tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post2670704904282037401..comments2023-11-17T17:07:06.793-05:00Comments on Quilt Odyssey: Bricks and stonesLouisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306854459459257368noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-53929943390168203442017-11-20T08:58:49.185-05:002017-11-20T08:58:49.185-05:00Ohhhh! I forgot to mention that another thing I d...Ohhhh! I forgot to mention that another thing I do is always take a photo of the layout, and then I constantly refer to it as I sew the blocks and rows together. Otherwise, I can end up with a mess!Sandy Panagoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371332247863196830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-75125282945957722012017-11-20T08:56:50.354-05:002017-11-20T08:56:50.354-05:00Before I even finished reading this post I went ri...Before I even finished reading this post I went right over to Google to get this pattern. Love it! Looks like a fun, fast project. I think your layout is great. I actually use your method of marking rows -- 1 pin for row 1, 2 pins for row 2, etc. Some good ideas from your followers, though!Sandy Panagoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371332247863196830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-85984847015460415482017-11-01T20:08:03.277-04:002017-11-01T20:08:03.277-04:00All that ripping and resewing paid of, looks fanta...All that ripping and resewing paid of, looks fantastic! Wow, your eye really travels around the quilt! Nice job, Louise!Paigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165119758309263620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-13298354441585422772017-10-31T10:19:41.103-04:002017-10-31T10:19:41.103-04:00Love the way you describe that cheap fabric LOL! I...Love the way you describe that cheap fabric LOL! I've used this method<br />http://www.mmmquilts.com/2014/01/book-it-aha-moment-tip-1.html<br />forever and it works like a charm. I either put a piece of masking tape at the top of column one with "1" on it and number like that across the columns, or I've numbered the columns in the seamline. It's so slick because of the chaining and the nesting of opposing seams. LOVE that maze quilt. I have quite a few PDFs of free patterns from fabric companies too! Need to remember to go through them more often. You are just churning out the product girl!Sandra Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737049269550479188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-12071228560632217352017-10-30T09:59:33.705-04:002017-10-30T09:59:33.705-04:00This quilt is so pretty with its fall colors. Man,...This quilt is so pretty with its fall colors. Man, I've been there with the tons of ripping and sewing through those flower pins! My fabric has an undesirable vocabulary when all that is happening. ;D Lynettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424861624240818479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-44945040734121630042017-10-28T20:00:45.997-04:002017-10-28T20:00:45.997-04:00Another great quilt. I've also sewn through th...Another great quilt. I've also sewn through those pins. I use small squares that I've labelled A, B,C or 1, 2, 3 etc. I also pin them in the centre of a block so that I don't make that same mistake again - hopefully! Happy sewing. Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06802006440070002510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-82211542714611725722017-10-27T14:42:54.121-04:002017-10-27T14:42:54.121-04:00I found your blog (finally) after seeing all the l...I found your blog (finally) after seeing all the lovely comments you have left on my post. I'll be following you on Instagram now. The funny thing is that I have read your posts but did not make the connection it was you. Believe me , I remembered a quilter living on a boat. I'm glad to see your quilt turned out lovely and understand all about mishaps. I keep track of my blocks by using flower head pins that I numbered myself and thankfully have never sewed over one of them. Each set of 10 pins are a different color, white, red, blue, yellow and green, then repeated so I can have 100 pins because sometimes that's how many blocks I have. Hope this helps--happy quailing!somethingrosemade14@blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02973160061640897272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-79482384934263165242017-10-26T09:28:12.516-04:002017-10-26T09:28:12.516-04:00Your bricks and stones might have had its nightmar...Your bricks and stones might have had its nightmare moments but it has turned out really well. The black lines create a very complex looking and striking effect. I pin rows but still sew them wrong! With crochet blocks when I'm trying to even out the colours across a blanket I've started laying them out and taking a photo. I'm glad your machine was ok after the pin. I suspect mine would not have fared so well :)Janine @ Rainbow Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506960048874406422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-80605746771989834042017-10-25T21:09:32.677-04:002017-10-25T21:09:32.677-04:00You sure are getting a lot done this month! Kind o...You sure are getting a lot done this month! Kind of like a quilt retreat on your own. I'm always amazed by your fabric finds and your wonderful sense of what to do with them. When I first saw the quilt I wondered how on earth (on boat?) you had collected and stashed those stone-themed prints. I do what you do with the mulitple pins to mark rows, but sometimes I stick a numbered post-it note on (along with a safety pin to make sure it sticks). I've never sewn through a pin though. That sounds a little scary. I've been intrigued by the numbered or lettered pins, but so far I haven't bought them. I've also bagged up rows in marked ziplock bags.JanineMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475847392355523001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-61670361539710354772017-10-24T18:00:42.671-04:002017-10-24T18:00:42.671-04:00Your quilt looks so great! Without your story I wo...Your quilt looks so great! Without your story I wouldn't have known there was anything funny going on in it's making!?! I too use Marilee's numbered pins. And yes, I've sewn over those flower pins, too!Nancy @ Grace and Peace Quiltinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298076668853711855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-56398343744306262572017-10-24T12:43:11.648-04:002017-10-24T12:43:11.648-04:00Oh, Louise, you poor thing! Wish we all could giv...Oh, Louise, you poor thing! Wish we all could give you a big group hug. But you finished! I use painters tape with the number written on. I also leave the top row one on until the finish for orientation. Even with the numbers I still mix up when I flip one over to stitch them together.PaulaB quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03850498636712774853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-50548084262670629712017-10-24T07:56:06.372-04:002017-10-24T07:56:06.372-04:00That is a great pattern and it looks perfect in sp...That is a great pattern and it looks perfect in spite of all the issues you had with it.<br /><br />I tend to use pins with different colored heads to mark my rows. I go red, white, blue, yellow in that order and place my pins in the middle of the first block - well out of the seam line. When the first four rows are together I repeat. It works for me. Needled Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749314475716010490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-81565245795247234522017-10-24T07:41:53.197-04:002017-10-24T07:41:53.197-04:00What a great post! Love your final quilt! Be gla...What a great post! Love your final quilt! Be glad that pin head wasn’t your finger!KaHollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528677007819875856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-37510969222890265812017-10-24T07:09:00.195-04:002017-10-24T07:09:00.195-04:00Another pretty quilt, Louise! I use Post-It Notes ...Another pretty quilt, Louise! I use Post-It Notes to mark my rows, and I pin the notes to the first block of each row. Once I have my layout the way I like it, and if I'm working off the floor or bed, I stack each row's blocks so that the top block in the stack is the first block on the left (or first block of the row). Then I pin a note to it "Row 1, Top Left". I pin it to the center of the block so it doesn't get in the way of the seam allowance. The top row marker stays throughout the whole stitching of the top, so I don't lose orientation. The rest of the notes on the other rows are removed once they are sewn on. Hope that makes sense. It's a bit fussy, but it works for me. piecefulwendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02256164519304112032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-55136512695598841592017-10-24T06:35:46.404-04:002017-10-24T06:35:46.404-04:00I too have sewn over one of those pinheads! You c...I too have sewn over one of those pinheads! You could use painter's tape and write on it-put it below your seam;) I love the maze quilt, I have not seen that pattern before. Vicki in MNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16155452692252270164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-58855373230533924412017-10-23T21:30:52.082-04:002017-10-23T21:30:52.082-04:00Sorry the fabrics didn't like having surgery p...Sorry the fabrics didn't like having surgery performed, but the final product is certainly worth it. A beautiful finish! Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876375845688651131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-91341333053731353582017-10-23T17:51:13.900-04:002017-10-23T17:51:13.900-04:00Oh wow your bricks and stones is so effective and ...Oh wow your bricks and stones is so effective and great use of those fabrics... looks very complicated and reading through what you had to go through!!! sorry, couldn't help having a giggle!!!<br />HugzFionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10497477051026460440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-980493198030822162017-10-23T17:05:39.328-04:002017-10-23T17:05:39.328-04:00I tend to do what you do...one pin, two pins, thre...I tend to do what you do...one pin, two pins, three pins, etc. But since the brain fog hits me now and I get very confused, I have resorted to squares of paper pinned to the first block and then I use the large clips to hold the rows together. <br />The bricks quilt turned out cute! Glad it worked out.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468608812169214999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-9699082632169018902017-10-23T16:52:46.629-04:002017-10-23T16:52:46.629-04:00I use the numbered flower head Q-pins by Marilee -...I use the numbered flower head Q-pins by Marilee -- available on Amazon or Missouri Star or any other number of venues.Quiltdivajuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593385265961892847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6996371959062263667.post-6119885974833054422017-10-23T16:45:24.844-04:002017-10-23T16:45:24.844-04:00Well after all that suffering your quilt sure look...Well after all that suffering your quilt sure looks good! I love the pattern. I had to look twice to see that it really is the same block, just rotated! Here's a post about how I mark my columns: http://katandcatquilts.blogspot.com/2016/11/quick-tip.htmlKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950005795704227435noreply@blogger.com