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Wilson and I are excited to
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An awesome surprise came in the mail on Monday! Rosemary Youngs sent me the CD companion to the Civil War Diary Quilt and also some Abraham Lincoln fabric. What a wonderful thing! I must say... if you have EQ 5 or 6 and you are working on The Civil War Diary Quilt... the companion CD makes quilting so much easier! So today when I worked on my Civil War Diary quilt I decided to give the CD a try. Rosemary's directions on using the CD are so easy to follow and printing up foundation papers on the printer were a breeze.
Today I finished two blocks, Hungry Soldiers and Dark Gloom... follow along and let's work on this wonderful quilt together!
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| Let's start with Hungry Soldiers... I choose fabrics from my civil war stash that resembled the color choices shown in the book. My green fabric has a definite stripe pattern so I will have to pay special attention to that as I construct the block. I want the stripe to be consistent throughout the whole block. |
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| Here is my hand drafted pattern that I created tracing the block out of the Civil War Diary Quilt Book and the printed pattern from the companion CD... |
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| I decided to use the foundation paper that I printed up on my computer from the Civil War Diary CD. I trimmed around the pieces, there are three sections to create this block... |
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| While paper piecing remember to 'finger press' as you sew along... |
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| Here I am lining up my fabric to create the #4 piece on the block. I hold my foundation paper up to a light so that I can see the fabric that I am lining up to sew. Notice the green stripe fabric and the darker fabric lining up along the seam line. I will sew on the seam line and then trim up all of the excess fabric to create a 1/4" seam allowance... |
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| Sewing on the seam line... notice how I sew past the 1/4" edge of the block. Remember this will all be trimmed up... |
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| Trimming the sections of each block... remember to leave the 1/4" seam allowance around each piece... |
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| Sewing the sections of the block together... sewing on the printed line to create a 1/4" seam. I love paper piecing! It's so easy to match up seams and create perfect corners! |
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| Hungry Soldiers... all done! |
Now let's move onto 'Dark Gloom'... I have a purple phobia when it comes to quilting. I rarely use the color purple and rarely choose it when I work on any quilt projects. Don't know why... I like the color, I had a purple bedroom while growing up. Remember Donny's purple socks??? I loved purple as a pre-teen in love with the Osmond's.... well, I had to use purple in this block and I have to say, it wasn't so hard to work with and I am pleased with how this block turned out. But remember 'Rachel's Frustrations' and how I reversed the light and dark in the center of the block.... well I did it again! If you compare the book with my block, you will see what I mean. Oh well, my Civil War Diary Quilt will be unique...
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| Here are my fabric choices for Dark Gloom along with the foundation paper that I printed on my printer using the companion CD from Rosemary Youngs... |
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| I trimmed up the sections and laid them out on my cutting board, I wrote in the blocks the colors following the color choices in the book. I again forgot to reverse my light and darks on the triangle pieces so my finished blocked turned out slightly different than pictured... |
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| paper piecing my blocks following the order given on the foundation paper that I printed up.... remember if you draft your own, it is helpful to number your sections... |
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| Trimming the finished block sections, leaving a 1/4" seam. |
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| 'Dark Gloom' all ready to be sewn together. |
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| Sewing the sections of the block together... sewing on the printed line to create a 1/4" seam. |
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| All done! 9 done 2 more to do to finish a row in the quilt! |
Next week join me as I work on 'Alvin McClure' and 'Greenfield and Stockton'...
Your block is beautiful!! That method yields some really accurate blocks...so pretty!
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