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Old 01-02-2010, 05:14 AM
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I've only made one quilt so far and am working on another for my daughter, but my son wants one and I can't find a design that doesn't look too "girly" for him. Can anyone please give me some more ideas to see if he would approve of any of them. Thanks so much.
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Old 01-02-2010, 05:26 AM
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I'm thinking about a puzzle quilt with manly colors, of course, for my 11 yo grandson.
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I'm thinking about a puzzle quilt with manly colors, of course, for my 11 yo grandson.
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Old 01-02-2010, 05:37 AM
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He finally likes one!! Thanks! the only size i could find on the computer is really small... can a pattern be found for one that might be able to cover a twin size bed?
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You can enlarge the quilt by making more blocks, or by adding borders. You could make the blocks larger, but that a lot of work! :) Welcome to the board!
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what pattern did he pick. Maybe it wouldn't be too hard to enlarge.
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Originally Posted by brookemarie19
He finally likes one!! Thanks! the only size i could find on the computer is really small... can a pattern be found for one that might be able to cover a twin size bed?
You could always make it bigger.
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Old 01-02-2010, 08:23 AM
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I am attaching a copy of the baseball quilt I made from a pattern in Thimbleberry called Bedtime Story. You could actually use any pieced block pattern and just fussy cut the center motif, with something for a little boy. I made this baseball quilt for my 9 year old nephew.
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Where did you pick up that pattern, am computer challenged ??
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This is the quilt I made for grandson Ben who will be 10 this year. Block is very simple, 4 1/2 strips of a light and a dark to make the simple pinwheel blocks, trimed the pinwheels to 8". For the darks I used many different "boy" type fabrics, sports, pretzels, candy, etc. He loves it. You can make as many blocks as you like to make a larger quilts.

I also made several girlie quilts in the same pattern but with more girlie fabrics. I've also made a smaller block for baby quilts. May in Jersey

Ben's Lap Quilt - 2009
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