tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009154046558751404.post9189925522722855988..comments2024-03-23T13:17:01.804-04:00Comments on CHRIS'S QUILTING UNIVERSE: "Midwinter's Night'" done and lessons learned (edited)Christine Staverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411569621417693487noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009154046558751404.post-10251106601277457822016-06-21T12:09:56.742-04:002016-06-21T12:09:56.742-04:00Just how big IS this quilt, Chris? I block my qui...Just how big IS this quilt, Chris? I block my quilts on my design wall. Will that work for you?<br /><br />Instructions on my website: http://adventurequilter.com/main_page/articles/techniques/blocking-v-2/ Ellen Lindnerhttp://www.adventurequilter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009154046558751404.post-24195045124187297742016-02-25T21:01:00.500-05:002016-02-25T21:01:00.500-05:00Oh so many lessons I've learned. Some I've...Oh so many lessons I've learned. Some I've had to relearn! Because of my many years of making block quilts which even with borders were easy to square up - you had those seam lines for guides - I nearly panicked the first time I had to square up an art quilt with no reference points. Fine if it is small enough to fit on my cutting mat where I can position in what seems the most "square" position and use the lines on the mat for guides when lining up the ruler. But the larger ones with no design lines running horizontally and or vertically have caused problems. I often have resorted to chalk marks which can be adjusted.<br /><br />Oh those optical illusions though. And the possibility that a sleeve might not be sewn on straight (I see your note now - I've had that happen a few times). I'm getting looser about this with the art quilts. If it's not an obvious angling off, I figure close enough. I know you can do the diagonal measuring thing, but it always struck me as too much work requiring working on the floor and something that would drive me crazy as it sounds it has nearly driven you!<br /><br />This is a lot to learn from one quilt. But in truth, if you learn nothing from the process, you may be skating. All these lessons help the following quilts to go more easily and be better. That is, if we remember what we've learned!The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.com