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The Emporia => Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside => Current Projects => Topic started by: Ploshkin on November 22, 2019, 15:12:53 PM
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I did start a thread on my second batik quilt but it was in the general bit so I thought that now I've begun the actual thing I would put my progress under Current Projects.
I have completed my first block. It's easy to put together but was a bit tricky to square up. It's 14 1/2" I can chain piece the following ones but wanted to complete one first to see if it was ok. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
It is straight, the sides are a lens aberration.
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That is beautiful. :loveit:
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:loveit: :loveit: :loveit:
Just my colours. Look forward to seeing your progress. Will pm you my address. ;)
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That is gorgeous, love your fabric choice.
Have you decided on a layout yet? I bet you can do a variety of things with that block.
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'A lens aberration' - I must remember that next time something looks wonky :D
Love the colours.
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Ooh, I really like that <3
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That's lovely. I could be persuaded towards the Darkside by that.
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Gorgeous! I love batiks, and that block shows them off really well. :flower:
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What is the name of the block, @Ploshkin ?
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@Pearl I have no idea what the block is called. I just saw a quilt that I liked and zoomed in to see how it was constructed and made it up from there.
I have finished the first set of 4. There will be 3 sets of 4, each set of blocks using different fabrics for the strips (because I started with a jelly roll).
Here is the first set, I don't know how I will actually use them until I have done all of them. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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I love that. Gorgeous. :loveit:
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That is lovely
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That is really pretty!!!
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That is lovely. I do like the way Batik shows up patterns and it is so neat
I look forward to seeing the finished quilt
Great
I have a jelly roll and all the other fabric for a quilt waiting patiently in a drawer for inspiration. It isn't batik - very floral which is not really 'me'
That block looks interesting though
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That is gorgeous! Can you give me the measurements please dear @Ploshkin ??
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That is gorgeous! Can you give me the measurements please dear @Ploshkin ??
And me, please, @Ploshkin , or it’s going to keep me awake all night.
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@Lowena Do you mean the size of the blocks? They measure 14 1/2" and I'm having 4 rows of 4. I'm aiming for about 60" square for the final quilt size.
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I actually meant the size of the strips, squares, triangles....the actual components, if you don't mind @Ploshkin
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The strips are 7 1/2" x 2 1/4" (I cut them from a jelly roll but then cut a quarter inch off the width because the blocks were going to end up too big).
The small squares are 2 1/4" x 2 1/4"
The background fabric is two 8" squares, one cut into 2 triangles. This is slightly bigger than needed but I lose the excess when I square the block.
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The k you <3
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I did start a thread on my second batik quilt but it was in the general bit so I thought that now I've begun the actual thing I would put my progress under Current Projects.
I have completed my first block. It's easy to put together but was a bit tricky to square up. It's 14 1/2" I can chain piece the following ones but wanted to complete one first to see if it was ok. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
It is straight, the sides are a lens aberration.
This looks like a variation of the French braid/friendship braid. :)
similar to this:
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Or the Farmhouse Star block. I prefer Ploshie’s version, though.
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I started with the intention of doing a French Braid quilt but decided to put in the cornerstones to brighten it up a bit. Then I came across a picture of a quilt, quite incidentally, and it used this block.
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Thank you Ploshkin for those meaurements, and thanks for the pictures of the other 2 blocks.
I am such a novice
Bjay <3
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sorry @Ploshkin if I did it at 2.5" would the strips and larger squares need to be bigger?
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@Lowena I need to work out what size the (dastardly) triangles need to be - I'll let you know.
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I have finished my 16 blocks - 4 each of 4 different fabric combos. Here is one of each (light levels are appalling today so not a great picture
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This is the layout I am going for which is the one I originally intended. I did shuffle them around but in other layouts the shapes made by the background fabric were too dominant. I've got lots of cut off pieces from the strips so I'm thinking of piecing them for a border.
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Really pretty, @Ploshkin
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That is gorgeous...I love the colours and the layout!
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It looks like the binding tool star quilt pattern from Missouri Star.
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It could well be. The original picture I saw was a long since out of production quilt kit. If I see things I like I just take a picture of the screen and file it in with my photos for when I need an idea. If it's pieced I can usually work out how it's put together.
I've nearly joined all the blocks now. It's taken a bit of judicious stretching and easing to get the seams to match in places - I'm not surprised as the blocks were a pig to square up. I do need to unpick one seam to lose some excess fabric that is not going to disappear with easing and stretching.
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I've managed to piece a border with the left over strips from the braids. I knew it was going to be tight - the remnants will now fit into a matchbox and one of the border squares has a join in the middle (I rummaged in the bin to find those pieces.
I haven't got any backing fabric yet but I think I will get enough to use for the binding too which will probably also involve a turquoise flange.
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That's really lovely @Ploshkin just love the colours :loveit: :)
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Stunning, I love it. And your thriftiness to use up all the leftover bits. Well done you!!!
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We're good at jigsaw puzzles, we Ploshes ;)
Looking fab @Ploshkin. I love the diagonal-ness of the design contrasting with the squareness of the border pieces.
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The turquoise flange will really bring out the pop!
The measurements for my binding for the 100 shades was 2" grey, 3" bright ...
sewn together 1/4" seam...
Attached to the back with a generous 5/8th seam (needle in the middle position)
Giving me a nice 1/2" of bright flange and 1/2 of grey on the front of the quilt.
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I've never considered a big flange, I've only ever done them 1/8th ". I'll see what I think with different widths.
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I'm going to make this quilt for my OH in the new year. I'll arrange the blocks like the middle four....starlike. It will be bigger so it should work. I need it to be about twice the size. Do you think it will work @Ploshkin ?
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Oh, you've reminded me @Lowena I didn't give you the size to cut if using jelly roll strips. I'll remedy that forthwith.
What size would you like your finished quilt to be? Do I understand correctly that you want to use 4 blocks to make the quilt so that it us one large star? You can, of course always add borders to achieve the size you want.
If you use jelly roll strips one block swill be 16.5" square (including seam allowances
Each braid will be 2.5" x 8.5"
Small squares for cornerstones 2.5" x 2.5"
Large squares 8.5" x 8.5"
To get the points of the triangles to extend enough so to get the point making the 1/4" seam allowance the square, cut across the diagonal, needs to be at least 9" square. I found it easier to cut all my large squares the larger size and trim off the excess when squaring the blocks.
I hope that makes sense, my head gets confused with the size of triangles needed so I'm not good at explaining it.
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Thank you so much @Ploshkin <3
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@Ploshkin ..it's lovely...your colours are gorgeous and what a triumphant moment for you when after rummaging in your scrap bin you found the little bits you needed! (We need a "fist pumping" emojee for just this sort of moment!)
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I'm still in the land of the living - I've been quilting this since before Christmas. I've done straight line quilting echoing the star and arrowhead shapes but there is a lot of negative space in the design ...... so I've taken a deep breath and a big gulp and I'm doing FMQ in the background shapes. I've never FMQd anywhere near a quilt (just a small practice bit that I made into a knitting bag) so it was a bit nerve wracking to start but it seems to be going ok. I will be up for air in a couple of days I hope.
It's annoying that my machine doesn't have an infinitely variable speed control like my previous one. I like to set the speed so that I can FMQ with my foot to the floor. On the Pfaff Expression it has 5 or 6 speeds - the lowest is a bit too slow for me but the next step up is a bit too fast.
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Ooh, looking forward to seeing your
leap into the void FMQ ;)
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Yay! I've finished the quilting. The FMQ got less scary as I went along and I am reasonably pleased with it as a first attempt on an actual quilt.
I had had nightmares when I changed my machine part way through ruler quilting my first batik quilt. It had been going swimmingly with the previous machine but with this one I couldn't travel backwards without it skipping stitches or just not picking up at all. I hadn't intended trying any FMQ because of this. I had seen many recommendations for Aurifil thread for quilting so I got some to try. It appears much thinner than the King Tut and YLI that I have used previously but it is the same weight (40). I had no problems with the straight line quilting and whilst wondering how to fill the negative space I tried out a bit of FMQ and had no problems whatsoever.
I was a bit cowardly and used a lighter colour for the FMQ than the rest of the quilting that blends in pretty well with the pale lilac fabric. I chose to do stars because that fits in with the quilt design but actually it's a good design to start with because you need to stop at each star point to change direction and so have an opportunity to think about where you need to go next. I made a deliberate effort (and succeeded) not to turn the quilt under the machine. I marked each section with some regularly spaced dots - the stars didn't necessarily end up on the dots but it helped with deciding where to aim for.
Anyway, here is one of the FMQ'd sections. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
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Wow, suitably impressed, @Ploshkin :D
By 'not (to) turn the quilt under the machine' do you mean you kept it the same way up all the time and just moved it forwards, backwards, sideways, diagonally (other directions may be available!) to create the designs?
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Yes, that's what I mean Flobear. I did, of course turn the quilt for each section I FMQ'd to get the best access to the area and minimum amount of quilt in the harp space but once I started stitching that section I didn't turn the quilt. I actually find it easier to get even stitching when I'm going backwards.
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Thank-you. More knowledge to add to the Dark Side of the
Moon brain.
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I had seen many recommendations for Aurifil thread for quilting so I got some to try. It appears much thinner than the King Tut and YLI that I have used previously but it is the same weight (40).
Aurifil is very good, as is King Tut. YLI isn't what it was. It used to be really silky smooth until a couple of years ago when it turned dull and fuzzy. Apparently the manufacture was moved from USA to Mexico about this time.
I couldn't travel backwards without it skipping stitches or just not picking up at all.
Which thread were you using when this happened? I have had this problem using the 'new-style' YLI.
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@Deafoldbat I had the problem with King Tut and YLI but when I tried some bits of FMQ with remnants of Gutermann Sew All it was mostly ok which is what made me think it was the thread.
I did a lot of sections of FMQ on this quilt and I had very, very few skipped stitches, and then it only skipped one, and I only had 2 thread breakages. I'm a convert to Aurifil.
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Fabulous results........I'm super envious and suitably inspired :)
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It is completed. The finished size is a smidge over 60" square. I did a narrow binding with an 1/8" flange. The quilting is a mixture of straight line quilting echoing the star shapes and a bit of FMQ in the spaces. I'm pleased with the final result but the backing fabric isn't what I wanted, it was about my 6th choice from Doughty's as, despite the fact they have them on their website, they either had no stock or not enough of my first 5 choices. This was the same with the turquoise fabric that I originally chose.
The quilt is a house warming present for my niece and her partner who have just bought their first house. It has no central heating so I thought that they might like to cwtch up under a quilt to watch the tv.
Here it is.
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That's a work of art, @Ploshkin . Niece and chap will no doubt be thrilled.
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Ooh that is lovely! The backing fabric is wonderful, even if it wasn't your first (second, third...) choice.
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Oh that’s beautiful @Ploshkin The recipients are very lucky.
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Beautiful!
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Lovely <3
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Lovely @Ploshkin
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Ooh that is lovely Ploshie. I'd forgotten you were in Wales and saw "cwtch" and did a double-take!
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Absolutely gorgeous - now you have me wondering what your other five choices for backing fabric were!!!
Lx
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That is beeeautiful Ploshie ... I would be soooo chuffed to receive that, lucky chaps .
I imagine @Lisalou1965 that Ploshies primary choices for backing fabric would have had stronger colours and a bit more contrast with the front colours, more on the turquoise side of things I imagine.
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My first choice was actually quite pale with dashes of purples and pinks. Some of my other choices were quite dark purples. The one I ended up with was a bit bluer than I was expecting which I didn't want as there was no blue on the front but the pinks and purples are a perfect match with some of the fabrics in the top. As you mostly can't see the top and back at the same time I went with it and didn't let it irk me too much. There were no turquoise in any of my choices but that was because I didn't see any fabrics with turquoise in the mixture. I did actually consider having the whole back turquoise.
:| Thats told me then! ;) Imi xxx
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I never bother too much about the backing as it's rarely seen
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@Lowena I can always hear the indomitable Sister Joseph saying ' the inside should always look as good as the outside' and I apply that to backs and fronts as well. I had to give myself a good talking to to stick with a backing fabric that I didn't think was quite right.
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' the inside should always look as good as the outside'
Oh yes, I remember the teacher in sewing class at high school saying the exact same thing....hated it when she would pounce on someones work and examine it for "tidy neat underneaths". :(
And your quilt is just beautiful, really lovely.
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I can always hear the indomitable Sister Joseph saying ' the inside should always look as good as the outside'
Oh, dear old Sister Jo. The Minerva McGonagall of our school 8) I was only thinking about that quote the other day when I was sewing in endless ends on the backs of my place-mats!
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My school didn't do sewing or cooking and neither did my Mum.... So I made up my own rules :D
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That's a beautiful quilt @Ploshkin - congrats!