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Where are "we" with the quilt? How many squares showed up? Hows's the assembly going???? Some "putting it together" pictures would be great to see and learn from.......as well as giving lucky788 some new ammo to tease you with...
"Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They're easier to ignore before you see their faces. It's easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes."
Lots of squares arrived...I'm trying to line up wood for the chainsaw carver and totem pole carvers and the wood spirit carver, and pumpkins for the pumpkin carver...so as soon as I get caught up, I'll post some photos...
I figured with all the hard work and effort so many folks put into these, that it would be nice to have an update!
"Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They're easier to ignore before you see their faces. It's easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes."
I would also like to know., will the quilts be shown in the SSW&C magazine?? and , will some pictures be shown on the forum. for those of us , that can not attend the open house. i have ask this before. but I don't know if there was a answer. maybe i missed it. Evie
Yes to both, Evie! I'll post lots of photo here (probably one for every square so you can see the wonderful details...) and in the magazine!
Just gotta find time....
Bob
thats so great Bob. I will be looking forward to that in the magazine. and here if i can stay on line, long enouph. I just wont to say ,,, thank you for all you are doing to get it all together. I know you are busy, and still take time to answer us here. this must be a big job. but you are the one to count on to do it all. Hmmmmmmm. what a job. what a guy. I bet you don't have a life. wont to trade. bet your haveing fun. your friend Evie
I had to fool around with copying and taping a pattern again today. This wasn’t as bad as the fish, but still a pain. I use rapid resizer. Scan a pattern, put in size I want and it prints it out. If more than one page, it numbers each page at the top and I tape them together. Had the fish pattern...
Rolf, I cover it with clear contact paper (comes off clean without leaving a residue) and draw a grid for the direction I want to cut (ie horizontal or diagonal) to keep the rows even. The rest is all freehand....
I use acrobat reader. The poster feature will enlarge and if it goes to multiple pages it will put in cut marks. Even if the page is over letter size it will spread to multiple pages at 100%.
If it is in PDF form you can open with Inkscape or GIMP and select what you...
Please keep us up to date with any information you receive. I would really like to get into this, but my computer skills are almost nonexistent, I need something that a 74 year old air head 🙄 can figure out. Thanks for sharing.
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