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On 22/04/2015 16:53, pat on the green wrote:
This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover. I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7 and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother. However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used to do that anyway gg) set of gifts. What idea would be your favourite? Hi Pat, How wonderful to have a quilting discussion here again! If you have a good focus fabric how about Warm Wishes? Bed size: http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/d...html?idx=5185_ Cot size: http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/d....html?idx=5215 This is the one I made for my dad: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lizzya...57602094781864 Looking forward to seeing what you decide on and the finished quilts. Lizzy -- Lizzy in State College, PA, USA formerly Heywood, Lancs, UK |
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My go-to pattern for something quick, especially for children, is "Warm
Wishes". This pattern started as a free project Linus pattern on quiltmaker.com. It is now a free bed size pattern at http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/details.html?idx=5185_. It's easy to modify the block size and number of blocks. It adapts well to kid's novelty prints. Sometimes I use borders, sometimes not. I've got pictures of some I've made on my website (which has not been updated for several years, unfortunately). http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/default.html Julia in MN On 4/22/2015 3:53 PM, pat on the green wrote: This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover. I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7 and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother. However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used to do that anyway gg) set of gifts. What idea would be your favourite? Thank for comments, Pat on the Green |
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Thanks very much for this, Julia. I enjoyed myself browsing your
website for a little while! Problem, for Warm Wishes, is that I have so few patterned fabrics any more. Yes, I could buy some with a childlike theme; but I thought this was an opportunity to use up quite a lot of my stash - albeit mostly pink! I have made a couple of Warm Wishes (before my not buying any more patterned fabric phase!). As I said, if and when I get the three quilts finished (the girls are in proper beds now, so a bit larger quilts are needed). One mistake I won't do again is to do a nice panel and then enlarge it with various borders. I did that once and it looks dreadful. One of my plans for this year has been to take it apart, and convert it into a wallhanging, where the bargello centre won't be swamped by silly borders, quite obviously put there to enlarge the thing ....Now, this isn't always a bad idea, if the borders are planned; but mine was a case of 'now what?'..... Pat on the green .. On 23/04/2015 17:54, Julia in MN wrote: My go-to pattern for something quick, especially for children, is "Warm Wishes". This pattern started as a free project Linus pattern on quiltmaker.com. It is now a free bed size pattern at http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/details.html?idx=5185_. It's easy to modify the block size and number of blocks. It adapts well to kid's novelty prints. Sometimes I use borders, sometimes not. I've got pictures of some I've made on my website (which has not been updated for several years, unfortunately). http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/default.html Julia in MN |
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My 7 year old niece loves purple and butterflies, both of which I just found at an estate sale. I made the butterfly material the central focus of a Warm Wishes block. I used purple, bright green and black, which were all in the butterfly fabric, as the extra colors needed for the striped blocks. It came out really cute and was super easy to make. I hadn't told her I was making it and it was all folded up under something else on my sewing table. She came over for a visit and immediately ran over to the as yet unfinished quilt and started patting it, but said nothing about it. She's not a girly girl, she's a soccer star and a tomboy and has never, ever shown any interest in my sewing room. An hour or so later, she was patting it again but still said nothing. When it was time for her to go home she shyly asked me if this quilt could be for her when it was finished. I told her that I had made it specifically for her and she got all teary eyed. She now has fallen in love with sewing and made a cute flannel baby huggy for her brand new baby brother. She wanted it to make noise when he played with it so she put a noisy crinkly piece of cellophane between the layers. Her older sister has been sewing at my house for years, but I think I've roped in another one.
Warm Wishes is super easy. Denise in NH |
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What about just doing squares or rectangles/squares together which would be a no brainer and quick to do. You could graph out a simple quilt of your own design. A 4 patch, then a print square the size of the 4 patch, so every other square different but in the same color scheme. Just a couple of thoughts.
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On 4/26/2015 11:51 AM, pat on the green wrote:
On 26/04/2015 16:52, wrote: What about just doing squares or rectangles/squares together which would be a no brainer and quick to do. You could graph out a simple quilt of your own design. A 4 patch, then a print square the size of the 4 patch, so every other square different but in the same color scheme. Just a couple of thoughts. Sandy$ Ah-Ha! Something different - squares. I had wondered about doing some half-square triangle squares. So maybe I could do a combination of just square/rectangles, some with simple pattern, some plain, with a border - even sashing. If I knew whether/when the family might be going, it would be less of a time factor. I'm imagining something like them saying 'well, we're going back to Poland next month!! I don't mind if I finish before they go - even a lot - or if they don't go g Looking out at the weeds in my garden, I'll have to wait for there to be a few rainy days! Mind you, it is so dry, that I can't get the weeds out at the moment. England in April - a drought??? How can that be? Thanks for the suggestion Sandy. Pat on the green My favorite pattern for a quickie quilt is Railfence. Especially if it's a scrappy and I don't care what lands where. -- Whahoo! Dreamweaver |
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Hello Pat on the Green,
I have also made string quilts to use up all my left over fabrics. It does make a very pretty quilt. I used white sashing between blocks and have gone as small as 6 inches. You would have to use a foundation block to have something to sew the strips to. Hope you find something you like. Sandy$ |
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On Thursday, 23 April 2015 06:53:07 UTC+10, pat on the green wrote:
This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover. I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7 and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother. However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used to do that anyway gg) set of gifts. What idea would be your favourite? Thank for comments, Pat on the Green I know I am a bit late but I like Chinese Coins. I can be a good way to use left over strips in you have some in the right colours. Dee in Oz |
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