonnie wants us to make 25 pinwheels, and then sew another 100 half square triangle units that will get used in one of our next clues. So I thought I'd cut the first 100 blue and 100 coral triangles that I'd need to make the pinwheels, and save the other 100 of each to cut and sew after the pinwheels were done. They could always get sewn as leader/enders as I caught up with my triangle-in-a-square units and the chevrons, right? <i>(Oh, thank goodness I decided to cut only half my triangles!!)</i><br />
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I sewed up four HST units and sewed them into a pinwheel, making sure the colors were in the right place this time, and, <i>voilà!</i> One new pinwheel spinning in the correct direction. Now that I've got one unit made, I get to work sewing the other 96 units I'll need to make the rest of my pinwheels...<br />
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...and only after I've sewn 73 half square triangle units <i>(the end is in sight - hooray!)</i> do I suddenly realize <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><b>I'M SEWING WITH THE WRONG FABRIC!!!!!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHH!!!!!!!!!</span></b></span><br />
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Y'see, I'm one of those people who switched colors from what Bonnie's using.<br />
Bonnie's using: white (background), yellow, orange, green, blue<br />
I'm using: black (background, coral, raspberry, turquoise, purple<br />
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The clue with the chevrons used green, yellow, and white (my turquoise, coral, and black). And the cute little pinwheels I made before I started Clue #3 were turquoise/black and turquoise/coral. So that's what was stuck in my brain when I grabbed my fabrics for Clue #3: turquoise and coral.<br />
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Clue #3 is supposed to use yellow (coral) and ORANGE (RASPBERRY)! Fudge buckets...<br />
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Well, I'm so very, VERY glad now that I only cut the triangles for the pinwheels. And it's a good thing that I'm on happy terms with my seam ripper too. It's comfortable, and pointy, and it's brand new so it's deliciously sharp. <i>(Did you know that seam rippers can get dull? If you've had your seam ripper for a long time, go out and treat yourself to a new one. It's like replacing the blade in your rotary cutter or the needle in your sewing machine. You'll be glad you did!)</i> He and I spent some good, quality time together as we ripped out those 73 short, bias seams...<br />
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So then it was back to cutting another 100 triangles ─ this time from my RASPBERRY fabric. And now all my triangles have to get matched up (something that didn't need to be done before since I'd cut my original triangles with the turquoise and coral fabrics layered right sides together, so my pairs were already layered for sewing. I love that trick!). And then run them all back through the sewing machine. Somehow it wasn't quite as fun the second time around. :-(<br />
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But then I sewed my first, new pinwheel. It's still cute! And the magic is back. Yea!<br />
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And then, to make things even better, I was idly looking through <b><a href="http://www.jinnybeyer.com/" target="_blank">Jinny Beyer</a>'s</b> <a href="http://amzn.to/1egOmuz" target="_blank">"The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns"</a> when the pages flipped, and I saw these two beauties sitting right next to each other:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#1: <b>Heirloom</b>, Laura Wheeler, unidentified newspaper clipping, date unknown.<br />
#2: <b>1904 Star</b>, Clara Stone, <i>Practical Needlework</i>, ca. 1906<br />
Image from <a href="http://amzn.to/1egOmuz" target="_blank">"The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns: More Than 4050 Pieced Blocks for Quilters"</a><br />
by <a href="http://www.jinnybeyer.com/" target="_blank">Jinny Beyer</a>, Brackling Press, 2009. page 80.</td></tr>
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Why, what doth mine eyes do see? They see a pinwheel! They see chevrons! They see triangle-in-a-square units! I laid out the units that we've sewn so far and made these:<br />
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Will one of these be Celtic Solstice? Well... I doubt it. As you can see, the raspberry colored triangle-in-a-square blocks don't fit very well in these arrangements. Also, the <a href="http://www.inklingo.com/" target="_blank">Inklingo</a> shapes for the Celtic Solstice quilt have a 1-1/2" square included in the collection, and I'm not sure that small squares will connect through these layouts very well. Still and so, these do become two more blocks that we can add to our repertoire since they're made up of the same units that we've already learned how to make.<br />
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Isn't it amazing how many new blocks become yours for the making just by learning how to sew one new unit? I love quilting!! <br />
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And I hope that you enjoyed this post. You can check out the progress of other Celtic Solstice quilters on the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/12/celtic-solstice-mystery-monday-link-up_4572.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice link up page</a>!<br />
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Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to finish eating my slice of Humble Pie. Thanks, Karma! ;-)<br />
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Happy sewing!<br />
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<br />IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-69623627609774649302013-12-12T19:02:00.000-08:002013-12-29T09:23:55.997-08:00Playing with Celtic Solstice 2.5This post comes in between clue #2 and clue#3 in <b>Bonnie Hunter's</b> <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt</a>, thus the '2.5' identifier.<br />
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For Clue #1 we made these V-blocks in two color combinations:</div>
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For Clue #2 we made chevron units:</div>
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All the units have a cut size of 3-1/2" x 3-1/2", so once they're sewn into a quilt, they'll measure 3" x 3". I've got no idea what other units Bonnie is going to have us make, but let's see what fun we can have with just these...</div>
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The V-blocks do lots of fun things, including making harlequin diamonds:</div>
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They also make star blocks ─ and are especially striking if we add some of those chevrons around them:</div>
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Whee!! OK, I admit that I had to add some red scraps on to some of the chevron units to make this work. I think that if Bonnie said that the next step was to make 100 more chevrons in another colorway, she might have a mutiny on her hands. LOL! A lot of people are finding these little units pretty challenging. I feel very fortunate that they've been coming together without much difficulty for me. Going now to knock on some wood...</div>
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I haven't made all of my units of each type yet, but this starts giving me some fun ideas. Based on the numbers Bonnie told us to make, I could get 24 of the stars with the black backgrounds, 23 stars with the red, and 25 of the orange stars. I suppose the above pattern could be in the running, but... It's a Bonnie Hunter quilt, so I'm sure there are yet a few more surprises for us to discover!</div>
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Here's something crazy for the person who loves Y-seams...</div>
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How about a flashback to a block that was popular before World War II. According to <b>Jinny Beyer's</b> book, <a href="http://amzn.to/1faLbRF" target="_blank">"The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns,"</a> ( I LOVE this book!!) this block was originally known as 'Whirligig' or 'Patch Me If You Can.' </div>
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Whirligig is such a pretty pattern. I share Jenny's sentiment of what a shame it is that it was stolen from us. Do you think it's time that we can start stealing it back? Too early? I can never tell with these things...</div>
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Of course, one drawback to making a quilt full of chevron units is that you get four pairs of waste corners for every unit that you sew. Fortunately, I'm not averse to small pieces! Pinwheels are an obvious way to use the waste corners:</div>
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Aren't they CUUUUUTE!!! And they're only 2" across, so they'll finish at only 1-1/2". They're like little Japanese SD characters, except, well... not really. If I do this with all my corners, I'll end up with 50 of each color pinwheel, or 100 pinwheels total. I wonder if that would be enough for the band on a coordinating pillowcase? Or just sew them into a 10 x 10 grid and make them into a coordinating throw pillow. OR wait to see what other scraps Bonnie leaves us with and try to put it ALL together!</div>
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Well, that's it for me this week. Next up will probably be a post on Celtic Solstice's Clue #3. I also need to write up an 'All About Me' page and a snapshot of many of the other projects that I'm working on now. So what's it to be? What would you like to see?</div>
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IntrepidMeredithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-29501389110987195122013-12-12T13:59:00.005-08:002014-01-06T07:16:36.525-08:00Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt, Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last Friday, <b>Bonnie Hunter</b> released clue #2 for her mystery quilt <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice</a>. This week we're making chevron units!<br />
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Except I've changed my colors from what Bonnie's using, so instead I have:<br />
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I found a nice trick to the cutting for this step. I cut my turquoise strips at 3-1/2", and then I layered two turquoise strips, two coral strips, and two black strips.<br />
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I subcut my stacked strips at 2" intervals.<br />
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Voil<span class="st">à</span>! Now each cut stack of strips has exactly the right number of each fabric patch that I need to make one chevron unit.<br />
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Next I had to draw a line on the back of Every. Single. Square. That's 400 squares for the smaller-sized version of Celtic Solstice. For the king-size version, people had to cut more than twice that number! Eeep!!<br />
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I used the <a href="http://amzn.to/18jltv9" target="_blank">Quick Quarter</a> tool to draw a line diagonally across the back of each square. The QQ is long enough that I can easily line up my squares using the lines on my cutting mat, and then draw across two squares at a time. My favorite marking tool is either the <a href="http://amzn.to/IZCXkk" target="_blank">Sewline mechanical ceramic lead pencil</a> with either the red or white chalk, or a No. 2 pencil with a very sharp tip. It just depends on the color of my fabric and what will show up best.<br />
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Next I have to make sure that I've got my sewing lines oriented correctly. When these rectangular units are sewn together, we need one seam on these corner pieces to angle down, and the other one needs to go up. See how I have them laid out next to each other here? Since I also drew the additional sewing line for my waste corner, I'm making sure that my fabric square is oriented with that extra line over the area that will be cut off later.<br />
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Here are two tips for sewing these patches:<br />
1) Start sewing at the middle of the rectangle and sew from there to the corner, otherwise the sewing machine is apt to eat the corner of your fabric.<br />
2) Do not sew right on top of the center line that was drawn. Instead sew just on the side of the line towards the outside corner. Since this is the same side as the extra line that I drew, I've got a good visual indicator of which side of the line to sew on. If you're not keeping the waste corners, you could just draw an 'X' on the side that will get cut.<br />
3) Also, if the square patch is trying to wiggle around too much when you're sewing down your line, you can either pin the square patch to the rectangular patch &/or decrease the pressure of your presser foot a bit. <br />
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Gently finger press the seam open to make sure that the newly sewn patch completely covers the corner of your rectangle.<i> </i>If you have good coverage, then cut off the waste corner leaving approximately a 1/4" seam allowance.<i> [Since I'm saving my waste corners, I like to sew the extra seam before cutting them off. It saves time later, and makes it more likely that I'll use them. The one difference when I sew the waste triangle seam is that I'll sew on the side of the drawn line that's towards the line I've already sewn, instead of on the side towards the corner. If you're not keeping your waste triangles, or if you don't bother with sewing them before cutting them off, then skip this part in the brackets.] </i>Don't do more than a gentle finger press on these units yet. We'll hit them with an iron after we've sewn on the next patch. You'll see why in a bit...<br />
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Now we add the next patch. Be sure to orient the patch so that the drawn line goes in the same direction as the seam already sewn on the patch. Again, I've got the side of the patch with my additional sewing line oriented towards the waste corner. <br />
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Sew just off the line as you did before, finger press to check coverage, and then trim the corner. <i>[Or, for me, sew the extra seam, and then cut </i>;-)<i> ]</i><br />
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And now to press...<br />
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<b>A Pointed Note About Pressing:</b> We need to press the seams on each of these half-units in different directions, and it <b>does</b> make a difference which unit half gets pressed up, and which one gets pressed down!<br />
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In the above, left image, I've laid out the halves of my chevron unit how they'll get sewn together. For Celtic Solstice, this means that the background fabric (white for Bonnie, black for me) is <b>inside</b> the V, and fabric 1 (Bonnie's yellow, my coral) will be on the corners <b>outside</b> the V.<br />
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In the right hand photo, I've flipped each patch over to its back side. (The half that's on the left in the left-hand photo is still on the left in the right-hand photo. It's just been flipped front-to-back. Ditto for the piece on the right side in each photo!) Notice that the seams on each half have been pressed in opposite directions. The seams on the left side piece have been pressed downwards, and the seams on the right side piece have been pressed upwards.This will let the seams of the two halves nest when they are sewn together, resulting in seam lines that meet in a nice pointy point at the center of the unit. Pointy points make quilters happy! It will also help to spread out/reduce bulk at the center seam. Reduced bulk: also good! <br />
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So. Once you've got your seams pressed in the right directions, lay them back out like you see them in the left-hand photo above. [Remember, for Celtic Solstice, that means the background fabric is inside the V, and fabric #1 is outside the V on the corners.] Flip the right side piece over onto the left-side piece, and nest the seams down the right side of the patches. Don't they nest oh-so nicely?<br />
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Now it's time to start feeding pieces through the sewing machine. The key here is to put the pieces under the presser foot so that <b>the piece with the seams that are pointing away from you is on top, and the piece with the seams pointing towards you is on the bottom</b>. <b>This way, the feed dogs and the presser foot will work to keep your nested seams together.</b> If you run the pieces through with the top seams towards you and the bottom seam away from you, then the pressure of the feed dogs and presser foot can actually cause the seams to nudge apart, with the result that your seams may not come together in a nice pointy point! Sounds weird, but it's true!<br />
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Some tips here:<br />
1) I make sure that the seams between my background fabric (inside the V) and my chevron are nested, and then I keep my finger pressed tightly on those nested seams as I run them under the presser foot. Once I've gone a few stitches past that seam, I stop, make sure that the bottom seams are nested, and then keep my finger pressed on those seams as they pass under the presser foot. (Obviously, I've got my fingers pressing just to the left of where my presser foot will be, and not right on my sewing line!)<br />
2) I also keep my seam ripper pressed on top of my top-side seam to make sure it doesn't try to flip as it starts to pass under my presser foot. You could use a stiletto or a skewer for this too.<br />
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Almost done! Press the center seam open on this unit. That will also help to spread out some of the extra bulk in these seams.<br />
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And now to check our work and square things up:<br />
1) The unit should measure 3-1/2" x 3-1/2". (Outer, solid red line)<br />
2) There should be 1/4" between the top of the chevron and the edge of the unit. This your seam allowance. (Top red circle)<br />
3) The seam between your chevron and the background fabric should go right to the corners of the unit, passing through a point 1/4" up from the bottom and 1/4" in from the sides of the unit. That's more seam allowance. (Bottom red circles)<br />
4) The center seam of the unit should fall directly under the 1-3/4" mark on the ruler. (Dashed blue line)<br />
5) The diagonal chevron seam should fall directly under the 45º marking on the ruler. (Dashed gray line)<br />
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And that's it! I hope that you find this tutorial on the chevron unit helpful. To find more beautiful chevrons, you can check out the <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.de/2013/12/celtic-solstice-mystery-monday-link-up.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice, part 2 Link-Up</a> on Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville blog.<br />
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Happy sewing!<br />
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<a href="http://amzn.to/1bqBTkn" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt=" Wonder Triangles" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ88rjU0rPmWdFLmnFDs38RsualegrqCUYFNdJi7Wa0pAONopYL_MDHR-njK0eCuBP6BFKxmZIWcUXAQ8TVYpb9clZjV_OU2pZskrgQVDhJe0uelni5kUdBRTUCAt17ntime5cS0bLw8M/s200/Wonder+Triangle.jpg" width="175" /></a><span id="goog_842821310"></span><span id="goog_842821311"></span>This post is a tutorial on using <b>Marti Michell's</b> <a href="http://amzn.to/1bqBTkn" target="_blank">Wonder Triangle</a> ruler
to make the Triangle-In-A-Square units in <b>Bonnie. K. Hunter's</b> <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html" target="_blank">Celtic Solstice Mystery Quilt</a>. If you're not making
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Wonder Triangles ruler, so please read on!<br />
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Bonnie designed the Celtic Solstice mystery quilt using the <a href="http://amzn.to/1gfydWc" target="_blank">Tri-Recs </a>ruler, and she wrote her instructions assuming that ruler would be the one that people used. Those instructions still work just fine if you're instead using the Wonder Triangle ruler (W.T. from now on in this post). However, there are a couple of differences between the two rulers that you should be aware of for things to work out right.<br />
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The first little kink comes with Bonnie's cutting instructions. The rulers (Tri-Recs and W.T. both) come as a paired set: one ruler is for cutting the larger, center triangle (the 'triangle' part of the Triangle-In-A-Square), and the second, thinner ruler is for cutting the smaller triangle 'wings' on each side of the center triangle. Once these are all sewn together, you've made a Triangle-In-A-Square (TIAS) unit. Cute, right?<br />
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With the Tri-Recs ruler, you can cut the fabric strips for both the center and wing triangles 1/2" wider than the finished size of the unit. Since the unit we're making in Celtic Solstice will finish at 3", Bonnie tells us cut all of the strips for this clue at 3-1/2".<br />
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In the W.R. instructions, however, we are told to cut strips for the center triangle 1/2" wider than the finished size, but strips for the wing triangles should be 5/8" wider than the finished size. It wants the wing triangle strips cut wider than the center triangle strips!<br />
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DON'T WORRY!! You CAN actually use the same width strip for each of the triangles if you are using the W.T. ruler! So cut all the strips you'll need for clue #1 at 3-1/2" (per Bonnie's instructions), and I'll show you how it works out.<br />
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Take a deep breath. Everything is O.K.!<br />
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<b>Let's begin with cutting the center triangles... </b><br />
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<b> Center Step 1:</b> You can stack up to 4 strips for this step. Line up the top, blunted edge of the ruler with the top of your 3-1/2" strip, and line up the 3" line on the ruler with the bottom of the strip. <i>(The markings on the W.T. rulers are for the FINISHED unit size, not the cut size! This is the opposite of the Tri-Recs ruler.)</i><br />
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Cut on both sides of the ruler.<br />
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<b>Center Step 2:</b> Rotate the ruler 180°. Line up the tip and the 3" mark on the ruler with the bottom and top edges of your strip. Be sure that the left edge of the ruler is flush with the cut edge of your strip!<br />
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Cut on the right side of the ruler.<br />
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The second piece is cut!<br />
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Continue cutting your way down the strip in this manner: rotate, line up, cut.<br />
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<b>Center Step 3:</b> Trim the bottom corners. You can accurately trim up to four layers of fabric for this step. <i>I also like using one of the smaller-sized rotary cutters (28mm) on this part.</i><br />
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Lay your ruler on top of one stack of triangles so the bottom right corner of the ruler lines up with the bottom right corner of your triangle. See that bit of fabric that sticks out from the blunted corner of the ruler? Use your rotary cutter to trim that little bit off.<br />
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Do the same thing on the bottom, left corner of the triangle using the bottom left, blunted corner of the ruler. <br />
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<i><b>NOTE:</b> The TriRecs ruler does not include this last step of trimming the bottom corners, but I think it's a good one. This is the excess fabric (dog ears) that would otherwise stick out after you finish sewing this unit. <b>By trimming these bits now, you won't have to trim off the dog ears later!</b></i><br />
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When you're done, your center triangles will look like the one on the left, with three blunted corners.<br />
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Now, on to the side triangles, or 'wings', as I like to call them...<br />
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For each finished TIAS unit, we'll need one center triangle and two wing triangles. Take a look at the drawing of the finished TIAS unit near the top of this post. See how the two wings are mirror images of each other? One wing points to the right, and the other one points to the left. We can cut both the left-facing and the right-facing units at the same time by stacking our fabric strips in pairs with the right sides facing together (wrong sides together works too). <i>If you forget this step and stack all your strips face up or all face down, then you'll only get ONE type of triangle. To get BOTH triangles from the same cut you MUST stack your fabrics in pairs with the right (or wrong) sides together!!!</i><b> </b><br />
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Notice that the tip of the ruler sticks out 1/8" past the bottom of the strip. This is because we've cut our strips at 3-1/2" (per Bonnie's instructions), not the 3-5/8" that the instructions on the W.T. ruler asked for.<i> DON'T WORRY! </i>This extra bit of fabric is another one of those dog ears that would end up getting cut off later anyway. We'll still be able to line up our triangles without it just fine, and there's still plenty of fabric past our sewing line for a good seam.<br />
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Make your cut along the right side of the ruler, and you've cut your first set of wings!<br />
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If you open up one cut pair, you'll see that you've got both a left-pointing and a right-pointing wing, one for each side of a center triangle that you cut earlier! Take a peek if you need to, but otherwise, keep those pairs together for now. It will make <b>Wings Step 3</b> a lot easier if these fabric pairs are not separated before we finish all of our cutting!<br />
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<b>Wings Step 2: </b>Rotate the ruler 180°. Line up the 3" mark on the ruler
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Cut on the right side of the ruler.<br />
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The next set is cut!<br />
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Continue cutting your way down the strip in this manner: rotate, line up, cut.<br />
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See? It's still easy peasy!<br />
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<b>Wings Step 3: </b>Once you've cut your wing triangles, it will be time to trim off those extra bits again. You can accurately trim through up to four layers (two pairs) of fabric for this step. <i>The smaller-sized rotary cutter works well for this step.</i><br />
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In the photo to the left, see the bit of fabric sticking out on the left side of the squared-off tip of the ruler? Trim off that bit.<br />
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<i><b>NOTE:</b> The TriRecs ruler has you trim this same bit, but not the next three that I'm going to tell you about. Again, trimming these extra corners will help you line up your triangles more accurately
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Next, there's probably just a tiny smidgen of fabric sticking out on the right side of the ruler tip. Trim off that bit also.<br />
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Now on to the bottom corners...<br />
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Slide the ruler downwards until the 90º corner of the ruler matches the 90º corner of your fabric patch. Make sure those edges are lined up, and then trim off the corner of the fabric that's sticking out from the blunted edge of the ruler.<br />
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(<i><b>Afternote:</b> Huh... after looking at my finished unit at the end of this post, trimming this corner doesn't doesn't accomplish anything that I can see. It doesn't help with lining up the pieces for sewing. It's not eliminating a dog ear. It will eliminate a little bit of bulk once we start sewing all of our completed units together, I suppose, so trim or don't trim this bit as you please. But <b>don't </b>skip the previous trims or the next one!!)</i><br />
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Next, slide the ruler to the right, and trim the third corner of your triangle.<br />
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And that's it! You have pairs of trimmed triangles for your TIAS units.<br />
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OK, so here we see the three pieces that we'll need to sew each TIAS unit:<br />
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We're going to work with the center triangle and the small triangle on the right first...<br />
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<b>Sewing Step 1: </b>Flip the smaller triangle onto the center triangle with the right sides together. Now:<br />
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<li>Be sure that the blunted point of each triangle at the top are aligned</li>
<li>Be sure that the blunted point of the smaller triangle aligns with the bottom edge of the larger triangle</li>
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Everything lined up? Good! Now let's get sewing.<br />
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See the red line that I've drawn on my fabric pieces? That's the sewing line. We need to sew a scant 1/4" seam that <b>starts at the top of the center triangle and sews down to the bottom right corner. </b>I don't know why, but the whole unit seems to sew better when the first piece is sewn from top to bottom.<br />
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<i>Tip: If your smaller triangle (the fabric on top) keeps stretching past the bottom of the center triangle by the time you get down to the bottom corner, then try decreasing the pressure on your presser foot a bit. </i><br />
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Very gently press the seam open ─ remember, we're working with two bias edges here, and we don't want to stretch them out of shape! Very often I'll start pressing the seam open with my fingers, but then I'll roll over it with a wide pizza dough roller. That seams to do a good job making everything nice and flat, but puts less of stress on the seam.<br />
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Note the direction of that red sewing line ─ see how it's flipped directions? Where we sewed the first two pieces together from top to bottom, <b>the second wing will be sewn starting at the bottom and stitching up to the top.</b><br />
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Once you've gently pressed the unit open, it will look like the picture on the left. Isn't that pretty? And look ─ no dog ears to trim!<br />
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<b>Sewing Step 3:</b> Lastly, you may want to check your finished TIAS unit to see if it needs to be squared up a bit. Lay a square ruler over the TIAS unit, and here's what you should find:<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:</b></span></span> Please note that the seams between the large and small triangle patches hit the edge of the unit about 1/8" in from the left and right bottom corners. <b>This is correct!</b> These units are NOT like half square triangle or Flying Geese units where the seam goes straight into the corner point. We are working with a 63º angle in this block, not 45º angles as in those other units. <b><span style="color: red;">DO NOT square up these units so that the seam falls into the corner point of the unit.</span></b> After the TIAS unit has been sewn to other units in a block, and the TIAS unit is at it's finished size, then the angled seams of the TIAS unit will hit right at the bottom corners of the finished unit. <i>(i.e.: This unit works differently from units with 45º angles. Just leave that 1/8" there, take a breath, relax, and trust that it will all work out once you get the rest of your block sewn together!)</i><br />
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Well, that's it. I hope that you've found this tutorial on the Wonder Triangle ruler informative, and that you'll be able to whip out your Triangle-In-A-Square units with ease in whatever quilts you make in the future.<br />
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So what is a mystery quilt, you ask? Basically, one person writes up the instructions to make a quilt. Then, without showing what the final quilt is supposed to look like, the instructions are released to the quilt makers one step at a time. That's right, we have no idea what the finished quilt is going to look like! That's the mystery! It's also a great leap of faith, trusting that the other person has designed something that you'll like, and that the fabrics you've chosen (almost) blindly will work out. It's one great big exercise in releasing control and just enjoying the process, no matter what the end product looks like.<br />
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Quilting: Easy! Releasing control: Eeek!<br />
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But, with Bonnie Hunter in the lead role, I also know this will be be an experience where I'll get to learn and grow as a quilter too. In fact, for our first 'clue' Bonnie has us using the <a href="http://amzn.to/1gfydWc" target="_blank"><b>TriRecs ruler</b></a> to make triangle-in-a-square units. I've never used it before, but by the time I finish the 188 units I have to make in this step, I'm sure I'll be feeling right at home with it!<br />
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Am I feeling OK with my fabric choices? Well, I'll admit that still has me a bit jittery. Bonnie did a great write-up in her <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/10/2013-mystery-time-introducing-celtic.html"><b>Celtic Solstice Introduction</b></a> letting quilters know about her inspiration for the quilt and the colors she was using to make it. She's going super scrappy too (it wouldn't be a Bonnie Hunter quilt otherwise, now would it?) and included photos showing the great variety of fabrics that she's chosen for each of the five colors (white, yellow, orange, green, and blue) in the quilt.<br />
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ANY colors?? Oh, dear. She's lifted the lid off the rabbit hole, and I have no choice but to hop down. Yeah, I'm one of <i>those</i> people -- nonconformist, marches to the beat of her own drummer, quirky. And add to that that <b>Linda Franz</b> of <a href="http://inklingo.com/section/home/71"><b>Inklingo</b></a> is also making this quilt alongside Bonnie (Bonnie and Linda worked together to make an Inklingo shape collection available for the Celtic Solstice mystery quilt), and Linda's fabrics aren't anything like Bonnie's. Linda made this nice little table to compare them:<br />
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So I start thinking, hey, maybe black for a background, instead of white, would be really cool. And black is one of my daughter, PikaGirl's, favorite colors, so I could give it to her when it's done. But she's not particularly keen on green, orange, or yellow, and her preferred blue is that trendy turquoise/aqua color. She likes purple and raspberry too.</div>
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So maybe the blue and purple could go together, instead of Bonnie's blue & green combo. And to replace the yellow and orange, I could do raspberry and... maybe coral? Y'know, that hard to describe pinky/peach color? I think Pika's had some shirts that were coral colored. Maybe she likes that too?<br />
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So we head to the Local Quilt Shop. It's the Saturday after Thanksgiving ─ Small Business Saturday! ─ and I tell myself that spending more money than I probably should (but there's a sale, and I have a fully punched shop card, so it's not full price!), on a project that I don't really need because I already have too many other projects already in the works (but this will be so much fun because there will be thousands of other people making it at the same time, and we'll be cheering each other on, and I'll be learning! Remember that bit about learning new things and learning to let go of control? That's important stuff!) is a good thing because I'll be supporting a local, small business against the onslaught of the menacing, cookie-cutter, big box corporations during the ever-important Christmas shopping season, right? Hey, if it means I can buy more fabric with a clear conscience, then you betcha!!<br />
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So anyway, did I mention that I brought my PikaGirl with me? Fabric shopping is not her favorite thing, but she was in a good mood that day and cooperated so long as I gave her breaks to go sit in the corner and play on her ever-present hand-held game device. And eventually, we came up with these:<br />
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And now it's time for all of the niggling uncertainties to come into play: What if these colors don't work well in this quilt? What if they would look better in different positions? I already swapped the blue and purple's positions. Should I swap the blue and raspberry too? And I shout at them, "Down, you dratted doubts! Get back in your box!" Well, they didn't go back in the box, but at least they were polite enough to go to the next room where they're harder to hear.<br />
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Last Friday, Bonnie sent her first mystery clue out through the wonder that is the world wide web. Yea!!<br />
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Unfortunately, it was in the middle of Thanksgiving break, and I have young kids, and a husband, and cooking, and cleaning, and a headache that ran for four days. Oh, and no fabric until Saturday afternoon. I'm in a Facebook group with 2,000 people all participating in this mystery, and I saw post after post with photos of other people's fabrics, and read about their progress as they cut and sewed their merry, adorable hearts away. And I. Couldn't. Join. Them. Yet. Waaahhh!!<br />
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But then Monday came. Kids at school. Headache gone. Good!<br />
Had to run into work. Holiday messes still to clean up. Husband needs help with his project. Things to prep for a quilt guild meeting that night. Aaargh!<br />
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But finally -FINALLY!- I was able to get into my sewing space for just long enough to make a small start. Clue #1 drops us right in to making our Triangle-In-A-Square blocks (or V-blocks, or star point blocks, as they're also known). Bonnie told everyone to get a TriRecs ruler for this quilt in her Celtic Mystery introduction, however, by the time I got to the store to buy one, they were all out, and I've been hearing from many people that they're out of stock at a lot of other stores too. I guess that just shows how very popular Bonnie's mysteries are!<br />
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Luckily, there are alternatives, so instead I bought <b>Marti Mitchell's <a href="http://amzn.to/1bqBTkn" target="_blank">Wonder Triangle</a></b> ruler set from <b>Quilt Sense</b>. It makes the same TIAS blocks as the TriRec.<br />
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Luckily, I did manage to get my fabric all washed and ironed over the weekend, so all I had to do was trim the edges and start cutting. I didn't have much time, so I only cut one 3-1/2" strip from each of the three fabrics that I needed for this clue: Purple, raspberry, and black. So far, so good!<br />
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I folded my purple strip that the triangle 'wings' will be cut from in half, wrong sides together, and started cutting away. <b>Note:</b> The Wonder Triangle instructions for the 'wings' ruler say to cut your strip 5/8" wider than the finished size of the unit. However, cutting them only 1/2" wider than the finished size, per Bonnie's instructions, works just fine. Just line up the 3" mark on the Wonder Triangles ruler with the bottom of of your strip. The top of the ruler will stick up 1/8" past the top of the strip. This is OK because, thanks to the mathematical magic of triangle points, you've still got 1/4" of fabric sticking out past your sewing line. Check out my photo. ►
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After cutting my wing triangles from the purple strip, I had to go back through them to trim off the little angly bits at the tip and bottom of each triangle. I bought a 28mm rotary cutter a couple of weeks ago, and it's great for this! I stacked the cut fabric pieces 4-high, and that little wheel was sliding right through the layers like butter. Wow! In fact, the blade was so sharp, that when I forget to put it down before nudging my ruler over a hair, I barely even feel it cut into my finger. Whoopsie! It's my very first rotary cutter wound. So, in addition to learning how to cut Triangle-In-A-Square units, I'm also getting a refresher on rotary cutter safety. Thanks, Bonnie!<br />
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Looking at the cut, it's only about 3/4" long, and it's not bleeding, but still and so, I thought I should probably go wash it and bandage it up. Halfway to the bathroom was when it started bleeding. And bleeding. Aaand bleeding some more. Well, just color me chagrined. I washed it and put pressure on it. It didn't seem deep, and the edges were staying together, so I didn't think I needed stitches, but it was taking longer for the bleeding to stop than I was expecting, and I had more fabric to cut and limited time, darn it! Finally, I just squashed a cotton ball on it and wrapped some tape tightly around it to keep the pressure on, and went back to my cutting. (Everything's fine, BTW. See? Lucky, lucky me!!)
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I finished trimming the points on my wing triangles (being MUCH more careful with my rotary cutter, yes, thank you!), and then went to work cutting my center triangles. Easy peasy there. Layer my black and raspberry strips on top of each other, then cut the triangles (remember, using the Wonder Triangle, you line up the 3" mark at the edge of your 3-1/2" strip!), then trim the bottom corners.<br />
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There wasn't much sewing time left, but I did manage to sew four of each color unit together: Right side wing sewn onto the center triangle sewing from top to bottom, press open, and then sew the left side wing from bottom to top, and press again. I'm not sure why, but they really do sew better when you sew them in this order and direction!<br />
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One nice thing about the Wonder Triangle rulers is that there are no dog ears to cut off my TIAS units. They were all cut off up front when I cut the pieces and trimmed off the angly bits from around the rulers. Yea! Looking at my finished units, I should probably nudge my right side pieces up just a smidge towards the tip before I sew them, but otherwise the piecing looks good, and I think the color contrast is OK.</div>
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...Although the blue would pop in that center position even better than the raspberry. (Aaaaarrrggghhh!!!! The dogs of doubt have slipped their leashes again! Where's Cesar Millan when you need him? Or chocolate. Maybe chocolate will work...)<br />
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So there you have it. Eight units sewn, and one hundred eighty more to go! We'll see what the rest of the week holds for how much farther I can get. Work, kids, husbands, and blogging all take more time than I expect. I've got some ideas, correct or (probably) wrong about where this mystery might be headed, and hopefully I'll manage to get another post up about that. It might be fun to see how my predictions change as each clue comes out.<br />
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And, if you've enjoyed reading about Celtic Solstice on my blog, Bonnie's got a<b> <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2013/12/celtic-solstice-mystery-monday-link-up-1.html">link-in on her Quiltville blog</a></b> where you can check out the journeys of my fellow mystery quilters!<br />
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Happy sewing!</div>
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Intrepid Meredith</div>
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