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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.

Friday, September 7, 2018

FUDGE FACTOR, YOU SAY

                         My Maverick Star went a bit too "maverick " here.....
                                 off the rails , so to speak...;0000

How much of a "fudge factor" do you allow???? Discerning quilters
want to know 👯👮😇 
("Hello, is this the sewing police??" lol).

And so...(SIGH):
I took her apart and redid her...
Now I absolutely HATE un-sewing...
but I cannot use my usual Fudge Factor here--it's way too mis-aligned....
AND..................
This is better ;)))  don't you think?? 
(patting myself on the back here) hahaha

I am moving along
slowly with these stars...doing them in sections....


                   I love choosing the centers from my fussy cut print; 
                  and then deciding what color of 2.5" squares for the surround; 
and
then making the star points; 
and finally sewing rows together --
ironing the seams open to help with bulky crossings.....;}}}}}

I  am beginning to get the hang of working with scissors; and as my squares are 
already pre-cut,  it's easy to just use my small Friskars scissors to trim up........

Hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (scissors hands-euse) 






7 comments:

  1. Oh I hate when this happens. But when we gotta rip, we gotta rip. I feel your pain. BTW, you might remember me as Cootie Bug. Find me on my new blog. Hugs

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  2. I think a few very wonky stars will be okay, that shows they are intentionally off kilter! But you must of course, please your own eye.

    lizzy

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  3. I remember making my wonky stars quilt and yes it was fun to use scissors something quilters don't ofen do anymore.

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  4. precuts are a pain. fudge must be less than a seam allowance at least

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  5. Fudge Factory makes life easier. I rarely puck out stuff.

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  6. Looks much better now you have re-done it. That was a bit too much to fudge - it would have thrown out any block adjacent to it.

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