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Enjoy "Color My World" by Wendy Williams - This beautiful quilt is constructed of soft and textural shot cottons from Windham fabrics on a richly patterned background. It offers so many opportunities for personalization through both embellishment and quilting- you could add house numbers, decorations, people, pets, garden flowers- there are so many ways to make this quilt truly your own!

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TOPIC: Show and tell with helpful tricks

Show and tell with helpful tricks 31 Jan 2021 09:45 #154303

doglover OFFLINE Posts: 26 Thank you received: 5	Thanks for the info Lynnanne!
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 31 Jan 2021 03:22 #154302

KatjaBraun OFFLINE Posts: 19 Thank you received: 66	Small houses 1 and 2 and Mariners compass done. I am very happy with the outcome. Now I have a month to try to adapt the technique to other freezer paper patterns Attachments: IMG_202101...1500.jpg (39KB) IMG_202101...1442.jpg (44KB)
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 31 Jan 2021 02:08 #154301

Lynnanne OFFLINE Posts: 40 Thank you received: 67	I use the 1/8 inch paper piecing ruler for the inner seams in the pieces and leave the outer seams of the pieces at 1/4 inch. The houses are about 6 3/4 inches and the compass diameter is 9 inches (unfinished) sizes. Helen put up good drawings in her posts of how to do it.
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 30 Jan 2021 16:59 #154286

doglover OFFLINE Posts: 26 Thank you received: 5	Lynnanne wrote: I've been printing the pattern at 60% and following the suggestions made by Helen in the forum last month. You need to resign the 1/4 inch seam allowances after you print but otherwise it seems to be working fine. Thanks, Lynanne! I may try the compass at 60% and see how it goes.
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 30 Jan 2021 16:55 #154285

PamMcd OFFLINE Posts: 4 Thank you received: 6	Lynnanne wrote: I've been printing the pattern at 60% and following the suggestions made by Helen in the forum last month. You need to resign the 1/4 inch seam allowances after you print but otherwise it seems to be working fine. Thanks, that makes sense to me!
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 30 Jan 2021 16:54 #154284

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doglover wrote:

PamMcd wrote:

This is the size given. I don't know for sure, but what if you printed the freezer paper patterns at 50% or even 25% ? It looks like if all the patterns were printed at the same reduced size, it would work out. I have NOT done this and do NOT know if it would work. I am just thinking out loud.

Well your quilt so far is beautiful! Thank you.

Thanks. Did you read Lynnanne’s post? She said to re draw the seam allowance to 1/4” if you reduce the pattern, That makes sense to me.

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Show and tell with helpful tricks 30 Jan 2021 16:30 #154283

Lynnanne OFFLINE Posts: 40 Thank you received: 67	I've been printing the pattern at 60% and following the suggestions made by Helen in the forum last month. You need to resign the 1/4 inch seam allowances after you print but otherwise it seems to be working fine. Attachments: image_2021-01-30.jpg (57KB)
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 30 Jan 2021 12:57 #154259

doglover OFFLINE Posts: 26 Thank you received: 5	PamMcd wrote: This is the size given. I don't know for sure, but what if you printed the freezer paper patterns at 50% or even 25% ? It looks like if all the patterns were printed at the same reduced size, it would work out. I have NOT done this and do NOT know if it would work. I am just thinking out loud. Well your quilt so far is beautiful! Thank you.
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 30 Jan 2021 12:38 #154256

juliefugate OFFLINE Posts: 8 Thank you received: 13	Here are my first blocks. I apparently like polka dots...I really didn't realize that until I looked at what I pulled from my stash! Attachment 20210129_160703.jpg not found
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 30 Jan 2021 12:22 #154255

PamMcd OFFLINE Posts: 4 Thank you received: 6	This is the size given. I don't know for sure, but what if you printed the freezer paper patterns at 50% or even 25% ? It looks like if all the patterns were printed at the same reduced size, it would work out. I have NOT done this and do NOT know if it would work. I am just thinking out loud.
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 30 Jan 2021 12:12 #154254

doglover OFFLINE Posts: 26 Thank you received: 5	PamMcd wrote: Here are my little houses and compass. This is such fun and I love the freezer paper method! Attachment IMG_0121.jpeg not found PamMcd, are you making a smaller version? If so, can you share how you are doing that? I really want to make this but don’t want it as large as the pattern is. Want to hang it and don’t have a place to hang that large a quilt.
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 29 Jan 2021 08:50 #154207

PamMcd OFFLINE Posts: 4 Thank you received: 6	Here are my little houses and compass. This is such fun and I love the freezer paper method! Attachment IMG_0121.jpeg not found
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 29 Jan 2021 07:06 #154196

jules4joy OFFLINE Posts: 3 Thank you received: 8	Like the fancy doors and windows
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 29 Jan 2021 06:58 #154193

jules4joy OFFLINE Posts: 3 Thank you received: 8	Finished my blocks last night, just in time. I hung my strips to keep handy throughout project. Attachment 20210128_192453.jpg not found Attachment 20210116_131609.jpg not found
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