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Cutting and organizing pieces for double wedding ring

Good day to all. I am about to begin cutting out a double wedding ring quilt for future granddaughter-in-law. I would love to have input about how to proceed. I have 33 fat quarters washed and pressed. Have figured how many of each template I need to cut from each fat quarter. What is the best way to mark the material? I tested with a fine point black permanent marker. It sort of bled a little. But to use a pencil it may not show on all the colors. The colors are connecting thread's spring essential special. I have a large rectangle saved from cutting out a sink on a countertop. Thinking about covering it all over with sandpaper so that the fat quarter grips to it. Then maybe put sandpaper on the bottom of the templates. But there will ultimately be almost 1500 pieces. I need to know how you would organize them? Any thoughts from those who have made a DWR would be greatly appreciated. If you know if an internet site with organizational tips and tricks I would appreciate that also. TIA Alice BTW I have only made three log cabin star quilts and am working on a Dresden Plate for myself at this time.

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On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 13:41:06 -0600, A SHEARER wrote (in article ):

I would not recommend a black permanent marker. Trust me, you do not want to do this, especially if one of your fabrics is a light color. I will never do that again.

I'd look for a chalk pencil or go to a place like Hobby Lobby or Michaels and get prismacolor pencils in a couple of different colors for marking.

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Maureen Wozniak

I've done 2 DWR -- but only 1 with templates (the other I paper pieced).

For organization... buy a box of small ziploc bags (like sandwich sized)... and put each color in a separate bag. (are you doing totally scrappy -- or organized sequence of colors). Either way -- I think you'll like having the colors separated and easy to get to.

For marking -- I used a mechanical pencil. It did show on my dark blues as well as my lighter colors -- although I did have to look a bit. Use the thinnest pencil lead you can find. I find chalk pencils just don't make a fine enough line.

Also -- and this is critical (or was for me!). When I added each piece -- I pressed the closed seam to help set the seam but I DID NOT press the fabrics (arcs) open until the arc itself was complete. Then I had a piece of muslin pinned down to my ironing surface... where I had traced the EXACT shape of my arc and when I pressed the arc (all seams to one side) .... I slowly dropped it along the lines of my "pressing template". I used a weak starch ( I buy it by the jug -- and then dilute it significantly and spritz it from a drugstore spray bottle. That helped to maintain the shape of the arc. Remember your arcs have a lot of exposed bias and they can be easily stretched out of shape. The less you handle them before pressing/starching them the better. Avoid pulling them open to look at them like an accordian ... as that can really stretch them too!

I hope this is helpful. This is an extremely rewarding quilt -- although it will test your patience on many an occasion before you are done!

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Kate G.

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nzlstar*

Er -why do you need to mark? Mine was made using Shar Jorgensen's acrylic templates, seam allowance included. As long as the stitching is accurate, no problem at all. The set includes a "solid" arc, so it's easy to check accuracy. If you make your own templates, consider making something you can use with a rotary cutter. Shar's directions include the idea of stacking 6 FQs, cutting out a curved strip (template provided) big enough for the entire arc, then using the individual segment templates to slice off 6 pieces. Then move the top piece from the 1st pile to the bottom, the top 2 pieces from the 2nd pile, etc. Then stitch the 6 arcs. Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

Kate: Thanks for the helpful hints. I am not making a pieced arc DWR, but MAY do so one day. I would suggest that the quiltmaker make one 'extra' arc first of all, and press it out. This would serve two purposes: to preview the color placement, and to have as a visual guide when piecing all the arcs. For those arcs I would definitely use your helpful advice. PAT in windy Virginia

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