The people in the MMP thread have seen my stuff before, but here goes.
I started out quilting using the English Paper piecing method and sewing by hand. This is my Double Irish Chain quilt. It is next in line when my wife and I can get some rental time on the long arm machine for the assembly process:
this is my second hand sewn project, an original design. This is about a quarter done and will be a queen sized bedspread:
After a few years of hand sewing I bought a Bernina 325 sewing machine about six weeks ago and have been working from an older pattern my wife did. These are the first three blocks:
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This is based on 1" hexagons made of card stock. I cut the fabric at 2 3/4" square and bast the fabric to the form. The longer white pieces are two hexagons long. I couldn’t find pre cut cards that size so I traced them and cut them out with scissors. The fabric dimensions are 2 3/4" x 4 1/2". The triangle piece is trickier. Assemble three of the hexagon pieces and connect them with the longer pieces . The angle is 60 degrees. Cut the fabric into triangles 5" on each side. Imgur is being stubborn about uploads at the moment, but when it settles down I will post a a picture that will better explain the assembly process.
I found this photo on my facebook page. There were no cutting dimensions or pattern, just the picture.
I decided that I could maybe just figure out the pattern on my own. It took some time, but here is my block:
this being my fourth block ever, I surely admit that getting my points right will likely take me some practice.
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Here is a picture of the elements and how they sit in relation to each other:
Once the quilt is all assembled, simply snip the basting threads and remove the card stock forms.
These are so beautiful. I wish I could have the ambition to do something like that. I tend to start a project and never really start it or if I do not finish it. I’ll even buy the supplies and tools and just get overwhelmed by the details.
Sorry, you have to do it over. All four seat patterns are required to be identical, so you have a set of four chairs. You have two sets of two chairs. I’m pretty sure that’s not allowed.
The ceramic soap dish in our shower broke this morning so I decided to try printing one:
I will probably eventually print a new one slightly modified and in clear. This will work for now. Only a 47 minute print.
Some Dungeon dressing I printed 2 days ago. I finished painting them today.
My wife and I have signed up for a class that will run the second Wednesday of each month starting 10.19 and running through until 03.2023. I am still a novice but I am looking forward to it. The project is very technical and will be a great learning experience for me and good practice for the techniques for my wife. We will each be making one of these:
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We do not know as of yet. The fabric for this class is provided and it may already be cut. This picture was just what was on the fabric store’s web site under classes. I am really looking forward to learning those pinwheels
I’m not a wood worker or tool user or anything like that. I just had some scrap wood and thought I’d make candle holders. I tried to cut this little piece of wood off of the larger block and this happened. There was smoke and hot embers too. I thought I’d come here and ask my more knowledgeable friends “What the hell?”
Is the blade in backwards? Dremels spin clockwise, as viewed looking from the tool toward the bit.
I was embarrassed to realize I’d done the same thing on my table saw just the other day. My table saw is powerful enough to do it, but the cut quality was awful for reasons I couldn’t initially figure out.
Thanks all. Yes, it hit a knot. The saw does have writing that goes on top, so that wasn’t the problem. I also decided to go at a much lower speed and move much, much MUCH slower. Which the Dremel bitched mightily about but I did get it to cut through enough to use pliers to break the darn piece off.
