tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389898696918723758.post5300972626836783318..comments2024-03-29T02:22:44.739-05:00Comments on <center>Rocknquilts</center>: Monday Design Wall (and a little extra)Mary Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848908751785134160noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389898696918723758.post-53583077347947184682011-02-22T07:48:42.572-06:002011-02-22T07:48:42.572-06:00One of the cool things (okay I'm a bit nuts) I...One of the cool things (okay I'm a bit nuts) I like about chain piecing a quilt is that when all the initial chains are done, I can hold up the quilt and see through the rows...<br /><br />The first one (Winter Wonderland) I snipped all of the bits between the rows and then sewed the rows together. When I moved on to the Dragons, I left the rows chained together as I stitched them together. Either way works well - though if you have a complex design, then it does help to keep it in order if you keep the stitches in.<br /><br />Asian Nights changes up as you have so many little seams to join that Harriet & Carrie suggest joining in four patch units and building from there.<br /><br />Cheers, KKirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822302346350816744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389898696918723758.post-29906166521955704132011-02-22T07:01:26.770-06:002011-02-22T07:01:26.770-06:00Hello Kirsten,
I did indeed stop to sew the rows ...Hello Kirsten,<br /><br />I did indeed stop to sew the rows together - I'm too "chicken" ;-) not to - I'm afraid I'll leave a giant mess and not know what to do...silly, isn't it, but I prefer to see what progress I've made. It was slow going with such a busy weekend, but I'm glad to have finished what I was able to do. Thank you for the reference link - I'm going to come and check that out...it sounds like Asian Nights is a bit similar to the Civil War Chronicles quilt I'm working on - there's also many directional fabrics and some of the rows are two pieces deep with pieces going opposite directions...I'm surprised I can handle it, but thank goodness it's a BOM so I have "permission" to take an entire year on the one quilt. Happy quilting! Mary AnnMary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848908751785134160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4389898696918723758.post-56755358934758886592011-02-21T21:16:35.935-06:002011-02-21T21:16:35.935-06:00It looks lovely so far.
Did you stop to start sew...It looks lovely so far.<br /><br />Did you stop to start sewing rows together as well?<br /><br />This is how mine looked after I chain pieced the first three rows - before starting to put rows together.<br /><br />http://quiltingcorgis.blogspot.com/2010/08/floral-version-of-winter-wonderland.html<br /><br />Working on my Asian Nights variation, I miss the speed of chain piecing as I keep having to stop to piece things into large four patch blocks - so lots of stopping and pressing.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br />Cheers, KKirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01822302346350816744noreply@blogger.com