But if you are just cutting yardage for the white strips, couldn't you just make that cut bigger? I dunno, cutting all those charms down just seems to defeat the purpose of precuts...but then, I am lazy! :)
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But if you are just cutting yardage for the white strips, couldn't you just make that cut bigger? I dunno, cutting all those charms down just seems to defeat the purpose of precuts...but then, I am lazy! :)
I like your new avatar photo, Annika! I also like this tutorial. I will definitely make this one at some point. You could also use scraps or even jelly rolls to make it.
Regarding Kensington's question - you can do it either way. I often see quilts where I think, well shoot, instead of making blocks I could just sew the units in rows. I think many quilters are used to sewing together rows of blocks rather than rows of units. For example, in the past I always made blocks and then sewed long rows of sashing and cornerstones in between the rows. I just tried the technique where coins and sashing are sewn together beforehand. I can't decide which way I like better. There is additional planning in advance to make sure each block is sashed correctly. Some require sashing on three sides of each block and some on four sides. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about. In this particular row, blocks had sashing and cornerstones sewn to the top, bottom and left side of each block before the row of blocks were sewn together. The final block in the row had it done on all four sides. I probably could have easily figured this out in advance to know what to do for each block but I laid it all out first so I wouldn't make any mistakes. They always say "A picture is worth a thousand words so hear ya go.)
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I agree with Kensington. It's not really that much waste cutting off part of those squares that are sewn on to form the corners of the X blocks. It saves so much time and hassle using that technique. Remember, you can always sew the waste triangles together to form half-square triangle units to use in other projects. They're small but they are definitely usable. Here's an example of what I did with a bunch of them. It's my favorite quilt.
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If you are cutting everything down to 2 1/2" can't you use jelly rolls instead of charm packs?
Thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by rebeccas-sewing
Yes, Pandabear, jelly rolls will work as well.
Great idea! Then just sew strip sets and cut those down to 5 inches.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pandabear
For this size, it might not be worth it but using this method in larger dimensions can actually give you a bunch of easy HSTs with all that "waste" - after you sew on the fold line, sew again 1/2 in away towards the outside/waste. Cut the sewn waste off, and it's an already-made HST.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kgrammiecaz
For these small ones I think I'd just keep the scraps in a pile and use them to stuff a dog bed or something. I hate working with little bias triangles after they've been cut.
Rebecca you are right. This is a versatile pattern. Jenny said she used 120 charms, so you could use a layer cake too and just cut it apart. Very pretty pattern. I wonder how it would look to use squares of two slightly different color value for the X blocks. To give that twisted effect I've seen in other patterns.
