Having been given a jelly roll and a quilting book for Christmas 2010, there is no excuse not to get on with quiltmaking.

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Sunday 20 May 2012

Frustration!

Despite being very cross with Creative Grids for selling so much of their stock under £10, but having a £10 minimum spend, I decided that I would invest in a 6 1/2 " ruler to make my HST block trimming easier.  Honestly, if it is too much of a faff for them to deal with lower value orders, why don't they just add a handling fee to smaller orders, rather than lose a sale, or have resentful customers having to order something as a makeweight to get the value of £10?

But SewAli had suggested that I add a 6" by 1" ruler to the shopping cart (in the sale section) as this would be really useful which neatly took me just over the £10 spend.  The alternative, of course, would be to wait until I go to the FoQ in August, or try to find a stockist who has or can order the ruler I would like.

So I tried to place the order, but there was something up with the payment system, and the transaction would not go through, so I will have to get on the phone to them tomorrow instead.

Abandoning the HSTs for the time being, I quilted a few more of the triangles on Mum's Quilt.  It's slow going with having to turn the quilt round so, but I do like how it is starting to look.

I still don't like the doodled daisies in the middle of the blocks, though - I don't think that they will make the cut, but I do have an alternative plan in mind...

14 comments:

  1. Like the triangles, too. Looks nice.

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  2. I also ave a 6x1 ruler and love it! I use it for putting quilt lines on my small quilts so can mark them a block at a time. You will find many uses! Your Mom's quilt is lovely! She will adore it!

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    1. I'm finding it useful already, Lesley, and I've only had it five minutes!

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  3. I love the concentric triangles. I wonder if you are not so happy with the daisies in the blocks because you feel the quilting there is a little less dense? If so, what about just echoing round the outside of them a couple of times to get almost to the edge of the blocks?

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    1. I think that it is because they *just* overlap the centre of the block - I'm going to try what you suggest, and see if it brings more balance.

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  4. Great choice in the triangles they are looking great. I love creative grids ruler, though I only own the 6.5" x 12.5" it's wonderful, makes me smile each time I use it (my sister bought it as a birthday gift for me).

    I was just going to say exactly what Sue said, glad it caught my eye before I typed it out too.

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    1. Still on the experimental stage - if I don't like the daisy echoes, I do have another plan!

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  5. love the quilting on there! Sorry to hear you had a hard time trying to get that darn square!

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  6. Oh, that quilt is turning out wonderfully!! Your mom is going to LOVE it!!

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    1. Thank you, Reenie - I can't wait to finish this!

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  7. The little ruler is so useful. I've got two now,in case a
    I lose one of them! I'm now collecting shaped rulers, the triangle one and bought a Dresden Plate one a couple of days ago. I think you can never have enough of them

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    1. Lovely to see you, Sue, thanks for dropping by! I like the look of Dresden Plates blocks and they are on my list to 'have a go at'!

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