Crooked Nickel Quilt Designs

Hi,

We visited the Phoenix Quilt & Craft show this weekend. I purchased a pattern for a simple wall hanging from Crooked Nickel. Does anyone have any experience with this type of quilting? Since I am just a newbie to quilting, it looked like a wonderful way to get started.

Thanks for any hints, tips, etc.

Hugs, Pat

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hi Pat, just went and googled the Crooked Nickel designs. which pattern did you get? i'll assume you've read thru it by now. is there something about it is worry'n you?

heres the link for anyone interested. nayy, of course, lol.

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I did start to lay the nickels out on the grid before C.mas but just didn't have the time needed and then realized that I had a lot more nickels so bought more grid ! I went back to the site and , yes, this is the company that mypattern came from. My lqs had a class in this . Anyway, if you wonder what to do w/ those nickels that come in such nice coordinated fabrics this pattern is ideal.

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MB

Sounds a lot like the style of books and quilting that Dina Pappas does and has written. I've never tried any of her quilts or books or this grid, but I have seen it in action at her quilt shop here in Eagle River. Looks like an interesting way to make quilts of this type and an easy way to match seams. I've wanted to take one of her classes but have never had the time or they are during the day when I am teaching and at work.

Have fun.

Steven Alaska

We visited the Phoenix Quilt & Craft show this weekend. I purchased a pattern for a simple wall hanging from Crooked Nickel. Does anyone have any experience with this type of quilting? Since I am just a newbie to quilting, it looked like a wonderful way to get started.

Thanks for any hints, tips, etc.

Hugs, Pat

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Exactly ! I did make one wall hanging using Dina Pappas grid method and should have been a bit more careful when I sewed the seams because it came out a bit off...not quite square !

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MB

That technique using the gridded fabric sort of like interfacing must demand really sharp accuracy. I saw a quilt demonstrating that method at a lovely quilt shop in Tennessee. The little quilt they had on exhibit was enough wonky to make me think it was not for me. Of course, there are quilters here that can get just dazzling with perfect seams but I don't think it would be a great method for beginners. Polly

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Wow, you guys are really great! I guess I just need to try to keep everything on the straight, will try using that guide foot! I really wanted to find out if anyone had actually sewn it up, so that answers that. \

Thanks, Pat

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Several years ago, I did a small watercolor quilt used a gridded fusible interfacing. (I don't remember if it was QuiltSmart or some other brand.) It seemed to me that the seams were really thick and bulky. I ended up cutting them all open after stitching and pressing them open. I also had trouble free motion quilting it; my machine kept skipping stitches.

Julia in MN

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Ah...that is exactly what I was wondering about...if the fusible interfacing would make things too thick. I have some for doing watercolour quilts that I got in a guild "garage sale" but haven't tried it out yet. Allison

Julia > Several years ago, I did a small watercolor quilt used a gridded fusible

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Howdy!

Well, that's one way to do it.

Once you've finished this process, Pat, how about trying the more traditional way of making a quilt?

This fusible process is just what some people are looking for. The CN patterns are very straight; working on a grid, bent over an ironing board--- hmmmm... okay. Doesn't appeal to me, because I like to piece the tops, and hand quilt; for me, fusible is fussy; hand quilting and fusible are not best friends.

Btw, this crooked nickel site says "Finish quilts quickly." That's not my focus, either.

Good luck! Hang around and talk to us, Pat. Let's see your quilt, tell us how *you* like the process.

Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy

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