JBQuilts Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Heidi, Thank you; I got the email. Nosy, uh...... I mean Meg:P:P, I would be glad to post a pic if I knew what I was doing!!! Go back about a week on the forum and search for a post with gummi dots in the title (I don't know who posted it); the block is in that quilt. Heidi is really close in her design, sight unseen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBQuilts Posted February 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I tried to edit my last post but it will not come up. The title of the post for a pic of the block is "Last two projects" by KerryM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Hi Janice, After looking closely at Kerry's quilt posting, a paper piecing pattern could be easily drafted. If you look closely at the second photo you will notice that the lines between the spikes do not come together at the corner of the block. As each background and spike are paper-pieced, the angle of the spike continues off straight. The last spike added connects with the edge of the block quite a way up from the corner. This allows the corner to be without extra seams and when the blocks are joined there it is like a four-patch. I'll see if I can draft something for you. Notice the points are floating on the background (except for that bottom one which I drew incorrectly!) This makes it easier to piece in the quarter circle without a lot of seam matching and extra bulk. I love this block! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meg Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 ok - i see it. thanks for leading me to it. it is a cool block - cant wait to see what you all come up with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Janice is you visit Judy's website you can find the actual pattern and her detailed instructions. I think the $18 would be worth not having to design and print off your patterns. I have her Celtic Wave patterns and the foundations are on newsprint so lighter paper than copy paper. Below are instructions from her website on how to foundation piece. http://www.quiltworx.com/pdfs/foundationpaperpiecing.pdf Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBQuilts Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Linda, That is it exactly! I didn't explain it to Heidi very well, but she was on the right path, and she knew that the corner wasn't right even though she doesn't paper piece. Now I think I can draft it out on graph paper. Thanks so much. Lyn, I guess I'm just a bit too frugal. I need one block and I can't see paying $18 for it. Plus I think this is a fairly common paper piecing design; I just didn't know where to find it, or how to draw it from scratch without a basic template to work from. Thanks everyone for all your help. This forum is the BEST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitomi Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Yes, I am curious to see the finished product too. You lost me way back with your explanations on the arc and points on the block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judi Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Heidi you could just hire yourself out (in your spare time! ) to help people make their idea blocks, or even how to use their EQ! Way to pull together everyone - - I am off to find that other post now.... Love the name Gummie dots! Sounds yummy.... :cool: that IS very pretty - love the fabrics too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Originally posted by Judi Heidi you could just hire yourself out (in your spare time! ) to help people make their idea blocks, or even how to use their EQ! Way to pull together everyone - - I am off to find that other post now.... Love the name Gummie dots! Sounds yummy.... :cool: that IS very pretty - love the fabrics too!!! Judi EQ isn't so bad to use once you use it and keep using it. I love to use it. I used to teach it like a BOM at a local shop and that was fun. It also forced me to really use the different aspects of the program. The trick to creating this block is to draw an arc to get your points right then draw another arc 1/4" to 1/2" to connect the points to to make it looks like it is hanging. You delete the original lines after you have the points drawn. Clear as mud right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judi Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 very good! I can see why you were teaching it - that did make sense! Seems like it would be similar to how I would digitize an embroidery design. Wish you were a bit closer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Judi glad it made sense. I had a harder time trying to come up with a good way to draw the lines so that you could paper piece it. I have done paper piecing but not a lot so it takes my brain some practice to see things that way. I wish I had more time to play with stuff like this. It is fun and a challenge. Janice did you get my other email? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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