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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Something New
After putting the last stitch into my Atoms and Oranges quilt, I dove right into the next project already sitting on my to-do list. (A very strange occurrence!) Working with only calm tones is a bit of a challenge for me, but I want to see what I can do completely outside of my normal rainbow color range!
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!
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!
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