Have you tried this?

Adorable!
Gen


"Sandy Ellison" wrote in message
...
Howdy!

http://www.quiltmaker.com/articles/vroom_vroom

Oh, traffic circles. ;-)

R/Sandy


On 4/7/09 10:05 PM, in article , "Polly
Esther" wrote:

Talking to myself but it is expected at my age - be sure to look at Vroom
Vroom too. It is precious. Polly


"Polly Esther" wrote The quilting going on here has been much too
serious.
I just quilted Silly
Goose and the tedium of stitching around a zillion flying geese just
about
bored me to death.
Next up, I think, needs to be something like what Quiltmaker March
April 09 calls 'free' piecing. Free? Yes. I like that. Scrappy too.
Have any of you tried the 'Learn Free Piecing' or 'Wonky Town' ?
Just wondered if any one had given this a try.
www.quiltmaker.com/issues/marchapril2009 Go look. Polly

What a fun quilt. I love it. Was it as much fun to make as it looks like
it would be?
Gen


"KJ" wrote in message
news:HEVCl.646389$yE1.138143@attbi_s21...
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...53918257zlhkre
If you look closely at this hodge podge of blocks, you will see some wonky
houses I made. It takes some planning to do this sort of piecing. Like
paper piecing, sometimes the pieces fail to do exactly what you thought.
Especially if you are trying to get a certain size block. And you still
need to sew straight lines, or it won't lie flat. But it certainly gives
a whimsical result that is fun.

--
Kathyl (KJ)

Polly Esther wrote:
The quilting going on here has been much too serious. I just quilted Silly
Goose and the tedium of stitching around a zillion flying geese just about
bored me to death.
Next up, I think, needs to be something like what Quiltmaker March April
09 calls 'free' piecing. Free? Yes. I like that. Scrappy too.
Have any of you tried the 'Learn Free Piecing' or 'Wonky Town' ?
Just wondered if any one had given this a try.
www.quiltmaker.com/issues/marchapril2009 Go look. Polly



Darn it, Polly! Now I've got one more to add to my list of "quilts I'll
make someday". :-) It looks like a lot of fun, doesn't it? I've never
done anything like it. I've bookmarked the page.....

Best regards,
Michelle in NV
http://community.webshots.com/user/desert_quilter

Once I got rolling, it was fun! When I had all the blocks laid out, I
wasn't sure just where to start. The houses were from a workshop a friend
gave my small group. It was based on Gwen Marsten's Liberated Piecing book.
The stars were from a Jan Mullen pattern "Starz"...I think that's the name.
I had a collection of 9 patches made from my novelty fabrics. A design wall
is a MUST! After I made a layout, I cut strips from my brights to fill in.
I need to put a border on it to "fence" all that excitement in!

--
Kathyl (KJ)
remove "nospam" before mchsi
http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz
"Gen" wrote in message
...
What a fun quilt. I love it. Was it as much fun to make as it looks like
it would be?
Gen


"KJ" wrote in message
news:HEVCl.646389$yE1.138143@attbi_s21...
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...53918257zlhkre
If you look closely at this hodge podge of blocks, you will see some
wonky houses I made. It takes some planning to do this sort of piecing.
Like paper piecing, sometimes the pieces fail to do exactly what you
thought. Especially if you are trying to get a certain size block. And
you still need to sew straight lines, or it won't lie flat. But it
certainly gives a whimsical result that is fun.

--
Kathyl (KJ)

KJ wrote:
Yeah....it's maturing on the UFO pile. But hey....the blocks were UFO's for
quite some time before that. It's making slow progress! VERY slow.



I like the idea of UFO's maturing - like fine wine!!

Allison

You also might not know that I worked as a cartographer for eight
years drawing maps at 200' to the inch. I just like my seams to match
and overall design to be balanced. I can cut loose once in a while but
it is not as relaxing as working on my lovely reproduction quilts.

Susan

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:25:55 -0500, "Polly Esther"
wrote:

I didn't know you were a controlling person, Susan. How did I miss that?
Polly

"Susan Laity Price" wrote in message
.. .
Several years ago this pattern was popular making African huts. I made
several with the idea of using them in a wall hanging with African
fabrics. Of course the huts are still sitting in the UFO box. It was a
fun project but a little hard for a controlling person like myself to
let go and just sew random pieces together.

Susan

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 21:44:40 -0500, "Polly Esther"
wrote:

The quilting going on here has been much too serious. I just quilted
Silly
Goose and the tedium of stitching around a zillion flying geese just about
bored me to death.
Next up, I think, needs to be something like what Quiltmaker March
April
09 calls 'free' piecing. Free? Yes. I like that. Scrappy too.
Have any of you tried the 'Learn Free Piecing' or 'Wonky Town' ?
Just wondered if any one had given this a try.
www.quiltmaker.com/issues/marchapril2009 Go look. Polly