Hey all!
Somehow I got volunteered to make quilts for 4 neices and nephews. I was originally planning to just use a double irish chain pattern for all four quilts but after almost finishing the first one, I remembered how much I dislike matching up all the points on those tiny squares. So, I'm hoping someone else has some easier ideas. I've already bought the fabric for all 4 quilts. I have 4 yards of the focal fabric and two yards each of two coordinating fabrics.
Any ideas?
TIA, DB
How about alternating 9 patches with snow-ball blocks... that makes a striking quilt -- and you can strip piece all the 9 patch strips. Or alternate 9 patches with a solid square of your focus fabric.
Rail fence?
Have fun with the quilts -- I know your nieces/nephews will love them!
I always like the combination of nine patches and snowballs. Three colors would probably work well for these and can look totally different from quilt to quilt depending on how you lay out the colors. Snowballs are fun to use large-scale focus/novelty fabrics in the centers too. A few examples:
LOL... if I'd read first before posting, I'd see that Kate beat me to the punch!;-)
Warm Wishes is fun and easy.
Great Minds Think Alike! :-)
This is one I made last year.
Tell us about your process! And don't tell us you started out by cutting lots of tiny squares! I use Eleanor Burns's method for Irish chain, goes fast. You really can make a top in a day, if you don't have much else to do. Roberta in D
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I used strip piecing, but I used about 4 different sewing machines throughtout the process and by the time I got around to sewing those strips together, I discovered that not all seam allowances are the same. I have more puckers in this quilt than I've ever had in anything I've ever done. I expect to use the "beat it into submission" quilt pattern when I get around to finishing it. I would just start over but I don't have enough of the focal fabric left of this one and I bought the fabric in another state and can't get it up here. I feel really bad about the puckers, but I doubt the nephew will notice. And if it's really bad when it's finished, I'll just get some other fabric and make a new one. I can always use this one for a dog bed.....if I ever get a dog.
The strip piecing is easier, but sewing those strips into the finished blocks is awful. I really hate matching those seams up. Or maybe it was keeping track of which strip came next. I think it was just having to think during the process. It didn't take long, I just like quick, easy patterns and in retrospect, I don't think I've ever enjoyed making a double irish chain. It's my favorite finished quilt pattern though, which is probably why I keep doing it.
Tamra
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