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rossimi wrote:
Yahoo, I just finished the October star border and posted it in Show & Tell. It took me most of the day, but I am pleased with the results. My colors are bright and kind of busy!  Mary in Sunny MN (for now) Mary, I just love the colors you've chosen -- I think yours is my favorite of all the amazing colorways I've seen. Brita |
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Gosh, I'm in the same position of wondering about the fabrics I chose for the setting triangles. I auditioned them before sewing the border, but now that the blocks are sewn together, it doesn't look like I wanted it to. Since the rest of the quilt is so heavily patterned with all those little blocks, the borders seem to want to have some patterning in them too. Arggh! I'm going to look at the Show and Tell to see what others have done with their borders. Kathy
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Gloria, that definitely is not stupid! It's HUMAN!! We all worked really hard to get to this point and its looking great so far. If you aren't sure of you fabric choices, maybe you could lay out your blocks on several background choices and take a digital photo of each one, then go through the photos and see which one looks the best. Maybe even try a set with two colors like Sue's. It will give you the perspective of distance, and that often helps. That being said, I like the background fabric you show on your profile!
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I have been on vacation this week and fully intended to get those stars into their setting triangles. I have cleaned house, sorted and weeded out my magazines, filed my latest patterns. I can't seem to get moving on this and I think today I figured out why. I have worked so hard getting to this point and I'm afraid of messing it up now. All of a sudden I'm not sure of my fabric choices, my capabilities, etc. Isn't that stupid? Tomorrow for sure
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Yahoo, I just finished the October star border and posted it in Show & Tell. It took me most of the day, but I am pleased with the results. My colors are bright and kind of busy!
Mary in Sunny MN (for now) |
 Woodbury, Minnesota, USA Longarm quilter - Gammill Classic Pro |
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Margo wrote:
The assembled rows of star blocks are about 9" wide. I'm talking about the 9" (or your particular measurement) end of the assembled border strip. Sorry for the confusion!! No apology necessary. You do great work and your tutes are wonderful. My poor brain wasn't engaging correctly!  JoJo |
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The assembled rows of star blocks are about 9" wide. I'm talking about the 9" (or your particular measurement) end of the assembled border strip.
Sorry for the confusion!! |
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Margo wrote:
OK!! The October instructions are up! Let the games begin!!  I can't wait to see some pictures of how the quilts are coming together! I put a couple of photos and tips on my Webshots album about this if you are interested: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/574879488jFYmzg Margo, On picture 4, I'm not understanding your post to: "When trimming the ends, be sure that the short end is trimmed PARALLEL to the center of the star block! (The arrows indicate what I lined up before I trimmed down to the 1/4" sea allowance.) After these are done we will figure the size of our floater strips for a perfect fit!" What do you mean by short end? JoJo |
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