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European block swap Heidi from Germany 05-06-2007
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Posted by Heidi from Germany on May 6, 2007, 11:15 am
I have started to sew the blocks of last year's European block swap
together.
I was sewing happily along, pleased with those beautiful blocks I got,
when I realized the quilt will be too short. As if I couldn't have
noticed earlier <sigh>. 4 rows are finished , 3 of them are sewn
together, now what should I do ? I need a 5th row or something else.
Enlarging the top and bottom borders won't look good.
I suppose it will take a bit longer to finish this top, than I thought
:-)
Heidi from Germany



http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
mail: please remove quilt from address

Posted by Sally Swindells on May 6, 2007, 11:56 am
Heidi from Germany wrote:
> I have started to sew the blocks of last year's European block swap
> together.
> I was sewing happily along, pleased with those beautiful blocks I got,
> when I realized the quilt will be too short. As if I couldn't have
> noticed earlier <sigh>. 4 rows are finished , 3 of them are sewn
> together, now what should I do ? I need a 5th row or something else.
> Enlarging the top and bottom borders won't look good.
> I suppose it will take a bit longer to finish this top, than I thought
> :-)
> Heidi from Germany
>
>
>
> http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
> mail: please remove quilt from address

Could you put a wide strip at the top and bottom before the borders and
put an applique viney stem with flowers along them. Perhaps one starting
from the left and one from the right, meeting and entwining in the middle?

--
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

Posted by Heidi from Germany on May 7, 2007, 10:27 am
Thanks Sally,
I'm still thinking about it. I'm not sure :-)
Looks like I have always problems with the size of my quilts <g>
Heidi


>Heidi from Germany wrote:
>> I have started to sew the blocks of last year's European block swap
>> together.
>> I was sewing happily along, pleased with those beautiful blocks I got,
>> when I realized the quilt will be too short. As if I couldn't have
>> noticed earlier <sigh>. 4 rows are finished , 3 of them are sewn
>> together, now what should I do ? I need a 5th row or something else.
>> Enlarging the top and bottom borders won't look good.
>> I suppose it will take a bit longer to finish this top, than I thought
>> :-)
>> Heidi from Germany
>>
>>
>>
>> http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
>> mail: please remove quilt from address
>
>Could you put a wide strip at the top and bottom before the borders and
>put an applique viney stem with flowers along them. Perhaps one starting
>from the left and one from the right, meeting and entwining in the middle?



http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
mail: please remove quilt from address

Posted by Roberta Zollner on May 6, 2007, 12:34 pm
Could you take the rows apart and put a wider sashing between them? In
addition to wide borders?
Roberta in D

>I have started to sew the blocks of last year's European block swap
> together.
> I was sewing happily along, pleased with those beautiful blocks I got,
> when I realized the quilt will be too short. As if I couldn't have
> noticed earlier <sigh>. 4 rows are finished , 3 of them are sewn
> together, now what should I do ? I need a 5th row or something else.
> Enlarging the top and bottom borders won't look good.
> I suppose it will take a bit longer to finish this top, than I thought
> :-)
> Heidi from Germany
>
>
>
> http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
> mail: please remove quilt from address



Posted by Heidi from Germany on May 7, 2007, 10:31 am
I could do that, but I don't want to.
I put a photo on my webpage under new, you can easily see, why.
Where the sashing meets, there are stars. I don't know if this sort of
sashing has a name, but I've seen it often and always wanted to do it.
If I would take it apart, all the work with those tiny triangles would
have been in vain :-)
Heidi from Germany

>Could you take the rows apart and put a wider sashing between them? In
>addition to wide borders?
>Roberta in D
>
>>I have started to sew the blocks of last year's European block swap
>> together.
>> I was sewing happily along, pleased with those beautiful blocks I got,
>> when I realized the quilt will be too short. As if I couldn't have
>> noticed earlier <sigh>. 4 rows are finished , 3 of them are sewn
>> together, now what should I do ? I need a 5th row or something else.
>> Enlarging the top and bottom borders won't look good.
>> I suppose it will take a bit longer to finish this top, than I thought
>> :-)
>> Heidi from Germany
>>
>>
>>
>> http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
>> mail: please remove quilt from address
>



http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
mail: please remove quilt from address

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