THE CURVES HAVE IT!

I am talking about curves made with the Quick Curve Ruler

or in this project...The Mini QCR1

I selected some of my hoarded Flea Market Fancy

with Cotton and Steel to make a table runner

I can use any season!

I worked on it last winter while staying in 

  Ocean Isle Beach, NC..with this view...

I am lucky it was ever sewn! 

Alas..I regress...Back to the project!

Sew Kinda Wonderful has a way of writing

patterns using diagrams that make using her rulers

easy and sewing the curves is a piece of cake!

Just pay close attentions to what registration lines

you are to use!

They trim up easily using ruler guides as well

and away ya go!

It's like a fun puzzle laying out the pieces

for the tree blocks.

one at a time..

 Sew them up and its ready to quilt!

I used an off white for the binding.

The backing is FMF with some Carolyn Friedlander

inserted to make it just the right size and reversible.

And luv it on my dining room table! 

What's your favorite project with CURVES?

MINI TREE TABLE TOPPER!

I am not ready to give up on the 

Quick Curve Ruler (QCR) and have the mini

to make this "Mini Trees" table topper.

I absolutely love this!

Download the free pattern here by Sew Kinda Wonderful

You can also purchase the mini ruler from them.

I decided to use some of my hoarded 

Flea Market Fancy along with

Cotton and Steel white on white print

This Flea Market Fancy will be the backing and binding.

All cut and ready to SEW MY STASH 2016.

I will work on this while at the beach this fall.  

After all...it might rain!

SEW KINDA WONDEFULl...MESS!

Welcome to my Sew Kind of Wonderful-mess!

I signed up for a corporate sponsored class with my former

co-workers/guild peeps.  The goal here was to save $7.00

I had issues getting into the class...and getting on-line

to sign up...but that is boring and annoying stuff!

I got the Pattern and Quick Curve Ruler for Christmas

($35 my hubby bought it)

I had been hoarding a Zen Chic "Figures" Jelly Roll ($42)

and bought the rest of my fabric. ($40)

Class Fee $27.00 + $5.00 corporate dues ($32)

I am at $149.00 

I sewed my strip sets before class...I was ready!

In the class...instructor provides a QCR cutting demo 

to help us understand the ruler / cutting lines

She says cut the curve lining up the SOLID LINE 

Cutting and sewing away...then hmmm

  the end pieces of the blocks don't fit...1/2" smaller

I ask the instructor why?  

"Don't worry...sew it on that way and when we 

square up the blocks to 10" and it will be fine"

?

 I finish a 4-block square...Looks OK...
So...I cut some more curved pieces...

Later at home...someone in our group gets her ruler 

and pattern out and discovers we were using 

the WRONG DAMN LINE to cut the curves!

Instead of the LARGE DOTTED LINE - - -

we were told to use the  SOLID LINE ___ 
as the reference line which ends up being 

Exactly 1/2" too big (see next photo)
and why my pieces were not working!

 5 curved strips cut "per strip set" instead of the 7 needed!

 WTF!!!

Fortunately I had a couple strips of "Figures"strips left over.  

I mixed them up with other strip sets and FINALLY 

had enough fabric to make the number of blocks I need!

I had to fuss with my background fabric and 

made a curved template to cut the curves I needed 

out of my scraps to finish the blocks

Lesson Learned...

EVEN if you have an instructor...who is supposed to know

what the hell they are doing...

make sure you understand the technique and ruler

before going to a class!

Many will not have enough fabric and some will

finish it to the best size this mistake will allow...sad story!

The shop has admitted their error, apologized and those
attending will probably receive some small store credit.
Guess its better than nothing...
My hope is that the instructor will
"review her materials" before she teaches any class again!  

 I will name this quilt...

"Some Kinda Wonderful-mess"