Not much accomplished this weekend. I finally completed this block. Rolling Squares from the book Vintage Quilt Revival. Most of the projects in this book are paper pieced. I thought making this block would be a snap since you just sew on the lines. Not! I think I took the block apart a dozen time and started over. First time the green squares were too large. Then the blue flying geese were too small. Ugh! I printed at 100%, then at 101%, then at 102%. I ended up making very small seams to achieve the 12 1/2" unfinished square. I just hope my bee queen likes the colors I used. Do you ever have this problem when paper piecing?
DON'T FORGET:
- Basic Machine Applique, Wednesday, June 29
- Doll Bee, Thursday, June 30
- Beginning Quilting, Thursday, June 30
- Sampler & Open Bee, Saturday, July 2
- CLOSED MONDAY, JULY 4th
- Charity Quilts, Monday, July 11
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ON ANOTHER NOTE:
♥ Caroll, Caring , Sharing and Creating Smiles
I love your block, Caroll! Sometimes distortion occurs during photocopying/printing. I know paper piecing and I can imagine the struggle you have had with getting this block the correct size. That could wipe out all the fun of it, eh? But it looks great now.
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