2 1/2" squares
01-04-2011, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Carol J.
How about a watercolor quilt? The kind you lay the pieces on the background of squares, iron them on then sew the seams. I never tried one but have seen the background base. Just put them anywhere, don't need to make a design unless you want to.
CarolJ.
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01-04-2011, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Phyllis Carol
Happy 2011 everyone. May it be a happy quilting year for each of you. You have certainly added to my quilting life in a terrific way during the past year. I have a couple of thousand cut 2 1/2" squares left over from previous projects. How can I best use them (some of them) in a new quilt top? What patterns would you suggest? I do only hand piecing and quilting, if that makes any difference for your suggestions. thanks in advance for your in-put.
I love hand work and will be doing a hand piecing program tomorrow at one of my guilds. Yes, they will be participating (I can already hear the grumbles!!). This is where I started in 1979 when I joined the quilting community - everything was by hand in the "dinosaur" days (lol). And hand work is much more sociable than machine work - hard to talk when your running that machine and watching out for fingers, 1/4" seams, etc. I do machine piece now although not as well as some - machine quilting is still eluding me and my hand quilting is pretty rusty.
So thank you for continuing the tradition in this day of hurry up and get it done.
Sandy in Mooresville, NC
01-04-2011, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Tootsie
Originally Posted by Jan in VA
I use squares this size to "snowball" the corners of other peices or blocks, as in the quilt below. The reds and greens were all little squares placed over the corners of the base block, sewn across the diagonal, flipped back and pressed, the middle layer trimmed out.
Jan in VA
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01-04-2011, 05:45 AM
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My DH just sews them all together and his comes out beautiful. Sometimes he'll alternate with a solid color. Or sometimes he will put all of one kind in a row alternating with a solid. Good luck and happy quilting.
01-04-2011, 05:52 AM
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I saw one the other day that looked like one block was 10.5" (unfinished) and the next was 6.5" with 2.5"blocks around it to make a 10.5" block. These were alternated and looked really neat. Just something different. I want to try it soon.
01-04-2011, 06:33 AM
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I hand piece and quilt also, I use many of these small sq to make different sized blocks even. It works great. dont have a camera except on my cell phone and havent learned to put the pics on my pc yet. maybe some day. lol. Made a blooming nine patch with these also.
01-04-2011, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 117becca
my aunt made this 4 patch - w/ 2 prints & 2 solids alternating. While it doesn't seem to work because nothing "matches", it really is kinda cool....
She made it in 1949/50 after she & my uncle were married - I quilted it last summer
Goodness, it's hard to decide which one to post sometimes :?: :roll:
She made it in 1949/50 after she & my uncle were married - I quilted it last summer
Goodness, it's hard to decide which one to post sometimes :?: :roll:
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