? wall hanging

A friend asked mo to quilt a wall hanging as going-away gift for her
co-worker. She wants sometime along the theme of "dogs playing
poker".

I saw a panel 36x44, but I think that may be a bit too garrish for
someone to hang on an office wall.

I've never done a wall hanging and need ideas.

thinking....
broderie perse from some dog fabric, add some cards either same way as dogs
or design some.
as for dogs playing i'd think if ya dont want the actual panel its gonna be
quite a project to get it to look right.
if the co-worker is into cards, why not just something with cards on it.
do three card trick blocks in a row to hang longways, 1 x 3 ft wide.
add a heart/club/spade/diamond machine appliqued on it somewhere.
that could hang on anyones wall without worry bout the look of it.
i suppose it will depend on how much time/energy you want to put into this.
tis all i a can think of at the moment.
jeanne
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"yvette" wrote in message
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A friend asked mo to quilt a wall hanging as going-away gift for her
co-worker. She wants sometime along the theme of "dogs playing
poker".

I saw a panel 36x44, but I think that may be a bit too garrish for
someone to hang on an office wall.

I've never done a wall hanging and need ideas.

You are such a good friend! IMO this request is so peculiar that your panel
might not even be garish enough :-) I'd go with the panel. If you want to
tone it down, do something like a "convergence": Slice the panel into
vertical strips, maybe 2" wide (you decide) and alternate with strips of a
contrast fabric. Something neutral like the black paw prints on tan, if you
think it fits. Then your garish panel suddenly becomes art!
Roberta in D

"yvette" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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A friend asked mo to quilt a wall hanging as going-away gift for her
co-worker. She wants sometime along the theme of "dogs playing
poker".

I saw a panel 36x44, but I think that may be a bit too garrish for
someone to hang on an office wall.

I've never done a wall hanging and need ideas.

Roberta Zollner wrote:
You are such a good friend! IMO this request is so peculiar that your panel
might not even be garish enough :-) I'd go with the panel. If you want to
tone it down, do something like a "convergence": Slice the panel into
vertical strips, maybe 2" wide (you decide) and alternate with strips of a
contrast fabric. Something neutral like the black paw prints on tan, if you
think it fits. Then your garish panel suddenly becomes art!
Roberta in D

"yvette" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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A friend asked mo to quilt a wall hanging as going-away gift for her
co-worker. She wants sometime along the theme of "dogs playing
poker".

I saw a panel 36x44, but I think that may be a bit too garrish for
someone to hang on an office wall.

I've never done a wall hanging and need ideas.



or Attic Windows.

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On Jun 14, 4:04 am, "Roberta Zollner" wrote:
You are such a good friend! IMO this request is so peculiar that your panel
might not even be garish enough :-) I'd go with the panel. If you want to
tone it down, do something like a "convergence": Slice the panel into
vertical strips, maybe 2" wide (you decide) and alternate with strips of a
contrast fabric. Something neutral like the black paw prints on tan, if you
think it fits. Then your garish panel suddenly becomes art!
Roberta in D

"yvette" schrieb im Newsbeitragnews:1181775725.854706.13650@z28g2000pr d.googlegroups.com...



A friend asked mo to quilt a wall hanging as going-away gift for her
co-worker. She wants sometime along the theme of "dogs playing
poker".

I saw a panel 36x44, but I think that may be a bit too garrish for
someone to hang on an office wall.

I've never done a wall hanging and need ideas.- Hide quoted text -

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That's a wonderful idea! I couldn't think what I'd do when I read
this post. But yours is a great suggestion.

I think I'll have to try this whenever I'm stumped. It might just be
as good as that adage to add "in bed" to the end of fortune cookies.
That sounds a bit off color; but what I mean is that it might be a
good univeral idea generator.

susan kraterfield
see my quilts: members.cox.net/kratersge

Oh, yea, attic windows is a good idea. I can use various dog fabric
with that block.

just had a weird thot.
i've not done a convergence but would it work to converge/bargello in one or
is that just too much of a good thing?
you only mentioned vertical cuts, i thot it had cuts/resew both directions.
i'll go google while i wait.
brain is thinking weirdly now cuz i'm busy trying to keep warm.
jeanne
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Vote B'fly for President '08
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz
nzlstar on webshots

"Roberta Zollner" wrote...
You are such a good friend! IMO this request is so peculiar that your
panel might not even be garish enough :-) I'd go with the panel. If you
want to tone it down, do something like a "convergence": Slice the panel
into vertical strips, maybe 2" wide (you decide) and alternate with strips
of a contrast fabric. Something neutral like the black paw prints on tan,
if you think it fits. Then your garish panel suddenly becomes art!
Roberta in D

I was thinking of that strippy one by Ricky Tims in the rainbow fabric, cut
in vertical stripes so the 2 rainbows kind of cross each other going in
different directions.

Another way to do it would be to cut vertical strips from the dog panel and
from a contrast fabric. Sew these strips RST, keeping them in order. Turn
RSO and press. Then cut more (narrow) strips from #2 contrast fabric. Sew
the #2 strips back together, RST with a faced panel strip between. Then the
panel image would be seen looking at it sideways from one direction, and #1
contrast from the other direction.
Roberta in D

"nzlstar*" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
just had a weird thot.
i've not done a convergence but would it work to converge/bargello in one
or is that just too much of a good thing?
you only mentioned vertical cuts, i thot it had cuts/resew both
directions.
i'll go google while i wait.
brain is thinking weirdly now cuz i'm busy trying to keep warm.
jeanne
--
Vote B'fly for President '08
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz
nzlstar on webshots

"Roberta Zollner" wrote...
You are such a good friend! IMO this request is so peculiar that your
panel might not even be garish enough :-) I'd go with the panel. If you
want to tone it down, do something like a "convergence": Slice the panel
into vertical strips, maybe 2" wide (you decide) and alternate with
strips of a contrast fabric. Something neutral like the black paw prints
on tan, if you think it fits. Then your garish panel suddenly becomes
art!
Roberta in D