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TOPIC: Customizing the Center Block

Customizing the Center Block 02 Mar 2016 20:00 #136295

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Thanks!
I'm going to use a dark green print with orange and blue accents for the first border background, light centers. Just going to build from month to month.
I'll probably fall a bit behind for a couple of months as I have to finish another quilt and get it to the quilter soon and then some medical issues to deal with.
And I don't do appliqué so I will have to draft something for the next border - 4 inch finished so probably stars.

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Customizing the Center Block 01 Mar 2016 19:24 #136288

JudyFN OFFLINE Posts: 81 Thank you received: 30	Glacerda, Here are the directions from page 3 of month 1. You are following these directions because you foundation pieced (paper pieced) month 2. Trimming—Foundation piecing only. Place the completed block, face down, on a padded surface and press it. Measuring from the center, trim the block to 14˝ square.
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Customizing the Center Block 01 Mar 2016 19:18 #136287

JudyFN OFFLINE Posts: 81 Thank you received: 30	Bean53, beautiful, vibrant block. You have so many ways you can go with color choices in months to come. Really looking forward to how your quilt evolves.
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Customizing the Center Block 01 Mar 2016 05:40 #136282

Barblln OFFLINE Posts: 127 Thank you received: 27	Beautiful!!!! I'm so glad you didn't get the puckering that I did. Barb in Alabama
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Customizing the Center Block 26 Feb 2016 16:02 #136206

glacerda OFFLINE Posts: 145 Thank you received: 74	I have finished my machine appliqué and now need to add the borders from month 2. Is it a 13 1/2" block I want for this step?
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Customizing the Center Block 26 Feb 2016 15:45 #136204

Pemela OFFLINE Posts: 349 Thank you received: 130	Stunning!
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Customizing the Center Block 26 Feb 2016 08:06 #136196

babawawa OFFLINE Posts: 13 Thank you received: 3	Beautiful!
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Customizing the Center Block 26 Feb 2016 01:28 #136194

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Wow it's stunning
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Customizing the Center Block 25 Feb 2016 17:38 #136191

bean53 OFFLINE Posts: 47 Thank you received: 36	Well the picture is there but it should be rotated so that the one bird is not flying upside down!
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Customizing the Center Block 25 Feb 2016 17:36 #136190

bean53 OFFLINE Posts: 47 Thank you received: 36	Thanks to Barblin, I decided to do machine embroidery for my center panel. I got a few puckers but it's not been pressed yet so I think it will be fine. Now to decide what color to use for the first border. I hope the picture comes through okay. I'm not very tech savvy.
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Customizing the Center Block 22 Feb 2016 14:17 #136127

PosyP OFFLINE Posts: 4106 Thank you received: 361	Great customisation MS. Looking forward to seeing this one develop.
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Customizing the Center Block 21 Feb 2016 21:55 #136110

BarbCA OFFLINE Posts: 1134 Thank you received: 380	MS - really like your center panel and month 2 border in Kaffe Fasset prints!! Barb
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Customizing the Center Block 21 Feb 2016 17:40 #136104

Barblln OFFLINE Posts: 127 Thank you received: 27	Hendel, I really love what you have done with the center applique! It is charming and so smart of you! Barb in Alabama
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Customizing the Center Block 21 Feb 2016 15:30 #136099

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I just finished adding month 2 border to my center panel which I adapted to simplify. I enlarged the appliqué pattern 200% and selected 2 birds, lots of leaves and a few flowers. I fused these on and added buttonhole stitch by hand around all the fused pieces. The stems are similar to the idea in the directions but I laid down heavy cotton embroidery thread and used my couching foot to add small zig zag stitches . I'm trying to use all Kaffe Fassett prints for this quilt, with off-white mini prints for the backgrounds for the appliqués. This was my first time doing paper piecing/foundation piecing- phew! Starting with 1.5 squares was probably not the smartest move! I'm uploading 2 photos of my panels so far.

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