I now understand how you are using the half blocks, and I can see how that would be useful. Normally the half blocks are merely used as spacers and not worked on, but obviously you have used it as a spacer and worked on it. Well done.
Malvary Sent from my iPad > On Dec 10, 2017, at 9:14 PM, Sue Babbs <suebabbs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The half blocks are purely spacers, if you work on them then they aren't > available when you need to move your work only a little. Why wouldn't you > work on a full block to be able to turn a corner? > > > Sometimes a full block would be too long to fit in to reach the corner, so I > would work on a half block in the section before the corner to make the > corner be on a full block which I could lift and turn. In my pillow the half > blocks are made of exactly the same material and thus take the pins in the > same way, so if I need just half a block's length to reach the right place > for the corner, I use it. > > Sue > > suebabbs...@gmail.com > > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
