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Monday, November 12, 2012

Feathered Tulip in Vases Progress

 Sunday afternoon I decide to square up all the blocks and put the center of my Feathered Tulip in Vases quilt together.   Well, let me tell you---Squaring up applique’ blocks makes me break out in a sweat.  I think it is one of the scariest things I do.  I mean all that work and one wrong cut and it’s all to be done over.  If you have extra fabric.  I must have spent several hours measuring and marking before I began cutting.



I decided to trim my blocks to 25.5 inches instead of 24.5 since I had the extra fabric and it would space the applique’ a little further apart.

Next, I would need to cut my setting triangles apart because I appliqued' them all together to prevent stretching of the bias edges.

Because the blocks are now 25.5 inches square I  added a half inch all the way around the setting triangles when I trimmed them so they would fit on to the blocks.  I am sure all you experienced quilters that are good with math know this but it took me a while to figure it out.

"Here’s Tulip!"  Not the best picture.   I just don’t have space enough to get a straight  shot of the quilt.
I am well pleased with the result so far.  This is a pattern from Collector With A Needle and it’s really pretty simple applique’.

My big decision now is do I want three borders like the original or four and what color to make the border flowers?
Happy stitching,
Nancy

10 comments:

  1. Well done Nancy, it looks great.

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  2. Oh!!! the math! I would have measured, re-measured, then taken a break before I came back to measure again.:) Great job on your applique! It all looks wonderful.

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  3. Great idea about the set in triangles. Love your version. It is gorgeous.
    cheers
    Lynne

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  4. Oh, my, Nancy, your quilt top looks wonderful! I know that up close it is even better with all your tiny stitches! So glad to see you posting again!

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  5. It looks fabulous!! Wow, so fun to see. I'm so glad you shared ;-)

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  6. Wow! It looks great! You sure did those blocks quickly too! I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who breaks out in a sweat when it comes to trimming applique blocks--just hate doing it!

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  7. Oh, Nancy, your blocks are gorgeous. I just love your applique work!! I am so hoping that someday your beautiful work rubs off on me so I can start on the the fun applique projects I have purchased since following your blog!!

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