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When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks

wrenkins

Re: When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks
« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2020, 23:00:59 PM »
But it's true!  0_0
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Iminei

Re: When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2020, 07:17:58 AM »
Why is your centre square made up of 4 pieces of the same fabric ?  :faints:

Hope you find a way round it ... HST geese are ok 'specially if the goose is made of a plain fabric and ironed within an inch of its life.
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BrendaP

Re: When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks
« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2020, 10:26:16 AM »
@Lowena if the four squares in the centre are all the same fabric there is absolutely no reason why it shouldn't be just one big square.  0_0

As for using HSTs for the geese, there IS a reason (it's easier for you) to do so, so go for it.

BUT, I still think that you should use a ruler to check on the finished sizes of all the squares because something is not right.  If everything was as it should be you wouldn't have the problem you have.

Accuracy of cutting and accuracy of sewing are the two key factors to getting good patchwork blocks.
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Lowena

Re: When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks
« Reply #18 on: July 26, 2020, 11:04:34 AM »
I don't know why the 4 squares are of the same fabric @Iminei I just followed the pattern 

Ah! I know why.......it's a pattern for jelly rolls, so one side has to be 2.5"
Triumph of hope over experience :D

rubywishes

Re: When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks
« Reply #19 on: July 28, 2020, 06:50:45 AM »
I'd do the lot as a fpp piece/s and let the paper do the accuracy for me, but I'm lazy like that ;)
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Lowena

Re: When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks
« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2020, 10:15:32 AM »
But @rubywishes I couldn't do too in a million years! It's the work of the :devil: and I don't understand it at all
Triumph of hope over experience :D

Syrinx

Re: When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2020, 11:03:48 AM »
I have a nice tulip FPP tut on here somewhere. FPP is delightful!

Acorn

Re: When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2020, 11:49:43 AM »
I think I need to watch somebody doing it - but when I looked at Youtube videos they weren't very clear (and, to be honest, I'm not too patient with all the unnecessary palaver people put on videos - I wish they'd just cut to the chase!)
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Syrinx

Re: When you're making "horrid winged beastie" blocks
« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2020, 12:18:49 PM »
Well if you fancy a tutorial here's a nice one. There's a tonne of faff at the start on icking fabrics but I like to think the actual FPP bit is decent ;)