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Monday, June 9, 2014

Summer Spools - Cutting

Are you ready for a little summer sewing. The title of this post
is a little clue to where this project is heading put that is all you get for now.
The fabric requirements for this project are as follows:
2 yards light solid - Kona natural is our favorite.
1/2 yard floral print - border and binding
A variety of colorful scraps. 
Our bundle includes thirty four 4-1/2" x 11" pieces
You will also need some scraps for the secret applique center. 
Using your light solid cut the following:
one 11-3/4" square 
twenty two 1-1/4" x width of fabric strips, sub cut into:
sixty eight 1-1/4" x 4-1/2" strips
four hundred 1-1/4" squares
seven 2-3/4" x width of fabric strips, sub cut into:
one hundred 2-3/4" squares
From your scraps or bundle cut the following:
from each scrap cut three 1-1/4" x 11" strips
sub cut your three strips into the following:
one 1-1/4" x 4-1/2" strip
six 1-1/4" x 2-3/4" strips
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That is all for this week. 
We will start sewing next week.
Tell your friends and join us here next Monday.

7 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness... that's a lot of squares! I have a feeling it's going to be so worth it when it's all together though! :-)

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  2. Excited to get started! Thanks for another sew-a-long 😊

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  3. Can we buy a kit from you? I am just getting started with Civil War reproductions and don't have scraps yet.

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  4. I DO NOT need another project,.....but, i really want to do this! :-) I have ALOT of shirtings. would they work as background for this or is plain background better since it looks like they will be small blocks?

    Thanks!

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  5. This does look like fun. Not uer yet if I can sew it, but I will be following along for sure. Thanks for sharing ... :) Pat

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