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Lessons in letters!
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Intro To Letters
H, I, T
Page 2
L, U, C, O, P, R
Page 3
J, E, F, B
Page 4
S, G, V, Y
Page 5
A, N, Z, M, W
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D, K, X , Q
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Putting It All
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Strip Widths!
Taking The
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X's & O's Challenge quilt!
Lower Case Letters!
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i,j,h,y,b,d,p & q!
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t,f,a,e,g,r,n,m & w!
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This
is my quilt Hugs and Kisses, made just with Xs and Os.
I actually hadn't intended it to look like this - I'd also made the
words "I love you" and was planning on saying something else as well. I
think. But when I put some of the Xs and Os together I was amazed at
how graphic and pow they looked, so changed the direction I was going.
I
made loads of them of varying sizes before starting to sew them
together - and all of them didn't make it into the quilt. For this
quilt I didn't add any extra background fabric to make any letter fit,
I just whacked off anything that stuck out. I quilted fans around the
border in black perle cotton and outlined each of the letters in
varying colors of perle or floss. I shouldn't say outlined the letters.
I quilted a bit in from the edge - through all the layers. I could do
that using a huge needle - wouldn't want to try it with a baby quilting
between needle.
Capitals
D and K
Here we come to a couple of letters that I've
made harder than I needed to. Both the capital D and K
can be made by making a large V with a wide mouth and then
adding a strip of background where you need it to complete the letter.
That's not how I made my D. I also could have made an O
and maybe added small background triangles on the right side. Did I?
Noooo, too easy. Instead, I cut out a rectangle of background and
lopped off the upper and lower right corners. Then I added five strips
of letter fabric going around the front of it. This is what it looked
like
with the first two additions.
The first four strips were narrow, the fifth one on the bottom
was a
medium. Looking back at it, I probably should have started the mediums
sooner. Not the prettiest letter ever is it.
And here's the K.
I started with a
background fabric rectangle and sliced it where the legs go.
  
Then
I inserted angled strips. If I'd used straight ones this wouldn't look
quite so wonky. Wish I'd used wider strips, more angled, but oh well.
Take a look at this upside down and you'll notice a small y
peeking out, tho if I were making the y, I'd have angled my
very first slice thru the background differently.
Capital X
Okay,
X
is actually really easy so there is no good reason for saving it until
so close to the end. Except that it's a nice segue into the stupid Q.
X is inserts and trims - you've done it before.
Capital Q
Q
can be dead easy. Make an O
and then add the little tail to the side. And there are probably easier
ways than I've done it, but sometimes I just want to have a bit of fun.
Stupid Q starts with an x. I made mine too small
the
first time (there are lots of seam allowances coming out of this) and
had to start over. I then added an oversized bit of background attached
to the same-size strip of letter fabric. Oversized gives me more room
to adjust the strip to exactly where I want to attach it. And I did
want it in a specific spot. I can't describe it well, but you can see
how the strip was attached. Finished off with a two more additions of
the letter fabric on the top and left side. And there's the stupid Q.
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