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oh my gosh!
What size are your pieces, and how in the heck are you keeping track of all of them. It looks marvelous! Helen "DrQuilter" wrote in message ... take a look at mine. started in 99, still in progress... carefull planning in this case: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...36873794NQCrQu Helen in MN wrote: Well, I bought the papers in 2000, so technically it could be millennium quilt - okay, so that didn't fly. Anyway, I have been making my 2" paper diamonds, working towards a tumbling block quilt. I have enough made that I can start playing with them. So some questions are popping up for you veteran charm quilters. Did you play with them first, sorting them and then sewing some together, or did you wait and only sew them together when you had all the pieces done Did you try to sort them, or did you just say "what the heck" and sew them together? I do know I'll sort light, medium and dark, but other than that....? Do you have pictures of finished charm quilts so I can get encouragement? Thanks in advance Helen in MN -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) |
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They are around 1 by 3" so it is not going to be that large, a wall
hanging probably. I will have 100 5" blocks in the end (10x10)with 20 different strips each (2000, ergo a millenium quilt). Since a lot of them were given to me after trimming 3" squares to 2" and are not quite 1" wide, I am not being anal about them being totally homogeneous, I am going more for the effect. We have finished the blue quarter, I should post a pic of that. We are having a bit of trouble at the moment finding the right colours to fill the remaining gaps but mostly the issue is having time to work on it (it is a joint project with DH - DD wants to 'help' but actually usually sets us back by taking strips off the wall ). How do I keep track of it? It is on the design wall (has been for a while) so not much manipulation going on except for sewing the units when we settle on their definitive placement. I make units of 5 strips, 4 units make a 'block' of 20, etc. And it is not absolutely important to have them in the exact position, the gradient works even if you make a small mistatke. Helen in MN wrote: oh my gosh! What size are your pieces, and how in the heck are you keeping track of all of them. It looks marvelous! Helen "DrQuilter" wrote in message ... take a look at mine. started in 99, still in progress... carefull planning in this case: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...36873794NQCrQu Helen in MN wrote: Well, I bought the papers in 2000, so technically it could be millennium quilt - okay, so that didn't fly. Anyway, I have been making my 2" paper diamonds, working towards a tumbling block quilt. I have enough made that I can start playing with them. So some questions are popping up for you veteran charm quilters. Did you play with them first, sorting them and then sewing some together, or did you wait and only sew them together when you had all the pieces done Did you try to sort them, or did you just say "what the heck" and sew them together? I do know I'll sort light, medium and dark, but other than that....? Do you have pictures of finished charm quilts so I can get encouragement? Thanks in advance Helen in MN -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out for a walk) |
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