I am making 36 square blocks with the same pattern. Each block is made of two half-square triangles, but each of those triangles is made with 14 pieces. The finished blocks will each be 7 inches square (not counting seam allowance). Three of the 14 pieces that make up a triangle vary in color in order to produce a complex design. Below is the part of the design that threw me a curve this week and forced a bit of ripping and redoing.
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Two of those four checked triangles were going the right way and two were oriented the wrong way - grrrrrrr! I had switched black for red and red for black. A secondary design had vanished. Some required the rip-and-redo treatment. The others hadn't been sewn yet, and were only glued so they were really quick and easy.
I am so glad I discovered the goof before I went any further, and it only took about an hour to re-establish order.
TIP: This is where a design wall is helpful. I walk into my sewing room frequently and look at my work on the wall, analyze design and color choices, and find mistakes. My wall is cheap. I hung a flannel-backed tablecloth flannel side out, and it works great.
Off topic TIP:
I found a website with a solution that might help some of you. It tells you a simple way to clean a cutting mat if it begins to hug fuzz in the cuts. Here is a great fix.
Sew some happy seams this week. I wish you easy fixes if you run afoul of perfection.
Nice. I always seem to decide on on that 5000 pcs jigsaw puzzle that we threw in the closet to forget. That's what I call these blocks and quilts with many both large and small pieces. If you think about it some of the blocks we choose are more of a puzzle.
ReplyDeleteBut if you are like me, you love the challenge.Recently I created a quilt with nothing but flying geese, I strive with the challenge. My current project has over 3400 pcs. But I am loving every hateful minute of it.
You clearly understand where I am coming from! At the moment I have 1,120 pieces, but that doesn't count borders, etc. I figure it will only be about 52-54 inches square. The main challenge is getting the points properly set.
DeleteWow...this sounds way confusing. That's why I paper piece :)
ReplyDeleteThe problem began when I mis-colored those pieces on the design. I might have forgotten also, and put them together without the whole design in mind. Don't know. Paper piecing might have helped if I printed the pattern with color, which I usually do. It might have been harder to fix with paper piecing. Again, don't know. At any rate, it is fixed now and looks good.
Deletetaking a photo and studying it on computer screen is another useful way of seeing "the wrong ones"
ReplyDeleteBeaucoup de complexité Aie aie !!!!
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