Since a couple people have asked, and I'm more than thrilled to have a reason to use my new Sony Cyber-shot, I decided to show you how I marked it. First, let me say that my hat is tipped to those of you who can mark a quilt with chalk. My art teacher told me to stay away from art implements as a child as I just can't draw. What you see here is your garden-variety quilt stencil, although I guess any stencil would work. I made sure there was enough clearance for my binding strip which will be put on next.
What I have in my hand is a Quilt Pounce. It looks like a big eraser, and has dust in it. The dust is a kind of corn-starch material. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it turned out to be just that.
I run it over the smooth side of the stencil so the rougher side can "grip" the fabric. The best part of using a Quilt Pounce is that if you mess up, it's easily corrected. Maybe you move the stencil slightly causing a double-vision: just take out your iron, and it irons completely off! You just gotta love that....And there you go. And that's not you..I have a little double-vision aspect going on here. So, do not adjust your eyes. This pattern is a little forgiving, so I think I can follow it.
Thanks for asking. Now we'll get into the squaring and binding next.
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and the label is going under the machine today. I may even make the mail too if I get off this computer and get with it.
I have that pounce but have not used it. I looks easy enough and would be pretty handy for the baby quilts. I guess I should experiment.
Thank you for posting a follow up! I'm going to look for that product as it does look easy enough for me to use. I couldn't draw a straight line to save my life and something more complicated is certainly out of the question. This may be the answer!
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