Re: Need Pattern idea?

Aug 29, 2003 4 Replies

Drunkard's Path is also known as Oregon Trail--call it that :)



Hello everyone,
> I want to make a quilt for my brother and I want the quilt to kind of
> fit him. I am not sure of all/most quilt patterns or which one would fit > the bill.
> My brother has always walked his own path, much to the disappointment of
> my parents. It has taken lots of patience and support to get him into
> adulthood. We lost contact with him for a little while but now am making up
> for lost time.
> The only pattern that remotely comes to mind is Drunkards Path but he
> doesn't drink. And I also have a possible small to medium size novelty
> print we/ motorcycles to use on it or maybe a baseball print.
>
> Can someone give me an idea on what kind of pattern that I could use? I
> could really use all the help I can get.
>
> Thanks everyone for your help, Jane
>
>

Call it Dutchman's Puzzle instead. It's the same block.

Or do the block folks call Snail's Trail or Monkey Wrench. It's pretty.

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With the novelty prink, you can do a Stack & Whack of the motorcycles. That may come out really cool.

-georg

Howdy! Haven't seen you in a while, Jane; welcome back. As for quilt patterns, I'd vote for a LogCabin. Any combination of colors or them fabrics, any twisting and turning for the effect you want. The guys around here love LogCabin quilts.

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No curves, either. Good luck! Ragmop/Sandy

Hullo Jane Following on from what Sandy has said: you could do Log Cabins with different width logs, which give the impression of curves, and then you could design your own placement to show a meandering way. The bike or ball fabrics could be used in the centres of the cabins?

(Hope you don't mind my tagging on Ragmop). . In article , Ellison writes

make log caabin or courthouse steps with a big fussy cute motorcycle in the middle.

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