Well, I didn't hesitate to do my "D" the way Andree's was done. It just happened. But, I went back and look at my "A" and "f" and I have some work to do! Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

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Nice! You have a knack for thinking ahead!

suehenyon wrote: Here is a closeup of my version of A and F

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Andrée

jansk44 wrote: Yes I did that.

Andrée

Hmmmm....good point, Susan! If we look closely, there are lots of places we can add some stitching!

Here's food for thought...do you make any crossing on a letter appear as if it goes over or under? There are lots of interpretations in the Show 'n Tell, so ultimately, it's a personal preference I think font-wise, the A and F should have over-unders. Ha! Not even Janet did that!!!! and I'm surely not going to change what's been done, but may think more carefully on future letters.

Yes Andree that is helpful. Do you pull the threads to the back and tie them at the stop and start areas? Janet from STL

Dang, ya'll made me look at my D and I realized I skipped a section. Nicely done, Andree! Mine will be different. I start on a spot & go around until I get back there, but then that left the center undone, guess I'm not done month 2 yet. I'm posting in show 'n tell anyway.

jansk44 wrote: I don't know if that was the correct way to do it, and I would love to see how others have done it, but here is a closeup of my appliqué (I used single blanket stitch on that half-size):

I did it in 4 steps -
1- The big circle of the "D" - start and stop at the bottom crossing;
2 - the top of the "spine" - start and stop at the top crossing;
3 - The "tip" of the "D", start and stop at the bottom crossing, but going over the top crossing;
4 - The bottom of the "spine", start and stop at the top crossing, but going over the bottom crossing.

Hope that helps.
Andrée

This is a question about how to do the blanket stitch around the letter D. I don't want a build up of thread where the spine crosses over the D. That D weaves? over and under the spine. Love that look am new to blanket stitch so wondering how it is done. Hope this makes sense.

Chana, here is a link to Julie's videos: [url]learn/classrooms/[/url]

You can easily access them through the CLASSROOMS link on the purple bar near the top of the web page.

Watch the video again. Julie shows how to do this with a regular Olfa or Omnigrid ruler. I had to watch a couple of times.

I have to admit, this task sent me to internet shopping in a snow-storm. I found more more than one ruler to make quick work of half-square triangles. I wish everyone would post their favorite ruler for this task.

I do not own a triangle ruler and am not sure how I should be trimming the unit without that ruler. Is there another way to do this or do I have to go out and purchase a triangle ruler?

Chana