That was a very successful thrifting trip. I've seen that embroidery form thingys too. Let us know how you like those. You did a great job on the Birthday Block. I need to go check out that pattern. WooHoo for a finished UFO!
love your Birthday Blocks. We've chosen almost complete opposites for colour ways for the Mercury Block. mine is a white star, blue background and red ring outer :)
The mercury block was a little more fiddly than I thought it would be, it looked really simple. But there were no directions on how to piece the segments together so I had a couple of false starts. The sound effect was the sound of 3d, lol.
I really love the Feb block. I am tempted to do an entire quilt of that one. Maybe I'll do one for linus.
I never did get the first block I was working to work, but this time I actually read the help file, lol, so I think I created the other one in a way that it wouldn't print out properly. I still need to get the naming part down better, but I am pretty sure this one will work just fine. Planning to test this weekend.
I *just* found a design tutorial for QA that's in video format. It's even from an FiS designer! QA tutorial. And now I'm off to ask permission to repost on FiS...
Yeah, I still am on the "turning traditional quilt blocks into pp quilt blocks". I'll have to work my way up to drawing something and turning it into a pp pattern. Then I can start designing my own blocks.
You know I never even made it to Goodwill. The qsnaps (and my pants) were from Thrifttown, which is kind of my go-to store, their prices are reasonable and the organize by color (the clothes). The yarn came from a local thrift that only takes cash. I've had really good luck with clothes from there, too, and their prices are usually cheaper than the other stores. If you have a Savers those are pretty goo, too, though a little pricier, as thrift stores go, but they are good for newer, more modern clothes.
Love the birthday blocks! The Mercury block is great! I looked at the pattern, but didn't see much instruction on how to put it together, so it scared me a bit :)
Your PPV turned out nice!
Good for you for trying Quilt Assist. I always think I want to try it, but I did once and it made absolutely no sense to me. Did you find a steep learning curve with it?
WooHoo for good thrift store finds! One thing I can say is our local thrift stores are super cheap. This week I took my kids and got four kids chapter books and a t-shirt for $1.50.
When you are so used to doing patterns like those from sewhooked, you are at a loss when there are ZERO instructions, other than "make 4 copies". But it came together and I'm please with the result.
DEFINITELY a learning curve on the QA software. I have not even attempted to load in a photo and try to turn it into a pattern. I'm still in the "converting a traditional block to pp" mode.
I've thrifted for years and years, if I can get stuff that still has the tags on it for 5 bucks I'm in. And gently used for even less. If I can't wear jeans and tees to work, I'm not going to spend my good money on clothes for work that I'd rather not be in.
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great yarn haul too :D
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Woot, February PPV is very pretty!
So glad QA is working for you. Let me know how the Friendship Star works out!
Score on the yarn!! I haven't used Q-Snaps but I know Shae (and lots of other people) swears by them.
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I really love the Feb block. I am tempted to do an entire quilt of that one. Maybe I'll do one for linus.
I never did get the first block I was working to work, but this time I actually read the help file, lol, so I think I created the other one in a way that it wouldn't print out properly. I still need to get the naming part down better, but I am pretty sure this one will work just fine. Planning to test this weekend.
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I *just* found a design tutorial for QA that's in video format. It's even from an FiS designer! QA tutorial. And now I'm off to ask permission to repost on FiS...
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Awesome haul!! I got to see if our local goodwills ever have some good stuff. :)
*glomps*
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Your PPV turned out nice!
Good for you for trying Quilt Assist. I always think I want to try it, but I did once and it made absolutely no sense to me. Did you find a steep learning curve with it?
WooHoo for good thrift store finds! One thing I can say is our local thrift stores are super cheap. This week I took my kids and got four kids chapter books and a t-shirt for $1.50.
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DEFINITELY a learning curve on the QA software. I have not even attempted to load in a photo and try to turn it into a pattern. I'm still in the "converting a traditional block to pp" mode.
I've thrifted for years and years, if I can get stuff that still has the tags on it for 5 bucks I'm in. And gently used for even less. If I can't wear jeans and tees to work, I'm not going to spend my good money on clothes for work that I'd rather not be in.
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