The Emporia => Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside => Occasional Paper Pieced Block of the Month 2018 => Topic started by: Iminei on February 12, 2018, 09:23:07 AM
Title: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Iminei on February 12, 2018, 09:23:07 AM
With all those layers of fabric building up at the two points (2,3,4,6,7 and 8,9,11,12,13,14) it can get quite bulky.
I found the best way to deal with this is by sewing toward the point (rather than from) and sewing slowly when you get to it ... Using a very hot iron to ensure a super flat seam and all will be ok!
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Sandra on February 13, 2018, 08:19:48 AM
Got it done yesterday evening.
It gave me the chance to play around and try to get used to my friends machine which I've borrowed while my own is being fixed.
(https://i.imgur.com/op2bmLCl.jpg)
Thought I'd try something different to pinks and reds and found I had a good selection of blacks...perfect for Valentine's Day 0_0
Yes. It was a bit bumpy over the intersection points, but I managed O.K without any problems. I just went slowly and carefully :)
Sandra. xxx
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Iminei on February 13, 2018, 08:37:27 AM
Sandra, that is gorgeous!!!!
I hope you are going to do something with it!!??
Hie thee Hence into the
MC OBOM HOF .......
:angel:
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Sandra on February 13, 2018, 09:01:16 AM
Daughter said...'Pillow!'...when she saw it. (She means cushion.)...so I might finish it for her.
I might even have a small cushion pad lying around somewhere to use in it.
Sandra. xxx
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Kenora on February 13, 2018, 23:45:23 PM
Oh that's beautiful, Sandra - really striking. It's crying out to be a cushion. Lucky daughter. :D
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Sandra on February 19, 2018, 16:46:22 PM
I've just uploaded my pictures from my camera so I can show you that I did indeed make a cushion for my daughter. :)
(https://i.imgur.com/AvYJ9TFl.jpg)
Finished the back with three buttons...
(https://i.imgur.com/B47sW4ml.jpg)
Daughter was surprised and happy to receive it.
Has nobody else been tempted to make one yet? Feel a bit lonely on my own.
Sandra. xxx
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: fajita on February 19, 2018, 16:50:55 PM
Not tried this heart yet. Yours looks lovely.
I made my trial unicorn into a cushion. I haven't photographed it yet.
I spent last evening taking the horrible itty bitty scraps of paper off the winged horse.
The Pegasus pattern, without the centre horsey bit, looks like an unfolding flower.
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Iminei on February 19, 2018, 16:58:41 PM
Beautiful Sandra Beautiful!
Gorgeous paper piecing Fajita, really interested to see the rest of this now .... and yes It does look like a lotus flower or waterlilly ... lovely!
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: fajita on February 19, 2018, 18:01:43 PM
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: supergran on February 19, 2018, 19:27:41 PM
I tried printing the heart pattern out and it came out a titchy little 5 inch square. Tried the link to Pinterest (I hate Pinterest), didn't work, just lines of text appeared, so then I went onto the actual Pinterest site and looked for the pattern, which took ages. Finally found it and it was also a titchy little square. Enlarged it via my printer settings to 9 inches. Printed it and it came out 7 inches. Then I got fed up with it and haven't decided yet if it's worth the effort. :angry:
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Sandra on February 19, 2018, 20:59:09 PM
I can't remember exactly how I managed to print the template...
I tried to copy the one direct from Iminei's tutorial and that didn't work out, so I went to Pinterest, visited the site the heart came from and managed to print it from there. I was a bit of a rigmarole, but I managed somehow. My template came out at about 8 inch-ish square.
Sandra. xxx
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: fajita on February 19, 2018, 22:23:59 PM
I just had a try. First I saved the image. Then clicked print. It came out at 8"x8".
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: supergran on February 19, 2018, 22:31:02 PM
Yes, I did that as well Fajita but it still came out small. The enlargement I did was a tad over 7 inches so I'll have to settle for that. Thanks girls. :D
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Iminei on February 20, 2018, 07:03:40 AM
Hi girls,
Yes my pattern came out at just about 8" and if you remember I extended past the paper (as the pattern barely fit on an A4 sheet) and then added the side, top and bottom panels.
Getting templates to print at the right size inside a tutorial is tricky and then you have to hope the person who prints it remembers to set No scaling or cancel Fit to page in their printers settings.
I have added some extra destructions to the stage of the tut ... thanks for making me aware of the problem.
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: supergran on February 20, 2018, 17:35:20 PM
Ta Dah!! I managed to get it to something like 8 inches finally and then added some quite large borders to make it a useful size. Depending what I end up doing with it these can be trimmed down if necessary.
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Sandra on February 20, 2018, 18:34:24 PM
Yay!
You got it to work properly for you. Love the colours. <3
Sandra. xxx
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: supergran on February 20, 2018, 19:07:07 PM
Thanks Sandra. I got my stubborn head on and refused to let the damn thing get the better of me. :)
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Iminei on February 20, 2018, 21:44:10 PM
Oh ! So fabulous .... Thank you Supergran.
Toddle off to the MCOPPBOMHOF now please ....
:angel:
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Kenora on February 20, 2018, 23:38:50 PM
Beautiful work - love everyone's photos. Am still intending to try this but life is getting in the way. :( Things are queuing up atm.
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: fajita on February 24, 2018, 16:49:09 PM
I've had a go.
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Iminei on February 25, 2018, 09:30:55 AM
Lovely Fajita, just lovely ...
now run along with the others into MCOPPBOMHOF will you ....
:angel:
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: maliw on February 25, 2018, 11:04:48 AM
No time at the moment - only here on a flying visit.
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Madame Cholet on February 26, 2018, 22:38:42 PM
I have very little darkside-friendly stash at present but I wanted to have a go at this... ... so I caved in and bought a very small and somewhat random selection of charm squares from an ebay seller, which arrived today! Hurrah!! I shall post a pic as and when. I'm hoping to have a few hours spare one night this week for this. Thanks for putting together the tut Imi :)
Title: Re: You lucky, lucky people ... February's OPPBOM
Post by: Iminei on February 27, 2018, 05:35:54 AM
Just loving the little beastie peeking out of your heart Fajita ....