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September 2nd 03, 07:14 PM
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Suggestions Needed
I need suggestions from the group.
Here is my dilemma. I have fallen heir to some calico prints and want to make a scrappy quilt. Keep in mind this is the first quilt of this type I have ever attempted...and the only the second quilt made. Does anyone have a favorite old/classic way to use up these scraps? I would need directions, in tiny baby steps. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- 
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September 2nd 03, 08:27 PM
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9-patch. If you use the same fabric for the odd (four) squares, and as
alternate blocks, you'll have a scrappy Single Irish Chain. -- Ruth in Happy Camp "C. Mathews" wrote in message ... I need suggestions from the group. Here is my dilemma. I have fallen heir to some calico prints and want to make a scrappy quilt. Keep in mind this is the first quilt of this type I have ever attempted...and the only the second quilt made. Does anyone have a favorite old/classic way to use up these scraps? I would need directions, in tiny baby steps. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
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September 2nd 03, 09:57 PM
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Check out www.quilterscache.com or www.blockcentral.com. You can choose
from a gazillion blocks. Lorraine "C. Mathews" wrote in message ... I need suggestions from the group. Here is my dilemma. I have fallen heir to some calico prints and want to make a scrappy quilt. Keep in mind this is the first quilt of this type I have ever attempted...and the only the second quilt made. Does anyone have a favorite old/classic way to use up these scraps? I would need directions, in tiny baby steps. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
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September 2nd 03, 10:25 PM
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You can get great results by combining simple blocks. Try this:
Row one: solid background block, quarter-square triangle block with background top and bottom and scraps left and right, repeat.. Row two: quarter-square triangle block with background left and right and scrap top and bottom, scrappy nine-patch, repeat Repeated, this makes a glorious pattern of stars. I've got a work in progress pieced like this, where the background is Kona Snow and all the scraps are prints. The quilt is yellows in the middle and shades out toward green and orange and pink and blue, etc. with the corners being dark reds, dark blues, dark greens, and browns. There are Dutchman's puzzle blocks in the corners, and a border of flying geese that shade all through the rainbow running round. Something like this takes some planning to get the shading to work, but it is worth it, and it uses up a LOT of little pieces. Monique in TX "C. Mathews" wrote: I need suggestions from the group. Here is my dilemma. I have fallen heir to some calico prints and want to make a scrappy quilt. Keep in mind this is the first quilt of this type I have ever attempted...and the only the second quilt made. Does anyone have a favorite old/classic way to use up these scraps? I would need directions, in tiny baby steps. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
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September 2nd 03, 11:24 PM
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In article , "C. Mathews"
writes: Does anyone have a favorite old/classic way to use up these scraps? Yesterday on Simply Quilts, Billie Lauder taught her "Odds and Ends" quilt. This was an old show and I love this quilt. (My family does not . . . . they claim that their favorite clothes go missing too often.) Try this link http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_quilting...V_3307_1381723 ,00.html The quilt is basically a four patch or half square trangle bordered by courthouse step strips. The trick is to alternate the courthouse strips between light and dark. The above link has a picture of part of the quilt.
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September 2nd 03, 11:29 PM
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Thank you for the suggestions. Carla
"The Brown Family" wrote in message e.rogers.com... Check out www.quilterscache.com or www.blockcentral.com. You can choose from a gazillion blocks. Lorraine "C. Mathews" wrote in message ... I need suggestions from the group. Here is my dilemma. I have fallen heir to some calico prints and want to make a scrappy quilt. Keep in mind this is the first quilt of this type I have ever attempted...and the only the second quilt made. Does anyone have a favorite old/classic way to use up these scraps? I would need directions, in tiny baby steps. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
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September 3rd 03, 12:01 AM
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Do you have a quicky way to do that quarter square triangles? Someone in my
guild did a trick, but I haven't made any qsts yet, believe it or not. Your quilt sounds pretty. Can't wait for pictures. I love scrappy! -- LN in NH a crazy quilter * hand quilter * & hand appliquér all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts! http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed "Monique Reed" wrote in message ... You can get great results by combining simple blocks. Try this: Row one: solid background block, quarter-square triangle block with background top and bottom and scraps left and right, repeat.. Row two: quarter-square triangle block with background left and right and scrap top and bottom, scrappy nine-patch, repeat Repeated, this makes a glorious pattern of stars. I've got a work in progress pieced like this, where the background is Kona Snow and all the scraps are prints. The quilt is yellows in the middle and shades out toward green and orange and pink and blue, etc. with the corners being dark reds, dark blues, dark greens, and browns. There are Dutchman's puzzle blocks in the corners, and a border of flying geese that shade all through the rainbow running round. Something like this takes some planning to get the shading to work, but it is worth it, and it uses up a LOT of little pieces. Monique in TX "C. Mathews" wrote: I need suggestions from the group. Here is my dilemma. I have fallen heir to some calico prints and want to make a scrappy quilt. Keep in mind this is the first quilt of this type I have ever attempted...and the only the second quilt made. Does anyone have a favorite old/classic way to use up these scraps? I would need directions, in tiny baby steps. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
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September 3rd 03, 06:39 AM
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C. Mathews wrote:
I need suggestions from the group. Here is my dilemma. I have fallen heir to some calico prints and want to make a scrappy quilt. Keep in mind this is the first quilt of this type I have ever attempted...and the only the second quilt made. Does anyone have a favorite old/classic way to use up these scraps? I would need directions, in tiny baby steps. Thanks! Carla My first quilt is a scrappy quilt of sorts, picture in the link below under beading, quilting, etc... -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol
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September 3rd 03, 04:08 PM
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Um, since the scraps in each block are different, no. The whole
blasted thing was cut and sewn piece by piece. I only speed cut the backing squares and triangles. When it is done, I am going to call it "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Monique "LN (remove NOSPAM)" wrote: Do you have a quicky way to do that quarter square triangles? Someone in my guild did a trick, but I haven't made any qsts yet, believe it or not. Your quilt sounds pretty. Can't wait for pictures. I love scrappy! -- LN in NH a crazy quilter * hand quilter * & hand appliquér all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts! http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed "Monique Reed" wrote in message ... You can get great results by combining simple blocks. Try this: Row one: solid background block, quarter-square triangle block with background top and bottom and scraps left and right, repeat.. Row two: quarter-square triangle block with background left and right and scrap top and bottom, scrappy nine-patch, repeat Repeated, this makes a glorious pattern of stars. I've got a work in progress pieced like this, where the background is Kona Snow and all the scraps are prints. The quilt is yellows in the middle and shades out toward green and orange and pink and blue, etc. with the corners being dark reds, dark blues, dark greens, and browns. There are Dutchman's puzzle blocks in the corners, and a border of flying geese that shade all through the rainbow running round. Something like this takes some planning to get the shading to work, but it is worth it, and it uses up a LOT of little pieces. Monique in TX "C. Mathews" wrote: I need suggestions from the group. Here is my dilemma. I have fallen heir to some calico prints and want to make a scrappy quilt. Keep in mind this is the first quilt of this type I have ever attempted...and the only the second quilt made. Does anyone have a favorite old/classic way to use up these scraps? I would need directions, in tiny baby steps. Thanks! Carla -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----
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September 3rd 03, 10:32 PM
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I love it, Melinda!
-- LN in NH a crazy quilter * hand quilter * & hand appliquér all in all --- a very slow quilter.... So send quilts! http://photos.yahoo.com/lns_obsessed "melinda" wrote in message news:1062567230.404432@webserver... My first quilt is a scrappy quilt of sorts, picture in the link below under beading, quilting, etc... -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol
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