Done mine. Thought I'd try orange for this one.
(http://i.imgur.com/JzxThQjm.jpg)
It's been photographed against a slab in the back garden, (in case you thought I'd got manky looking flooring in my house).
I really like this block. It looks like there's such a lot to it...16 pieces!...but it's lovely to make.
Sandra.
xxx
Choosing fabric is always easier than making the block, if cutting is involved :D
No I find it harder to pick the fabric... the cutting is the easy part... the most expensive fabric I ever cut was a French corded lace that cost £150 per metre.. that was about 20 years ago it was for a wedding dress .. I did check it a few times before I cut :D
Gulp !!!!!! Did you keep the scraps?
L :vintage:
I'm rubbish with rulers - never know where / how to place them to get the correct measurements to cut :| I often end up having to cut lefthandedly :| I think a 12.5" square ruler might help me... but.....who knows?
All those smug smiley faced people on the youtube demos happiliy slicing away, through several layers even ... flipping the ruler over to avoid having to cut left handed, flipping the pile of fabric over and still keeping the cut edges level
I remembered about the ruler and my measuring and cutting were spot on
You're obviously cleverer than me Veggie....
On a Saturday afternoon?? Hope it all goes / went well for you :)
You're quite right Lanty, the dark side indeedy :devil: Hope you got the mystery sorted out <3
Well I like it and if you look closely at pictures in books not all the "matchings" are perfect, so give yourself a pat on the back. At least you had a go and if it were to go in a quilt, once quilted no-one would notice. :flower: :flower:
Oh I like my new nickname! :)
I forgot to mention that I dropped the iron on the floor ... no that's not quite true ...... the iron jumped off the table when my back was turned and although I picked it up right away had started to melt the carpet! So had to stop to clean the iron. Not my day!
PS I see I have a record of what the carpet looked like before it got an iron shape melted into it. Decided to see it as a fashion statement ... all sewing room carpets should have iron shapes burnt into them!
Lantana, what is that fabulous looking quilt that you have surreptitiously tacked on to your post without a mention?
What a lovely lil quiltet Lanty... Beautiful!
and that slidelock thing seems like a very useful device to have...
It seems to be part straight edge, part glass fixer thingymy with suction cups (?) going through to the fabric???
Does it really work ???
Maybe you could put a review of the Slidelock thing in the habby section, Im sure a lot of peeps would be interested.
Get your BOM up on here Lanty so we can get this thread back on track...
Machine Quilted! with a walking foot...you know what I think of FMQ :devil:
Which bit are you looking at???
Why hasn't my block gone into the BOM HOF? Do I have to have done all the previous ones? Wasn't mine good enough? Do I need to have been initiated into the core elite? :'( :'( :'(
L :vintage:
Did you do the "handshake" though? ;)