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All is NOT Lost!

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Thank you Thank you Thank you

I love the blogging community.  Truly, I thought I had wasted all my beautiful Denyse Schmidt fabric and a lot of time by not trimming correctly while making my Kaleidoscope blocks.  So many of you took the time to really look at the mess my blocks were and give me some excellent suggestions.

Several of you pointed out that the corner triangles were way too big.  Of course they were!  Duh, why didn't I see that?  As you see in the re-made blocks in the photo above, the corner triangles need to fit on the pie wedge shapes with only a quarter inch seam allowance left over.   Mine was way off.

The blocks are totally salvageable, and a number of kind people gave me ideas on what I could do to either re-make the blocks, or use what I had made in a different (non-Kaleidoscope arrangement).

I have decided to take the over large corner triangles off, trim the blocks down to a final 5 1/2 inch size and reattach the proper size corner triangles.  A lot of unsewing and trimming for me, but I am determined to see this through!  The overall size of the quilt will be smaller, but hey, I can make more blocks and will still have the effect that I desire with the secondary Kaleidoscope circular design.

You just can't know how much I appreciate the community of quilters who took the time to give me the advice that allows me to salvage and complete this project!

51 responses to “All is NOT Lost!”

  4. YAY!! Now that I see the 2 sets of pictures it is so obvious. . . .but I never noticed in yesterday.
    It’s a good thing that others have better eyes than mine! LOL

  5. YAY!! Now that I see the 2 sets of pictures it is so obvious. . . .but I never noticed in yesterday.
    It’s a good thing that others have better eyes than mine! LOL

  6. YAY!! Now that I see the 2 sets of pictures it is so obvious. . . .but I never noticed in yesterday.
    It’s a good thing that others have better eyes than mine! LOL

  13. Yahoo for all the shout outs with help. How wonderful. You can always add an appliqued border to this as well,

  14. Yahoo for all the shout outs with help. How wonderful. You can always add an appliqued border to this as well,

  15. Yahoo for all the shout outs with help. How wonderful. You can always add an appliqued border to this as well,

  19. Hurray for helpful quilters! Just ask & the problem will be solved! Again, thank you for sharing both successes & difficulties with your quilts! It helps us all do better!

  20. Hurray for helpful quilters! Just ask & the problem will be solved! Again, thank you for sharing both successes & difficulties with your quilts! It helps us all do better!

  21. Hurray for helpful quilters! Just ask & the problem will be solved! Again, thank you for sharing both successes & difficulties with your quilts! It helps us all do better!

  25. Thank you for sharing your problems with this block. We all make mistakes or fail to see the problem and it is helpful for us to see that others experience the same things. I have a ruler, fabric and all the instructions I can print, ready to make a Kaleidoscope quilt, just hesitate to begin cutting!
    Gloria

  26. Thank you for sharing your problems with this block. We all make mistakes or fail to see the problem and it is helpful for us to see that others experience the same things. I have a ruler, fabric and all the instructions I can print, ready to make a Kaleidoscope quilt, just hesitate to begin cutting!
    Gloria

  27. Thank you for sharing your problems with this block. We all make mistakes or fail to see the problem and it is helpful for us to see that others experience the same things. I have a ruler, fabric and all the instructions I can print, ready to make a Kaleidoscope quilt, just hesitate to begin cutting!
    Gloria

  34. Yay for your helpful readers! Well worth the effort to fix and once finished a happy victory!

  35. Yay for your helpful readers! Well worth the effort to fix and once finished a happy victory!

  36. Yay for your helpful readers! Well worth the effort to fix and once finished a happy victory!

  37. Cheers for finding a good solution to the ill-fitting blocks conundrum, well done for being brave enough to try it, and applause to the folks who came up with the excellent suggestions to help you!!!
    Happy dancing for you!!
    Hugs!

  38. Cheers for finding a good solution to the ill-fitting blocks conundrum, well done for being brave enough to try it, and applause to the folks who came up with the excellent suggestions to help you!!!
    Happy dancing for you!!
    Hugs!

  39. Cheers for finding a good solution to the ill-fitting blocks conundrum, well done for being brave enough to try it, and applause to the folks who came up with the excellent suggestions to help you!!!
    Happy dancing for you!!
    Hugs!

  40. Yay! So glad it worked out! I kept looking at them thinking they were fixable, so am glad they really were 🙂 can’t wait to see the completed top!

  41. Yay! So glad it worked out! I kept looking at them thinking they were fixable, so am glad they really were 🙂 can’t wait to see the completed top!

  42. Yay! So glad it worked out! I kept looking at them thinking they were fixable, so am glad they really were 🙂 can’t wait to see the completed top!

  46. They are looking great and glad you were able to salvage this project….so nice to have so many helpers. Keep us posted.

  47. They are looking great and glad you were able to salvage this project….so nice to have so many helpers. Keep us posted.

  48. They are looking great and glad you were able to salvage this project….so nice to have so many helpers. Keep us posted.