tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post1626776119995586790..comments2024-03-26T07:42:42.938+10:30Comments on Quilting Twin: kerynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04582879782723937419noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-83468920903100124152013-06-11T07:09:51.621+09:302013-06-11T07:09:51.621+09:30Thanks for the log cabin tips, will certainly be p...Thanks for the log cabin tips, will certainly be pre cutting, but might be tempted to partially cheat my dislike of cutting and start with a jelly roll!Sue SAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802460291741438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-32506395779404947572013-06-11T03:15:29.567+09:302013-06-11T03:15:29.567+09:30I love your experiment! I think I should try that...I love your experiment! I think I should try that! I've never cut them so size before.....I have been trimming each piece after. This should be interesting! :o)<br />reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14822110311373036914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-51371528056155795842013-06-11T03:10:42.967+09:302013-06-11T03:10:42.967+09:30I had to laugh at your log cabin blurb as that'...I had to laugh at your log cabin blurb as that's exactly what I've been doing and with the same wonky results! I am now ready to try (gasp) pre-cutting my logs to size. I've heard of organizing the logs in an old silverware tray. Have you tried that? <br /><br />I'm also intrigued by some of those "fancy" rulers and may have to stick my feet into that water as well. I love your resulting block.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04926328455712508539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-54572313681752448912013-06-10T20:30:00.665+09:302013-06-10T20:30:00.665+09:30I prefer cutting to size ... there are carpenters ...I prefer cutting to size ... there are carpenters in my family history and learned (the hard way) that the rule of measuring twice and cutting once really does save a lot of time and effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-58458843242510110222013-06-10T19:28:04.157+09:302013-06-10T19:28:04.157+09:30I do like your bottom block.........
love my west...I do like your bottom block.........<br /><br />love my westalee rulers...........I only have 2 the long one and a 6 in square.....I love them......I have had them for years now since they were on the New Inventors....(great show too)....the girls who come and sew with me love them......<br />.I haven't brought any of the rulers you have.....no one has really mentioned them online......pretty happy to hear your feedback........i've never seen anyone using them so that doesn't help.......Chookyblue......https://www.blogger.com/profile/03673183082274488600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20392758.post-69563129757360934232013-06-10T16:23:31.399+09:302013-06-10T16:23:31.399+09:30I used to make log cabin blocks the same way - yea...I used to make log cabin blocks the same way - years and years ago before I really became a quilter. And I sewed them on batting foundations so they were "pre-quilted". I followed the directions in some women's magazine. This was in the early '80's. The blocks always turned out a bit lop sided and wonky, no matter how careful I was. I made at least a dozen quilts of different sizes using this method, and it was a bear to get all the blocks to fit together well. Eventually, like you, I tried piecing a block by pre-cutting the strips to size. What an amazing difference! I've done it that way ever since. Too bad it took me so long to learn.<br /><br />I don't have a batik stash either - gave away the few I had about 10 years ago. Now I've fallen in love with Edyta Sitar's quilts (of Laundry Basket Quilts) and the way she pairs batiks with reproduction prints. Like you I've decided I need to start of stash of batiks. I figured I'll buy a few fat quarters each month. The catch, of course, is that I have no where to put them!Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125491177774966237noreply@blogger.com