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My Tweets Block 11

Happy Friday Everyone.

As promised here is block 11 of the 2011 Block of the Month My Tweets...gosh I can't really believe we are almost done with this!

Since these blocks finish at 14” and many of the blocks are asymmetrical I want to talk about printing your patterns. Each pattern has four downloads. Print each of these and tape them together to make your full sized pattern. Here is a diagram for doing this.

We will do this the same way for all the patterns since it allows the patterns to be easily printed on a home printer.

Here is the full sized pattern:

Here are the small printer sized patterns:

 

For those who like to share please go to the FLCKR group at

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1604241@N21/

or the yahoo group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erinsquilters/

and join the fun.

Enjoy!

My Tweets Block 10

Happy Friday Everyone.

As promised here is block 10 of the 2011 Block of the Month My Tweets.

Since these blocks finish at 14” and many of the blocks are asymmetrical I want to talk about printing your patterns. Each pattern has four downloads. Print each of these and tape them together to make your full sized pattern. Here is a diagram for doing this.

We will do this the same way for all the patterns since it allows the patterns to be easily printed on a home printer.

Here is the full sized pattern:

Here are the small printer sized patterns:

 

For those who like to share please go to the FLCKR group at

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1604241@N21/

or the yahoo group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erinsquilters/

and join the fun.

Enjoy!

My Tweets Block 9

Happy Friday Everyone.

As promised here is block 9 of the 2011 Block of the Month My Tweets.

Since these blocks finish at 14” and many of the blocks are asymmetrical I want to talk about printing your patterns. Each pattern has four downloads. Print each of these and tape them together to make your full sized pattern. Here is a diagram for doing this.

We will do this the same way for all the patterns since it allows the patterns to be easily printed on a home printer.

Here is a full sized pattern for block 9:

Here are the 8.5" x 11" printouts:

 

For those who like to share please go to the FLCKR group at

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1604241@N21/

or the yahoo group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erinsquilters/

and join the fun.

Enjoy!

My Tweets Block 8

Happy Friday Everyone.

As promised here is block 8 of the 2011 Block of the Month My Tweets.

Since these blocks finish at 14” and many of the blocks are asymmetrical I want to talk about printing your patterns. Each pattern has four downloads. Print each of these and tape them together to make your full sized pattern. Here is a diagram for doing this.

We will do this the same way for all the patterns since it allows the patterns to be easily printed on a home printer.

Here is the full sized pattern:

Here are the 8.5" x 11" patterns:

 

For those who like to share please go to the FLCKR group at

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1604241@N21/

or the yahoo group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erinsquilters/

and join the fun.

Enjoy!

My Tweets Block 7

Happy Friday Everyone.

As promised here is block 7 of the 2011 Block of the Month My Tweets.

Since these blocks finish at 14” and many of the blocks are asymmetrical I want to talk about printing your patterns. Each pattern has four downloads. Print each of these and tape them together to make your full sized pattern. Here is a diagram for doing this.

We will do this the same way for all the patterns since it allows the patterns to be easily printed on a home printer.

Here is the full sized pattern:

Here are the printer sized patterns:

 

For those who like to share please go to the FLCKR group at

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1604241@N21/

or the yahoo group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erinsquilters/

and join the fun.

Enjoy!

My Tweets Block 6

Happy Friday Everyone.

As promised here is block 6 of the 2011 Block of the Month My Tweets.

Since these blocks finish at 14” and many of the blocks are asymmetrical I want to talk about printing your patterns. Each pattern has four downloads. Print each of these and tape them together to make your full sized pattern. Here is a diagram for doing this.

We will do this the same way for all the patterns since it allows the patterns to be easily printed on a home printer.

For those who like to share please go to the FLCKR group at

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1604241@N21/

or the yahoo group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erinsquilters/

and join the fun.

Enjoy!

Full Sized Pattern:

Printer Sized Patterns:

 

Block Six…Speedy Tip

I’m busy working on Block 6 for My Tweets and I wanted to share a little time-saver with you. The flower petals in the pink flower are the same as the leaves! To make the leaves into petals just clip off one end of the leaf!

I will be back on Friday with the Block!

Bird Feathers: A New Technique

Back when we were starting My Tweets I did some tutorials on how I did bird feathers. I think ( my memory isn’t what it once was) that I was using Templar in these. While I was making the bird for Block 6 I decided to try my double freezer paper technique and I have to say I liked it much better. When you use a double piece of freezer paper the template sticks to the back side of the fabric and it is very easy to press around all those tight curves. The downside is that these templates only hold up to a few presses before they get a little mushy ( they last longer if you use starch sparingly) Since these blocks have only one or two birds it works great however.

Just remember to reverse the pattern so your bird faces in the right direction. I did this by turning the pattern over and tracing that way.

Here are some shots. The pattern is stuck to the backside of the fabric.

It doesn’t move around so much when you are working on very tight curves. I like this because then I don’t have to use the “death grip” and my hands get less tired.

See, it comes out just fine!

Ooops! Here is a picture of the freezer paper I use. Just iron two sides together and trace away. I get it here.

My Tweets Block 5

Happy Friday Everyone.Oooh...I just realized it's Friday the 13th...hope you're not superstitious.

As promised here is block 5 of the 2011 Block of the Month My Tweets.

Since these blocks finish at 14” and many of the blocks are asymmetrical I want to talk about printing your patterns. Each pattern has four downloads. Print each of these and tape them together to make your full sized pattern. Here is a diagram for doing this.

We will do this the same way for all the patterns since it allows the patterns to be easily printed on a home printer.

The full sized pattern is here:

The 8.5" x 11" patterns are here:

 

For those who like to share please go to the FLCKR group at

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1604241@N21/

or the yahoo group at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erinsquilters/

and join the fun.

Enjoy!

Corrected Block 4 Drawing

Here are the corrected Block 4 drawings....

 

These print correctly, the earlier ones might print correctly but I never tested those...sorry.