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Thinking ahead to Month 2 only because I am one of those quilters that like to build a circular quilt from the center out. And yes, I do love changing it up!!!
I like quilters to think to themselves, Oh, That is a Wendy Williams pattern, but I never have seen THAT ONE. Makes me smile just to think about it. So,Going back to Month 2. The mariner compass has the road around it. I was at first thinking I would change the color of those black sections to greens and make them lawns for my small houses. Then I started looking at Mariner Compass quilts and really like these three add ons beyond the compass. They are in a pattern by Lessa Siegle. I will be auditions lots of ideas. I already plan to make a multi colored compass. HelenW    |
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I’m planning on doing this with wool appliqué at 65%. Using the original pattern at 100%, I redrew it using InDesign with just the actual pieces that would be wool (top and bottom of house and roof). I then reduced it to 65% and printed these out. To make a half circle, I ended up with 18 houses rather than 16. I’m fine with that (other than maybe needing more wool felt than I ordered), but I’m guessing since I’m doing hand appliqué, the houses may be more spread out. I can always add some trees or bushes to fill in. Just weird. Houses won’t be attached to my whole cloth background until we get the roads, so it’s a waiting game.
This is my first ever quilt, so I’m flying blind, but definitely appreciate this supportive community of talented people. Thanks for putting up with all my questions and concerns! Best, Carole  |
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HelenW wrote:
ajclapp wrote:
Thanks Helen, for giving me an idea. Since I'm using an 1/8" scale, I can draw the individual houses in EQ starting as rectangles. I may have to use 1/16" scale for placing some of the lines. Or I could draw them twice the size and use a 1/4" and 1/8" scale. I know the top and bottom measurements for drawing the angle. Then I can color them and print each individual block, cut them to size and arrange them in a circle. I will be able to see the finished results without sewing a single seam! And I can recolor them as many times as needed until I get what I want. First I will have to import my fabrics. Not today though. Annis,Paper mock up of half circle: I have been wavering back and forth between applique or paper pieced. It will be at 60%. My 100 % had a perfect 1" square to check size. I set my printer to 60% and made a bunch of copies. I cut and taped them together matching side wedge sewing lines. I laid it on the cutting mat. And my half circle is not a half circle. Yikes. I have to leave for errands right now, but this makes me really nervous for all the people making wedges. Do you see from this screenshot that I might have done wrong? I did find that house one and house 2 was 1/16 inch off across the bottom lines if you matched at the top. HelenW   This is bad. You can't fudge in this big a difference IN A CIRCLE. It will never lie flat no matter how much you block it. |
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HelenW wrote:
ajclapp wrote:
Thanks Helen, for giving me an idea. Since I'm using an 1/8" scale, I can draw the individual houses in EQ starting as rectangles. I may have to use 1/16" scale for placing some of the lines. Or I could draw them twice the size and use a 1/4" and 1/8" scale. I know the top and bottom measurements for drawing the angle. Then I can color them and print each individual block, cut them to size and arrange them in a circle. I will be able to see the finished results without sewing a single seam! And I can recolor them as many times as needed until I get what I want. First I will have to import my fabrics. Not today though. Annis,Paper mock up of half circle: I have been wavering back and forth between applique or paper pieced. It will be at 60%. My 100 % had a perfect 1" square to check size. I set my printer to 60% and made a bunch of copies. I cut and taped them together matching side wedge sewing lines. I laid it on the cutting mat. And my half circle is not a half circle. Yikes. I have to leave for errands right now, but this makes me really nervous for all the people making wedges. Do you see from this screenshot that I might have done wrong? I did find that house one and house 2 was 1/16 inch off across the bottom lines if you matched at the top. HelenW Has it been determined that Small Houses 3 and 4 are the same size? If they are larger, that would make up the difference possibly. |
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ajclapp wrote:
Thanks Helen, for giving me an idea. Since I'm using an 1/8" scale, I can draw the individual houses in EQ starting as rectangles. I may have to use 1/16" scale for placing some of the lines. Or I could draw them twice the size and use a 1/4" and 1/8" scale. I know the top and bottom measurements for drawing the angle. Then I can color them and print each individual block, cut them to size and arrange them in a circle. I will be able to see the finished results without sewing a single seam! And I can recolor them as many times as needed until I get what I want. First I will have to import my fabrics. Not today though. Annis,Paper mock up of half circle: I have been wavering back and forth between applique or paper pieced. It will be at 60%. My 100 % had a perfect 1" square to check size. I set my printer to 60% and made a bunch of copies. I cut and taped them together matching side wedge sewing lines. I laid it on the cutting mat. And my half circle is not a half circle. Yikes. I have to leave for errands right now, but this makes me really nervous for all the people making wedges. Do you see from this screenshot that I might have done wrong? I did find that house one and house 2 was 1/16 inch off across the bottom lines if you matched at the top. HelenW |
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