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TOPIC: Show and tell with helpful tricks

Show and tell with helpful tricks 07 Jan 2021 08:02 #153097

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ames wrote:

Here’s my houses for month 1, love how it’s turning out. I ended up doing normal fpp and my tip for keeping fabric in alignment while sewing is to use a little dab of fabric glue on the seams. So much quicker than trying to hold and see or use pins to avoid shifting.

Ames, your houses look great. Love the fabric choices.
So many of you quilters are accomplishing so much!
I'm barely finished with one house...having trouble with the freezer paper...my machine is acting up...but I'm not giving up....yet.

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Show and tell with helpful tricks 07 Jan 2021 03:42 #153088

Lynnanne OFFLINE Posts: 40 Thank you received: 67	ames wrote: Here’s my houses for month 1, love how it’s turning out. I ended up doing normal fpp and my tip for keeping fabric in alignment while sewing is to use a little dab of fabric glue on the seams. So much quicker than trying to hold and see or use pins to avoid shifting. Adorable!
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 06 Jan 2021 21:38 #153081

bbquiltmaker OFFLINE Posts: 1498 Thank you received: 1762	Katiewells, yes, scroll down in this topic for photos. I made 3 houses today using the #10 Edgestitch foot and what a treat! Wish I had thought to try that last May when I was making the sample/test quilt. Fast and accurate, really a great help.
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 06 Jan 2021 21:33 #153080

katiewells OFFLINE Posts: 10 Thank you received: 11	JessieCrawford wrote: I have found the edge stitch foot to be absolutely fabulous. Much easier to get accurate seams. Thank you to the person who suggested trying this foot. I have got 4 houses made but can't add the background fabric as I am still waiting for it to arrive, probable end of month. Are using the #10 foot for the freezer paper piecing?
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 06 Jan 2021 21:01 #153079

ames OFFLINE Posts: 9 Thank you received: 42	Here’s my houses for month 1, love how it’s turning out. I ended up doing normal fpp and my tip for keeping fabric in alignment while sewing is to use a little dab of fabric glue on the seams. So much quicker than trying to hold and see or use pins to avoid shifting. Attachments: 845E459D-9...194.jpeg (104KB)
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 06 Jan 2021 09:19 #153039

Lynnanne OFFLINE Posts: 40 Thank you received: 67	Helen, don't worry, they’re going to be fine! I basted them together and made a tiny adjustment in a couple of the seams just to make sure it will be possible to make it a quarter circle. They’re not pressed because I want to take it apart and put it together again when all the houses are done. Thanks again! Attachments: image_2021-01-06.jpg (60KB)
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 05 Jan 2021 23:42 #153021

PaolaRB OFFLINE Posts: 59 Thank you received: 266	Completed my 8 small houses #1. Now onto the small houses #2
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 05 Jan 2021 17:38 #153008

TaniaC OFFLINE Posts: 3 Thank you received: 24	Small house number 1 - second house (hand pieced). Attachments: D2559A0E-7...07C.jpeg (53KB)
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 05 Jan 2021 11:12 #152979

Lynnanne OFFLINE Posts: 40 Thank you received: 67	Ok I will do that after I make a few more
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 05 Jan 2021 11:08 #152977

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Lynnanne wrote:

These are my houses reduced to 60%. They are 6 3/4 in. tall. Thanks to Helen for her helpful instructions they are working out. Also, the stitch in the ditch foot was a great suggestion from the forum and I used the little clover iron as the pieces are so small. It's a great way to make use of scraps.... necessary since where I live everything is closed for lockdown.

Lynnanne, Your houses are so cute!!! Try a little experiment and pin them together on the sewing line and see if they make a quarter circle. All the small house wedges are the
same size. I did a paper mock up of a half circle this morning and at 60 % the circle was short of being 180degrees.HelenW

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Show and tell with helpful tricks 05 Jan 2021 10:59 #152976

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Show and tell with helpful tricks 05 Jan 2021 09:48 #152970

cknight434 OFFLINE Posts: 3 Thank you received: 8	LOVE IT ..... Beautiful.
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 05 Jan 2021 09:10 #152965

SchnauzerFan OFFLINE Posts: 28 Thank you received: 16	cmannconso wrote: I am so happy to have completed Small House 1 and 2. Each one was a delight! Thanks so much for posting this. I haven't chosen my background yet and this opens up a lot of other possibilities in my mind. Good to see what a busier background looks like. It looks great!
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Show and tell with helpful tricks 05 Jan 2021 06:02 #152955

KatjaBraun OFFLINE Posts: 19 Thank you received: 66	so lovely! very vibrant background
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