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Posted by rosajoe (My Page) on Tue, Nov 3, 09 at 10:41
This is the way the DP is made without curved piecing. I have seen it referred to as 'pieclique'.
Sharon Schamber also has a 33 page pdf file on her free stuff page where she uses glue to hold the circle on the square to sew them together.
I love the binding she puts on the circle in this tute.
E. Burns was the first I saw make the DP this way (without the binding).
It makes a lovely quilt, my only prob was all of the crumbs left over after trimming were an odd shape.
What can you do with them? I sewed them back into a circle and then trimmed them square.
Rosa |
Here is a link that might be useful: Drunkard's Path tutorial
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| What a wonderful idea. And, you can send all your crumbs to Beverly. She does wonderful things with them. LOL |
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What a great tutorial. I have always wanted to do one of these but all the small curved seams turned me off. You could make these any size too. TFS
Jeane |
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| Thanks for the tutorial. They do a really good job of explaining it. I'm not sure I'll be making this anytime soon, but while I was reading it and thinking about it, I came up with a few questions... 1. Does it really matter exactly how big you make your circles? Theoretically, if you found something that was 6.25 or 6.75 inches diameter, wouldn't that work as well, with maybe a slightly different amount of curve to the block? 2. When you cut bias strips, does the strip have to be exactly (or very close) to a 45 degree angle to the grain? Or is anything that is not on grain considered to be bias? Lola |
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| I would think any size circle, any bias as long as it stretches enough. I'm sure they just used a measurement for the tutorial. And, you could use a bias the same fabric as a background, or same as the circle, if you didn't want that border look. |
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E. Burns made her pattern as 4&1/2 circle on a 5&1/2 square.
I have also seen 7"circle and 10" square. As long as all are the same size it would be fun to experiment and see how they look.
This is the first pattern I have seen with the binding and I really like it.
Lola if you just cut the fabric from corner to corner on a diagonal line it works, it doesn't have to be perfect, as long as it is not cut on the grain it will have some stretch to it.
I want to make this sooooooooo bad, but, I have to wait.heavy sigh I have made myself promise to finish what I am working on and to get my room in order before I can start another project.
I think I am punishing myself LOL!!!!
Rosa |
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| Oh my...........you had to go and do this didn't you? Like Rosajoe, I am trying hard not to start any more projects until I clean up on the ones at hand. This is the most straightforward pattern for this block I've ever seen. Good thread. |
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Oh, awesomeness! :o)
That is the first time I've seen this pattern. I think I'm going to try it in a slightly smaller size, though, as a baby quilt for the new little one. It'll certainly be different! Thanks so much for sharing! |
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| I took a class where she taught this. It does work. However. When you sew the binding to the circle, you have to be very careful to keep a consistent seam allowance. It's also a bit tedious sewing that binding down along the edges. We used a straight stitch; perhaps the decorative stitches would be easier to keep along the edge. I also found it wasteful when cutting the bias strips. All the shorter ones (& scraps) went to waste...Who wants to use strips that have a multitude of seams in it to go around a circle? Any size circle works, though it should be proportional to the size square, of course..
I'll try to dig out my 1 block and post a picture of it... |
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| Thanks for the link. I may have to try that one. beverly |
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| I have never seen this technique either. Great tutorial! TFS |
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| I have used drunkards path quite a few times, i work it by hand and find that as long as you pin it properly you dont have problems - looks great. |
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| I was re-reading her directions and have a question. She says to cut the binding WOF and on the bias. How can it be both? I thought the definition of bias was a 45 degree angle to the straight of grain. The straight of grain is perpendicular to the WOF. I don't understand. I do remember cutting on the 45 degree when I took the class, that's why I thought there was a lot of waste. Would there be enough stretch if cut WOF? Help? Thoughts? |
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Jennifer the binding is the same as straight grain binding, except that the fabric is not cut on the grain, but on a diagonal.
She just means to cut a piece of fabric the size you need for your binding the width of the fabric and then cut it on the diagonal.
There is more waste in bias binding IMO, but on curves it is much easier to work with and looks better.
Rosa |
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