"Has the 2by2 square arrived?" I asked Kirsten, and she replied "Yes, but mine is bigger than yours, it's 7cm², yours is 6.5cm²" I was baffled - all our precut paper templates were the same, cut on my die cut machine.
Then hers arrived. I lined up my rainbow, my Practice Patch and her square. How odd...
The last two [I've blurred her stitching]were the same size, 7cm² - but the rainbow one was smaller. Somehow I'd stitched those two ark-themed pieces using smaller papers. How did I do that, where did I find the wrong sized squares? ? I have unpicked mine, pressed it, and restitched to the correct size. Thank you Kirsten for correcting the error on the square I sent you. Not a very auspicious start. Here are our two squares
Find Kirsten's full explanation on her blog.
I think we are both already aware of the constraints of a smaller area to work on. Not much room for intricate detail.
Do you like Hannah Dunnett's pictures? She and her husband Ben are very gifted people.
When I looked at the patches I immediately assumed mine was tooo big!
ReplyDeleteI still don't know how it happened. My fault entirely
DeleteI love that the magazine patch in the one I received had a very cross face peering out... did it know something? It was also FULL of pinholes. Very strange.
DeleteIt is still a mystery to me
DeleteThe Dunnetts were part of our local church, but I think they have moved away now, although their lovely cards are sold from a Cornish address.
ReplyDeleteYou do associate with important Cornish people- I know you taught children from the Rhoddas cream family too!! But then I consider YOU one of my most important Cornish people, as do many others in Blogland 🩷⭐
DeleteMay be the square shrunk in size due to the sewing pulling in the material😉
ReplyDeleteI thought that at first, but no the square is definitely smaller
DeleteLovely work so far. I empathasise with your error-I cut one fabric at 5” squares instead of 5.5” for the baby quilt, and had then to cut all the others down to the 5” and cut extra squares! Catriona
ReplyDeleteOh Catriona, how upsetting! SD. Did you then make the final quilt smaller, or add in an extra row?
DeleteI had to cut enough of the remaining fabric to keep the quilt the same size-couldn’t actually believe I had done it! C
DeleteEvery needleworker cuts something wrong sometimes, however much we tell ourselves "Measure twice, cut once"
DeleteLife is full of mysteries, isn't it? I'm glad you were able to resize your lovely square. Kirsten's is lovely, too, and quite a contrast.
ReplyDeleteI am expecting a real diversity of squares over the next few months
DeleteI love that Hannah Dunnett picture.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that your squares are now all lined up. Once again your fantastic " Mrs Fix it" skills come into play! The new version with red lines looks even better. Well done. JanF
HD is a stunningly gifted lady
DeleteI have never heard of that artist but do like her work. Also like the squares, you and your friend did.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gill
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