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Am I the only one that has these bad days where everything you do is w rong? I got my two different blocks done and the blocks that I did the applique o n gave me the beginning of my problems. The applique made them shrink so w hen I put the two blocks together I am short by say 2/8 inch. Have you ever shorten a block that has half squares and flying geese on the edges? Each row the blocks are reversed. Need I say any more. The borders were cut from 4 yards of vertical repeats of the same pattern or so I thought but found some were 6 1/2 inches wide and some 6 inches and I had already cut out the 4 corner blocks which now did not fit. The next screw up took place when a dding those new cut corners, cut the border, then realizing I had not allow ed for the seam allowance. Now I had to patch this place. I was so mad at myself. The only thing that kept me sane was that the quilt was for charit y. Who ever gets it should not mind a few errors. Sandy$

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morningdove2011
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Bad luck Sandy. No, you are certainly not the only person who gets things wrong - infuriating as it is.

finished block. First of all make sure the block you are going to

stabiliser on the back of the block to reduce the risk of 'shrinkage by

It is worth trying a test block before doing a technique which is new to you - or if it hasn't worked well in the past. This does take some time, but not nearly as much as you have spent doing all the alterations. My next job is to take out as large rectangular block from almost the exact centre of a quilt. All the blocks are different, and this one simply doesn't work ... I have resisted the amendment for many weeks; but now I really must do it, because I don't want to start my next piece of work with a glaring 'design error' in the middle of the last! I know a lot of people do all the cutting for a quite right at the start, so that they have all the pieces ready to start sewing. I honestly don't have enough confidence to do that, and I tend to cut out enough pieces to get one section done, and then another section. If your pattern is repetitive, you can cut all after the first section has been made.

H> Am I the only one that has these bad days where everything you do is wrong?

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pat on the green

Hello Pat on the Green, Thank you for your ideas on Applique. This is the most applique I have done on a block. I like the idea of a stabilizer too. Then again if I ha d it to do over, I would just cut a larger block, do my applique and then s quare it up to fit. It was only off about 2/8's of an inch where the seams meet. Sandy$

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morningdove2011

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