Monday, November 9, 2015

Atoms and Oranges - A Finish!

When approaching the end of Atoms and Oranges, I wasn't sure how I wanted to set up the last few circles for quilting.  I've had mixed results clearing my fabric of various types of chalk and pencil marks; especially the colored marks, which I would have needed to use on the white sashing.  I thought about how I had used masking tape to line up the corners of the diamonds and wondered whether I might be able to do something similar here.  And then it hit me: what is a lint roller except a big wide piece of masking tape?


So I carefully peeled a sheet off of a lint roller, lightly traced my circle onto the back of it (trying to avoid sticking it to my cutting mat), cut the sheet along my traced line (occasionally stopping to remove tape from my scissors), and stuck that bad boy right at the first sashing crossroads.  It worked like a charm!

With this little trick in my pocket I cruised right through the last bit of quilting, and am now pleased to present a finished Atoms and Oranges!

11 comments:

  1. Congrats on your darling finish. And I love your tip for marking a circle.

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  2. Great tip on using lint brush tape. Quilt came out great!

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  3. Great idea on using the lint roller tape for your marking your quilting design. Genius!

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  4. I have been wondering about circles all week - love this tip, thank you!

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  5. The nerd in me loves the print!

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  6. That's so clever, I need never draw round a teacup again! Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Great idea! I love the round quilting, it came out great. It fits perfectly with your science quilt!

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  8. Ooh, that is a good idea! I want to do some circles on a project - hadn't thought to use something sticky!!

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  9. Congratulations on a great finish!

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  10. Oh those little scientists with their test tubes are so darn cute!
    Nice finish.

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