Month Two Ruffled Roses

[genevacarroll]

Thanks Margo! You made me laugh out loud... Swags are so pretty, but not me... I'm really having fun with making this quilt my own. With all the stress going on in my life, it's so nice to have this quilt to work on and my great and wonderful friends at TQS....

[kathyst2]

Yippee, month 2 borders are finished. This is looking very nice- thanks again, Margo for putting together the Beloved Beauties kit. This month went faster than the first month. The paper foundations printed out perfectly and went together very well. I pressed open all the seams to flatten it out, that made the matches look better.
Kathy

[Margo]

Good for you, Kathy!

[genevacarroll]

It's beautiful! geneva

[pam7040]

Having taken out my foundation papers I started sewing my pieces together last night and got very frustrated. When stacking the seams, as the instructions say, my seam was going wonky as I went over the bulk of 6 layers of fabric. I finally put it all away and decided to come back to it today a bit fresher. Having read through this thread again, I will repress some of the pieces and try nestling the seams and also try opening the seams right out. There is one advantage to being behind. I get to use everyone else's experiences to solve my problems. Thank you all ladies for your help.

[Scoopie]

Having taken out my foundation papers I started sewing my pieces together last night and got very frustrated. When stacking the seams, as the instructions say, my seam was going wonky as I went over the bulk of 6 layers of fabric. I finally put it all away and decided to come back to it today a bit fresher. Having read through this thread again, I will repress some of the pieces and try nestling the seams and also try opening the seams right out. There is one advantage to being behind. I get to use everyone else's experiences to solve my problems. Thank you all ladies for your help.

Yup! That is where I found it challenging, also! I did stack them, but probably would not if I did them again! Patience and perseverance pays off though! And, a little ripping and re-sewing now and then!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

[gynconnie]

Kathy, your Month 2 is looking great!

[pam7040]

Well, better late than never. I had major problems with the setting triangles distorting on the first month. I took them off put it all to one side and put off redoing them, because I was scared. I continued working on the lattice pieces. The second time I tried to work on the triangles, Iheavily starched the triangles and they went on much better. There should have been a purple crumbcatcher between the applique and the setting triangles but I forgot until two triangles were on :roll: and I wasn't then going to take the triangles off again;-)

I got there eventually

[kfstitcher]

It looks beautiful Pam. I don't think I'd have removed and resewn the triangles either!

[pam7040]

Another great achievement is that I managed to post a photo in the forum! All I need to do now is get DH to show me how to crop a photo for next time. :-)

[pam7040]

Thanks Karen.

[Margo]

Pam your quilt is looking great!



If you are using a PC (not a MAC) let me know if you want me to tell you how to crop a picture!

[Margo]

Nice job, Pam!

[kathyst2]

Way to go, Pam! It looks beautiful. I too had issues with the setting triangles from month 1 and am actually thinking about taking it apart to fix that. Kathy

[kathyst2]

Another great achievement is that I managed to post a photo in the forum! All I need to do now is get DH to show me how to crop a photo for next time. :-)

Pam if you go to http://www.picnik.com you can easily play around with your photos for cropping, rotating and playing with the exposure and a number of other things. just remember to re-number the photo when you save it back to your computer or you will lose the original.