kids' quilts

You have two choices. You can either keep sashing randomly until they 'become' the same size - or - you can toss in things as needed to force each row to eventually even out. 4-patches, flying geese, just a strip of stripes or bubbles. Sounds easy. Sometimes it is. Do you have a design wall so you can add until you have it 'just so'? Polly

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yes ma'am I do....as soon as I take the wolf panel off of it....that was also a forgotten quilt, but I liked it enough to just leave it up. Thanks...I will get that down today and put up the sashed blocks that are finished to see where it leads me.....sometimes all I need is a gentle shove in the right direction to clear the cobwebs out

Larisa

Hi Larisa,

There are no silly questions; only silly answers (and answerers...

Someone else may know of one; I don't offhand, and it's a tough one. I've seen layouts for quilts with different size blocks, but, as you suggest, they're figured out ahead of time. I think you're basically dealing with a geometric puzzle. It should be solvable, but it may take some fudging, like adding some odd-sized rectangular spacers here & there. Play with it, walk away, mix things up, and come at it again fresh. It may take a few tries, but I think you'll comeup with something. Hopefully you're not under too much time pressure so your subconscious can work on the problem for you. Then, of course, Polly or somebody's going to come along with the perfect solution while I'm still babbling away...

You may not like this next answer, and that's ok... but here it goes. To get away from the "childish" thing, use dark colors: black, dark blues, purples, grays. These are the colors the comic books and movies use to capture/create the moods they want. It's not depressing for a boy to have these colors when associated with superheros (useless trivia: the term "superhero" was legally trademarked jointly by Marvel & DC Comics).

Each of these superheros has a symbol associated with them (and worn on their chests) that may give you an idea for block and/or quilt layout. Superman has a pentagonal diamond shape around his "S", Batman has an oval around the bat symbol, Spiderman has his spider symbol (without any "framing"), but is also adorned with webs. Hope these thoughts help.

Doc

For the Superhero quilt, the Warm Wishes pattern would be perfect, and oh so easy, especially since you say you have three coordinating colours.

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Yay!! I knew I could count on you all!! Now that the children are up from quiet time/naps, I will go work on this....they were kind of brow beaten into napping today because they wanted to play since they had the day off, but DS has his belt test tonight (for his black belt candidate!!!) and DD just needed the rest....I stay where I can hear them when they are supposed to be napping, just to make sure they don't sneak into each other's rooms and play.

Anyway....I don't remember seeing warm wishes before...at least not one that looked like that, so when I can get my computer to boot up again, I will download the info. I also like that garden delight....it uses more fabrics than I have on hand for the Ariel quilt, but I can always adjust that.

Darker colors....I would have thought that would make the quilt too dark for a 6yo. I know I have the black in my stash....the blue that I have is the brighter blue and the red is the brighter red.....I had gone with all primary colors (actually, this is a recycle project as the fabric was originally used to make curtains which have since been outgrown). I will check stash to see if I have a darker red.

As for the logos, not sure how to incorporate them, but thank you for the idea....give me more to mull over as I play with the fabrics....

Thanks again!

Larisa, coming out of the quilting brain fog

Not when it's about superheros - even the TV-Y7 versions on tv can get pretty dark colorwise, but don't take my word for it - watch a couple (especially the ones you have as subjects) and you might get some ideas there too. There's still a lot of little kid in this decrepit carcass (and DW wouldn't have it any other way... :-)

Outgrown? There's a hint right there. Primaries are good for costumes, but for atmosphere/themes, dark is better. There's also a psychological factor I read about that claims bright colors keep kids awake while muted (or dark in this case) colors help them fall asleep. I think they were talking more about baby quilts, but 6 is still pretty suggestible...

Try watching a few shows, with or without the kid(s). ;-)

Doc

Thanks for the tips. I know about the colors....took me a while to figure that out because of my ADHD boy.....who now has dark blue curtains instead of brightly colored ones. The superhero curtains were about 4 years ago for him, then bright, Panamanian-style print (actually, I think it was supposed to be a New Zealand-style print)....something like a Mola. Now it's dark blue, and I stitched some pockets on one of them so that he can store his glasses and a book in it when he is done with them.

Anyway, I know we have recorded episodes of IronMan, Spiderman, and possibly Superman to watch....after all, my son is 9...lol.

Will watch them this weekend to make sure I'm getting the right colors.

Larisa

I've got "Clever Quilts" by Susan Teegarden Dissmore, which describes itself as 'making the most of panels, borders and Theme Prints' which I have found really useful. As well as suggested layouts it gives suggestions for fillers.

I liked it so much I bought "Encore Clever Quilts".

I did Kia's Forest Quilt using her Snowflakes layout and border prints, and someone else (can't recall who) did a lovely "Q is for Quilting" using cartoonish baby faces blocks. I still have a lot of the Forest fabric, so perhaps will do another one using a different layout to use it up. Forest quilt is on the 2nd page of my Flickr album.

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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I did a baby quilt from the "Clever Quilts" book. It has some really good ideas for layouts. Hope you don't get ads but I haven't had time to move all the pics, yet.

I just love that quilt >g< Gorgeous pattern, and beautifully made. . In message , Donna in NE La. writes

What a great, bright and sunny quilt for a little one! Will have to check out that book! ME-Judy

My Goodness---that's wonderful! Gen