Hello there! Hope you've had a wonderful weekend.
These are for Debbie. I really thought I'd be able to knock these blocks out pretty quickly - sew strips together, cut at angle, sew back together, appliqué (the scariest part for me). I was wrong! Misreading the directions and cutting short - plus not really having long enough strips to begin with, it took me most of today to get them finished. (Story of my life - it ALWAYS takes me longer than I think it will). The good news is that I finished these cuties (that each measure 6-1/4" x 6-1/4"):
And now you have four more oopsie blocks (that measure 5-3/4" x 5-3/4"):
I realized as I was importing my pictures into Flickr that I had totally stitched the machine appliqué stitches backwards! Debbie, I hope you like them regardless of the flaws! Thank you for the challenge.
Here’s what I’ll be dropping in the mail sometime this week (four requested blocks, four oopsies and a signature block):
Here’s what I’ll be dropping in the mail sometime this week (four requested blocks, four oopsies and a signature block):
Hope everyone has a great week!
Take care,
Nancy D.
Ok, so I'm not in your Hive, but I just wanted to say "BEEN THERE!" So sorry to hear this block was a pain for you, but it looks like you turned it all out okay in the end anyways!
ReplyDeleteSorry it was giving you such difficulties. Was it the tutorial? I did the pictures as I made it.
ReplyDeleteBut I love it and thank you so much. I'm sure I will be in your shoes with someone's block.
Yeah, I thought I'd knock a couple of these out quickly too, Nancy, but mine came up 5.75" also. I made one to 6.25", but "cheated" by cutting the strips just a little wider, and trying to use a scant 1/4" seam. How did you get yours to work? Also--I love your blocks, and the light & dark layout in your final photo, with the finished blocks & the oops blocks.
ReplyDelete@Debbie - No worries! I realized I sound kind of whiney on this post don't I? I'm sorry, I don't mean to. I really did enjoy working your blocks! Maybe the length of the strips you used (like 2-1/2" x WOF or 18" or whatever it was) would have been good to start with.
ReplyDelete@Julie - I got lucky - ha! It's hard to describe, I started with 8 sets of strips that were about 8" or 9" long, and because of the mis-cuts (I cut a 90 degree angle from the end b/c I didn't have enough fabric to cut as is in the tutorial, I was able to use the remaining fabrics after the mis-cuts (which made the oopsies) and piece them together to make the right sized blocks after they were trimmed. Clear as mud? :0)