First one:
and it tells you how to do it.
I don't have dedicated button for Tiny - I just copy and paste
You've got it exactly. To make matching the strips easy, I put a pin straight down through a particular point on the pattern, matching up the same point on all the patterns. I do this every so many inches (usually about 6"), and it matches up like a charm.
I cut the triangles in alternating directions so there's no waste, and I end up with an "a" block and a "b" block, depending on which way the triangle faced. Sometimes I mix up the blocks in the quilt, sometimes I just use one or the other. Depends on how many blocks I need and my whim.
Thanks so much, Kathy. I'm very eager to try it now. I know it'll have to wait awhile; but it will be perfect for a little something I'm planning! . In message , Kathy Applebaum writes
Wow, those are beautiful and sure do look complicated. I have some Christmas fabric with a gorgeous border that I've been trying to figure out what to do with, and this seems perfect!
Irene
-------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.=20
--Mae West=20
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I forgot to ask, Kathy, it looks like you also did your beautiful quilt using the 'quilt as you go' method ? I have been thinking of trying that method out.
-Irene
-------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.=20
--Mae West=20
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Kathy, I can't make your link work. I really want to see this quilt. I love things that work with stripey fabric. Can you repost the link? Sunny
STUNNING... but really
done in 2 colors ( 2
pattern. The quilt was
placement and choice!)
didn't cost that much
I like the bowtie block -- which for some reason I want to call dog bones -- but I digress. I have one in progress made with bright "happy" prints. I did an 8" block (actually I think after trimming them all up they finished at something more like 7 3/4" but who cares) and any day now I will try to get a picture posted. It's cheerful, it's busy and so hides any little *cough* errors like points not quite meeting and was fast to do. The block only has a few pieces and you can do fun things with the colors. There is a picture of the block here
I am actually doing a sort of series I am calling simple piecing where the blocks are simple but either the fabric choices or the set or the embellishment or a combination of those produces a more complex look. I just did a small piece for a LQS challenge -- which I managed to fail to take a picture of :-(
Ellen
Kathy I love this quilt, well actually both of them but the one for your dad is breath taking to me. We are having storms here now and I am unable to acess your yahoo pictures, but can you tell me about how much fabric that quilt for your dad took? I have found some material that I would love to do into a full size bedspread for my guestbed room. OK I know you folks are thinking, Jacqueline you are getting way ahead of yourself, but no I am not. I am sewing my heart out now, when I have time.
Don't have anything finished but am working on that small scrape quilt and just got hung up this week due to doctor's appointments and I am doing the message at church in the morning and it has taken me all week to come up with a topic. At 8:15 PM tonight I had nothing on paper, no topic decided up on or anything. Usually by this time I have the entire message written and know it by heart, you all pray for me tomorrow. I do now have it written and being that most of it came off the top of my head I won't have to use notes except for scripture and maybe to keep me on track.
I found some material at The VA quilter that I think would work great with that, now I am not sure. I looked at it hours ago and am just now looking at this fabric and that was quite by accident. Here is the link to the fabric and if this isn't the quilt that I think would look good with this fabric, I will have to wait until I can acess web pages again. The VA quilter is the last one that I could acess prior to the storm.
Jacquel>I don't have a name for it, but I take a striped fabric (the Ginny Beyer
Jacqueline
Several years ago I was in a scrappy red and Kona Snow Jacob's Ladder block exchange. The blocks are stunning in their simplicity yet vibrant with all the different reds. My top is pieced, I'm still thinking about the best way to quilt it.
Mary
I did not see this post after I posted it so am reposting, normally my posts show right up for me at least. So if you get this twice I am very sorry.
Kathy I love this quilt, well actually both of them but the one for your dad is breath taking to me. We are having storms here now and I am unable to acess your yahoo pictures, but can you tell me about how much fabric that quilt for your dad took? I have found some material that I would love to do into a full size bedspread for my guestbed room. OK I know you folks are thinking, Jacqueline you are getting way ahead of yourself, but no I am not. I am sewing my heart out now, when I have time.
Don't have anything finished but am working on that small scrape quilt and just got hung up this week due to doctor's appointments and I am doing the message at church in the morning and it has taken me all week to come up with a topic. At 8:15 PM tonight I had nothing on paper, no topic decided up on or anything. Usually by this time I have the entire message written and know it by heart, you all pray for me tomorrow. I do now have it written and being that most of it came off the top of my head I won't have to use notes except for scripture and maybe to keep me on track.
I found some material at The VA quilter that I think would work great with that, now I am not sure. I looked at it hours ago and am just now looking at this fabric and that was quite by accident. Here is the link to the fabric and if this isn't the quilt that I think would look good with this fabric, I will have to wait until I can acess web pages again. The VA quilter is the last one that I could acess prior to the storm.
Jacquel>I don't have a name for it, but I take a striped fabric (the Ginny Beyer
Jacqueline
--> I forgot to ask, Kathy, it looks like you also did your beautiful quilt
--> using the 'quilt as you go' method ? I have been thinking of trying
--> that method out.
Nah, I have a longarm. [insert joke here]
That one was a couple of years ago, so I'm not sure at all. But I can give you some clues.
Now that I've made a few of these, I usually buy 4 yards when I find a good stripe. Because I usually alternate these with plain blocks, 4 yards will give me plenty of blocks for one or two bed sized quilts, often with fabric left over for a small border. I did a charity quilt last winter that used half the blocks from a 4 yard stripe, and it finished 80" x 80".
You can certainly buy less than 4 yards (I think my first one was two yards), but I like having more blocks to play with. (Often I make the blocks up long before I have a specific quilt in mind.) Also 4 yards gives me long enough strips that if I don't get four strips out of a width of fabric, I can cut shorter lengths and still make it work.
One way to see how it will look is to print out 4 copies of the fabric picture on your printer, line them up, and cut your triangles. If you print more than 4 copies, you can see how it will look if you cut it at different spots. You might decide you like one spot better than another, so you'll try to get that spot in every square. Or you might decide you like them all, so you'll just cut away.
They are squares that are made from four triangles. (Imagine cutting the square along the two diagonals; the four pieces you get are the pieces the square is made from.)
Sally was nice enough to have already made tiny url's for the pictures:
First one:
Howdy!
oooo--ahhh! Very nice, Kath. The fabric print is gorgeous, and mixed w/ that dark green-- love it!
Here's one of my more recent projects, playing w/ the fabric, finding a simple pattern, Tossed Salads & Scramble Eggs:
Ragmop/Sandy
Howdy!
Just took a second look at the second pic, noting the quilting-- clever you! Echoing the print w/ the quilting-- I love it!
Ragmop/Sandy
How cute! Probably a good thing to do with all the baseball swap squares you'll get from the Cubs. :-)
I did a log cabin once. It must not be good, because it's not Finished, and we all know what Finished is. *grin*
You can also get a pretty good idea of how the blocks look by using a hinged mirror. Put the hinge at the point of the print that will go to the centre of the block, If the print id not symmetrical there will be some distortion but you get the general appearance. Same principle as making kaleidoscopes.
Jinny Beyer does something similar with some of her "soft edged piecing" techniques.
Kathy - your blocks were just gorgeous, and precise beyond anything I can aspire to. The seams are just invisible!
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