tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post5758756343567028660..comments2024-03-28T15:30:54.192-07:00Comments on Cat Patches: Look What You Made Me DoBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05835208971743967582noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-77812026084380212592013-06-26T20:59:52.695-07:002013-06-26T20:59:52.695-07:00OK, let's see. You sewed your sky triangles w...OK, let's see. You sewed your sky triangles with the long (hypotenuse) side onto your green strip. If you look at your diagram, the long side should be against the 'branch' below it, with the short sides against the outside edge & the end of your strip. <br />Does that make sense to you? <br />Also, your bottom branch is too short - in the diagram, all the green branches go all the way to the outer edge of the block.<br />I do like your overlaps more than the diagram, but it might be easier to do it in 2 halves? I do like how SoozeM said to do it.<br />Good luck!quiltzyxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08847188443140845514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-8545551486904143792013-06-26T20:53:35.952-07:002013-06-26T20:53:35.952-07:00I am at a loss as to how to do it ! Love the doll...I am at a loss as to how to do it ! Love the doll quilt!Brown Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318561483977196827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-47603581180673145492013-06-26T14:14:12.638-07:002013-06-26T14:14:12.638-07:00I can see how to do it but I can't explain it....I can see how to do it but I can't explain it. I, too, hated geometry and thought it would never be useful in my lifetime. Ha! Here's the kicker: I copied the answers to the problems from the guy next to me and still flunked it. Go figure. Step back and look at the tree pattern. You'll figure it out.Diane Wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08480672353354306576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-36249621282113348002013-06-26T07:45:48.857-07:002013-06-26T07:45:48.857-07:00Couldn't you piece the branch and the sky in s...Couldn't you piece the branch and the sky in strips like you were putting together fabric strips for binding? You'd use a little more fabric for the sky, but cutting it as a rectangle strip and then lobbing off one end at an angle to attach to the branch would give you some wiggle room to make sure your finished sky piece is still a triangle when you square everything up. Does that make sense? I'm usually better at the doing than the telling. I printed out an enlarged copy of your block pattern and cut it apart and it looks like everything would work if you did it in strips. As a bonus, if you cut the strips long enough that you can cut them in half when you cut the angle, the second piece can be used for the other side of the tree/sky if you rotate the point around.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12880622064103887388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-77822003008038407452013-06-26T05:25:38.255-07:002013-06-26T05:25:38.255-07:00I'm with you on the geometry thing. Wish I'...I'm with you on the geometry thing. Wish I'd paid more attention! I'm afraid I dont even understand the probably extremely efficient comments above! My method is to make a diagram and start writing measurements on it. Not sure if that will help in this case!mtnquiltrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00688379183641020051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-84703240142712708872013-06-25T22:05:14.305-07:002013-06-25T22:05:14.305-07:00Hmm OK cut your sky fabric into squares then into ...Hmm OK cut your sky fabric into squares then into triangles as per the instructions. Take a green strip and cut it at a 45 degree angle with the shortest bit at the bottom. Then sew the SHORT edge of the sky triangle to the green strip, so that the long edge of the sky triangle continues the long edge of the green strip. (When you sew it on as a square you are sewing the long end to the strip, not the short end).<br /><br />Sew it onto the tree, trim at the top, and repeat for the opposite side.<br /><br />Try turning the picture of how it is supposed to look on a 45 degree angle and see how the strip with the triangle attached looks.<br /><br />Hope this helps!<br /><br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-10525622540213200562013-06-25T18:06:46.691-07:002013-06-25T18:06:46.691-07:00I'd probably be trying to draft it in EQ and t...I'd probably be trying to draft it in EQ and then paper piece it. I'm with you, template sewing is not my strong suite. But you gave it a really good try. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02876375845688651131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-54395632083839909592013-06-25T16:09:14.528-07:002013-06-25T16:09:14.528-07:00Couldn't you just do half square triangles for...Couldn't you just do half square triangles for the sky/green corners? Stop your strips at that intersection and then attach the HSTs? Maybe not, just a guess.Kathy Felsted Usherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10471923897561942341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-40840739487185709472013-06-25T14:43:55.049-07:002013-06-25T14:43:55.049-07:00I'm not sure because now I'm confused and ...I'm not sure because now I'm confused and I'm busy hating Mr. Murphy, but if you compare the triangles on your tree and the diagram, they seem to be going in different directions, but you've definitely got the right idea. Grab scraps and try again, don't use your lovely greens. Tell Mike IT IS A TREE, don't be a Mr. Murphy.Dana Gaffneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02023202806714127984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-89891079628081078172013-06-25T14:32:50.309-07:002013-06-25T14:32:50.309-07:00Hang on, I've just relooked at your prototype ...Hang on, I've just relooked at your prototype and the pattern. I think you've cracked it already! The problem is that base triangle and the first strip layer above it. They are too small for the rest of the prototype. It's an optical illusion that they are the same. They're not. If you enlarge those two (or create a strip row of 'extra' plain green, leafy batik, plain green, on the bottom before the white) you'll be sweet!Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806679706059993061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-92205355764483970942013-06-25T14:27:23.392-07:002013-06-25T14:27:23.392-07:00Keep going! Once you crack this, and you know you ...Keep going! Once you crack this, and you know you will, you're going to be churning those trees out like a lumberjack. I love your posts. They make me smile, and laugh, and cheer. Mr Murphy was clearly a poo-poo head. I don't get geometry either so I am seriously impressed with your progress. And I love the fabrics you've chosen. You can do this. Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806679706059993061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-67226482633215507222013-06-25T14:17:12.785-07:002013-06-25T14:17:12.785-07:00I'm with the others, this would be a lot easie...I'm with the others, this would be a lot easier paper pieced, as 2 parts. <br /><br />Lia*s Handmadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187958238753030555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-35012161073366058442013-06-25T14:03:09.783-07:002013-06-25T14:03:09.783-07:00You stuck with it longer than I would have.....You stuck with it longer than I would have.....Snoodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098194837683371037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-62071551967630777212013-06-25T12:38:43.038-07:002013-06-25T12:38:43.038-07:00Think you have good advise above...paper piecing f...Think you have good advise above...paper piecing for these trees. I love the braid idea, but you lose the sky. Heck, just cut triangles and glue them on!!!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14418828972427644899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-46945313690995693532013-06-25T12:23:09.345-07:002013-06-25T12:23:09.345-07:00OK, I'm really not an expert, and I'm only...OK, I'm really not an expert, and I'm only sewing my first ever paper-pieced cushion now, but my brain tends to work well analysing shapes. So if you get anyone who knows what they're doing give you a different suggestion, go with them! <br /><br />It looks to me like you need to work in 2 halves, starting from the "sky" triangles at the top. I'm not sure if you'd need to paper piece to join the little triangles to each branch once they were sewn on, but if you don't want to do that, you could sew them at a 45 degree angle before you add the branch to the one above, so that you're just sewing strips on. You might also be able to sew a paler strip on at the 45 degree angle before you cut your branch fabric into strips and then cut it all together. I think that might be the fastest way of doing it, but is likely to also be more wasteful of fabric unless you work out everything in advance. But once you've sewn all the way down to half of the bottom larger triangle, you can square off then and sew two halves together down the vertical line, before you add the base with a trunk in the middle. <br /><br />I hope this makes sense, and that someone can come along and tell you a way that works for you. It would be a shame to give up on something you were looking forward to. Katyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15203630919284015231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-8818116951234364002013-06-25T11:15:42.874-07:002013-06-25T11:15:42.874-07:00Don't be discouraged! You can do this! I agre...Don't be discouraged! You can do this! I agree with the above poster that this block would be well suited to paper piecing. However, to continue doing it as a herringbone as you have started, here's how I would do it. You already have your greens for the "limbs" cut into strips, cut your sky colored piece into a strip of the same width. Sew the sky and limb colored strips together on a 45 degree angle, as you did when attaching your sky colored square, or when making binding. <br /><br />Ok, now to attach. It looks like you need to measure about 2" from the lower, outside point of the previous limb toward the center. (Measuring along the diagonal, the top of the limb)and pin your sky+limb strip so that the seam between the colors falls there. The sew the branch+sky on and trim off both ends even. Reattach your sky and green pieces into one long strip and repeat. <br /><br />I hope you can make sense of that. From your pictures it looks like you were doing alright :)Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950005795704227435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-46508220439833429082013-06-25T10:41:49.564-07:002013-06-25T10:41:49.564-07:00I'm thinking that tree block could be paper pi...I'm thinking that tree block could be paper pieced. Keep the middle seam, and piece each side separately. Piece number one would be the large background triangle on top, then green, then little blue triangle, then green, etc. until you get to the bottom of the tree. The trunk and background section would be pieced separately and joined to the tree once the two halves had been joined. It would probably be a matching headache, but I think it could be done.Lisa Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017561924541178564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5045426307379086704.post-41683407175142743562013-06-25T10:40:26.628-07:002013-06-25T10:40:26.628-07:00I've got no advice on your block but I admire ...I've got no advice on your block but I admire your tenacity!Vicki Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929340703066037054noreply@blogger.com