Hey Pat:
What a wonderful idea, just focusing on quilting. I too thought the card trick pattern was too simple and not my style. Thinking does change.
I needed a simple pattern to make a baby quilt. Something fast. A new grand niece was on the way I didn't know about till the last minute.
I looked at several simple patterns, they didn't appeal to me till I stumbled upon the card tricks. I purchased just enough of the "baby colors" and started making it. I got stuck for the background color and auditioned several. I had recently purchased some medium gray mottled fabric. It fit in perfectly with my baby colors. Once I got the quilt top completed I thought this is not big enough, so I added a
3 inch border, that wasn't enough and looked rather plain. I had enough baby fabric left over that I made 3 inch log cabin blocks that I refer to as rosebuds. I placed them on point at the top and bottom with yet another border of the gray.
Darned if it didn't turn out rather pretty. The new parents were surprised and very happy with the quilt. I asked them if the colors were alright or would they rather I make it in another colorway. Nope, this is what they wanted.
I really enjoyed making it. No "y" seams. NO ripping out time and again. The work flowed so well that I completed the top in one day and machine quilted and bound it the next. It measured about 40 by
Sorry no pictures, Amelia is now 3 years old and drags her quilt everywhere. The parents said they were sorry for the rough treatment but I just laughed and said finally someone is using my quilts rather than putting them away in a closet because "they are just to pretty to use".
It's back to work on the queen size DWR I've been working on for almost two years. Now this is a pattern I really dislike.
Kate T. South Mississippi