Re: Suggestions for quilt pattern

You're on the right track. Get a background you like. (Try to get something the same weight as the Liberty fabric -it's a bit lighter than "regular" patchwork fabric. But no need to be obsessive, the regular stuff will work!)

You might try sorting the squares into color groups and making them into

9-patches, alternated with a block of the plain fabric. This would give you a nice blank area for a pretty quilting design. Roberta in D

What Roberta suggested is a good idea. I made a small quilt (miniature) from Liberty fabrics recently. As yours, they were pretty well all floral. My tiny rectangles had tiny central rectangles, and these were in a plain fabric. However, I did not put any division between the rectangles; and, I didn't like it. If you have a large quantity of squares already, another thing you could do is divide them by colour (as far as possible - not easy with some of them) and do a Trip Around the World with alternate rows in a plain colour to compliment the patterned row just done. With the lovely patterns you have, you might get a group together which would look good for the centre of TATW? .

In article , ruffian125 writes

How about color wash or water color design? Look for books by Pat Magret and Donna Slusher, and by Dierdre Amsden. WC/CW quilts usually require 2" squares, so you've a good start.

Another suggestion: you could just send the Liberty squares to me and make something different! ;)

PAT >

Hi, There's a book by Darlene Zimmerman called 'Granny Quilts' which utilises all the tiny prints imaginable in constructing some delightful old fashioned ones. Well worth a look. Borrowed ir from my local Library, and the ISBN is: 0-87349-501-2 Lynn

I love the 'Boston Commons' quilt pattern, maybe you could use them for that. Here's a web site I found for the pattern, a scrappy floral look would be really nice.