Judy Rosenburg is this week’s lucky winner! She will receive these three scissor charms (an alligator/lizard, a horse, and a pink pig) have found a happy home.
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Setting the center circle into the Ring 1 is the most tedious part of making the Bullseye quilt. There are clear instructions and photos in the instructions showing how I match, pin, and then sew the center in place.
In a recent class, one of my students had a really good idea. Her background is in garment sewing and she decided to thread baste the center circle into Ring 1, rather than pinning it. What a good idea!
She tacked the points in place with heavy thread and then thread basted between the tacks along the seam line. Basting the center circle makes it easier to see if you have your points correctly positioned before you sew the circle in place.
My student planned to go to the machine and baste it in place again, before sewing it for real. I would run the machine basting stitches to one side or the other of the first (yellow) basting stitches. Then I would remove the hand basting to keep it from being sewn into the final seam.
On the one hand, this is more work than pinning. On the other hand, it adds precision.
I hadn’t considered doing this when I made my Bullseye quilts, but it’s definitely going to be something I try when I make my next one!
Lori Smanski is this week’s lucky winner! She will receive a package of Karen K. Buckley’s Perfect Circle Templates. This set of circle templates made from a heat resistant plastic is handy to have in your applique kit. The package contains 15 different circle sizes, 4 of each size, ranging from 7/16″ to 2″ for a total of 60 circles. Included is a handy ring to hold put the templates on for safe-keeping.
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PMBremer is this week’s winner! She (or he) will receive a Thimble Pack Plus. The pack contains a sampler of dandy finger protectors that you will love. Included are a metal ThimbleDimple and a metal Thimble Crown with 8 adhesive dots, 12 leather ThimblePads, 4 Thimble-Its, and 12 Needle Grip-Its.
Happy stitching!
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But what color are they?
Sometimes they look gray, or blue, or green-ish. I kind of like that I can’t exactly figure it out.
I followed a suggestion from Robin G. and bought a can of compressed air (the kind you use to blow out a keyboard). Who knew? Cats really don’t like that sound! Jim gets a shot of air when he bites or does some other bad thing. At this point the can all by itself makes him stop. Thank you, Robin!
Belle has accepted Jim as if he is her very pesky little brother. Mostly she ignores him.
They both sleep a lot… but not next to each other.
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