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BLOCK OF THE MONTH - BOM
BOM 2021 - Color My World
How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD
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: How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD

How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 28 Jan 2021 13:31 #154162

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cindybug0419 wrote:
Hi Everyone, I'm trying to post this where the most people will see this so I hope this is the right spot. I have an Epson 4760 printer. I have never had a problem printing out patterns and getting the scale right until today. Here I am, happily printing out a few things and something told me to check my scale settings. I have always had to use 103% to get the exact 1" box. Today, I checked and I had to alter my scale to 101%. Luckily my gut instinct piped up and said "hum, why not check just to be sure." Not that anyone else will have this difference but better safe than sorry. CHECK THE BOX EVERY TIME.

See if your printer has an A4 setting rather than letter size. A small arrow would be to the right of 'letter'.
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 28 Jan 2021 08:55 #154153

Hi Everyone, I'm trying to post this where the most people will see this so I hope this is the right spot. I have an Epson 4760 printer. I have never had a problem printing out patterns and getting the scale right until today. Here I am, happily printing out a few things and something told me to check my scale settings. I have always had to use 103% to get the exact 1" box. Today, I checked and I had to alter my scale to 101%. Luckily my gut instinct piped up and said "hum, why not check just to be sure." Not that anyone else will have this difference but better safe than sorry. CHECK THE BOX EVERY TIME.
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 26 Jan 2021 15:23 #154103

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Thankyou love your blog!!!
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 26 Jan 2021 07:15 #154090

Fanplus, yes you can cut the greens for houses. The only fabrics not to cut are the charcoal and cream—they are for the Roads.

Read my blog for this kind of information each month:

bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com/2021/01/color-my-world-month-1.html

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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 25 Jan 2021 22:54 #154085

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When cutting fabric - the 3.5 inch strips for house blocks 1& 2 can you also cut into the greens or are they best left for the trees? Taking the plunge and starting with the houses!!!
Last Edit: 25 Jan 2021 22:54 by fanplus.
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 24 Jan 2021 08:03 #154004

Thank you Helen. Did as you suggested and taped house patterns together, they aligned. Checked further in Forum messages and should have checked Barbara’s excellent link showing how her house patterns measured. I was basing my concern on a Forum member’s reply saying the height of House 1 base should be 4 5/16ths. If I am viewing Barbara’s photo correctly House 1 base is 4 1/8th which is 4 2/16ths. Breathing a sigh of relief as fudging is not my strong suit!
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 24 Jan 2021 04:54 #154000

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Confused. Read information about the base sizes. Sure enough, even though 1” scale was accurate the base of Small House 1 was off. Reprinted at 105% which corrected the problem. Small House 2 at actual printed out the correct base measurement. Don’t both houses have to be printed at the same scale to join correctly? Doesn’t this make them larger? Grateful for any clarification.

Owasyleczko. I would think they would need to be the same size or the circle won't go together without a lot of filler strips or other modifications. Cut out one house from house one and one house 2; lay one on top of the other on a light box or window and see if they are identical. If yes you are good to go. If not you try to find a friend to print the pattern or redraw the outside lines and seam lines on one piece and make your copies from that. Good luck. In an ideal world all printers would print perfectly. HelenW
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 23 Jan 2021 23:44 #153996

Confused. Read information about the base sizes. Sure enough, even though 1” scale was accurate the base of Small House 1 was off. Reprinted at 105% which corrected the problem. Small House 2 at actual printed out the correct base measurement. Don’t both houses have to be printed at the same scale to join correctly? Doesn’t this make them larger? Grateful for any clarification.
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 23 Jan 2021 17:29 #153987

I agree, I have never done paper piecing, I would have never attempted this quilt without the great videos and ability to ask questions.
Thank You Wendy for the great quilt and Barbara for teaching us.
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 23 Jan 2021 13:43 #153980

Box2wood wrote:
Will the sm houses #3 and #4 be the same as the sm houses
#1 and #2? I'm assuming they are. I got on a roll making them.

The size is the same, the windows and doors are different

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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 23 Jan 2021 12:58 #153977

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Will the sm houses #3 and #4 be the same as the sm houses
#1 and #2? I'm assuming they are. I got on a roll making them.
Last Edit: 23 Jan 2021 13:00 by Box2wood.
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 22 Jan 2021 15:57 #153951

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Thank you Barbara for the link. My houses are right on length wise. Be sewing ya!
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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 22 Jan 2021 14:50 #153949

See this post:

thequiltshow.com/forum/bom-2021-color-my-world/9465-printing-problems#153942

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How to Be Successful with COLOR MY WORLD 22 Jan 2021 14:40 #153948

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Including the background on houses #1 & #2. What should the length of these two blocks measure? Mine are 11".
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