I tried the new way to piece curves as KJ has shown us. I have always steered clear of them, but this is great. I made some and decided I liked doing them and then chopped them up as I did'nt like the colours on their own( Yellow and green) they had to have some purple!! lol You can see the top only WH in the 1st folder I think.
Curved Piecing
Mar 06, 2007
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Ooooo! You're right! The purple was inspired! chipper
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Very cool Estelle! They certainly shine with the purple...the yellow and green would have been my kids' high school colors. I like it with the purple better. I'm glad you had fun....I've enjoyed making these blocks too. I guess that's why I have to @#$#%^^ many!
my favourite colour combinations, bright green and purple.
love naad hugs gina xxxx
Very clever, Estelle! Experiment worked >g< . In message , Estelle Gallagher writes
Michelle, do you have any scrapbooking shops or craft sections at one of your stores? Look for acid free, archival, permanent glue sticks. At least that's what the woman who wrote the book says to get. Who know? Perhaps good old washable Elmer's would work too. You just want something that won't damage the fabric if you're not washing the fabrics afterwards.
Hi Michelle, I just used Pritt stick and another nameless one when that ran out!
Estelle, I can't get into your photo album. Any chance you'd post another link?
Thanks, Sunny
That's really pretty, Estelle. You were right -- it did need some purple! :)
I will try Sunny! Not a very technical person!
Yikes - what have I missed? How do you do these - they look so cool!
Suzie B
Try this Sunny
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Dee in Oz
Loved it. I love yellow, green and purple.
Linda PATCHogue, NY
The curvy lines in the purple fabric echo the piecing! Very nice.
joan
The instructions are on the HGTV site.
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near the top of the page click on "videos" in the search video box...put in Simply Quilts scroll through the video list (look near the top of the video list and keep clicking "next 10" until you get to # 68 (they don't make it easy to find! And this is the instruction part of the show....the other segments are spread through out the list...they aren't consecutive....THAT would be TOO EASY!) but this is the part of the show you want for the instructions. have fun!
Estelle,
They are great. What glue did you use as in the U.K we can't get the one that Kathyl mentioned. You have inspired me to have a go now! Michelle
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That is brilliant - thanks. I thought we just had to be grateful for what we were given, and that once they were changed they were gone.
But we have a choice!
Yes, there are more to choose from than are posted on the "Simply Quilts Channel" on the site. It's all very strange if you ask me. By looking at individual videos, it's tricky to find the consecutive segments to see a whole show as they aren't all put in sequence. But better than nothing, I guess!
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