Using a Panel to make a quilt - how do you decide on a pattern?
#21
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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If you go to the websites of the various fabric manufacturer's, you'll find their free patterns featuring their fabrics. You may not have the same fabrics/panels they've used, but their patterns will give you ideas of things you can do with your panel.
For example, this morning I was looking at this site for ideas and found several cute ones...
http://www.northcott.net/?sid=3&layo...tterns_archive
I also love the Clever Quilts books by Susan Teegarden Dissmore and have made quilts using panels and her ideas.
Dot Collins has a pattern for a "Tossed Salad" quilt which uses panels with pieced blocks. I bought my pattern at a guild meeting recently...Dot will be coming here to do a workshop on it next month. Here's what it looks like...
http://www.dotcollinsquilter.com/Workshop1.htm
It reminds me of the designs in Susan Dissmore's Clever Quilts books.
I also get ideas from the LQS which generally has some darling quilt tops on display that they've made using panels.
I love panels, but I find them much more challenging to use than a lot of traditional patterns. I'm always triple-checking my math to make sure the panels and blocks are going to fit together properly .
Good luck with your endeavor!
For example, this morning I was looking at this site for ideas and found several cute ones...
http://www.northcott.net/?sid=3&layo...tterns_archive
I also love the Clever Quilts books by Susan Teegarden Dissmore and have made quilts using panels and her ideas.
Dot Collins has a pattern for a "Tossed Salad" quilt which uses panels with pieced blocks. I bought my pattern at a guild meeting recently...Dot will be coming here to do a workshop on it next month. Here's what it looks like...
http://www.dotcollinsquilter.com/Workshop1.htm
It reminds me of the designs in Susan Dissmore's Clever Quilts books.
I also get ideas from the LQS which generally has some darling quilt tops on display that they've made using panels.
I love panels, but I find them much more challenging to use than a lot of traditional patterns. I'm always triple-checking my math to make sure the panels and blocks are going to fit together properly .
Good luck with your endeavor!
#25
Panel Pattern
Greetings. I really like this pattern using a panel. It comes from Benartex and is using their Once Upon A Christmas panel. The pattern is called Home for the Holidays. I use this pattern to make theme quilts. Kids, Baby, animal lover, etc. Hope this helps. Peace, Robert.
http://www.benartex.com/page/once-up...istmas-186.htm
http://www.benartex.com/page/once-up...istmas-186.htm
#27
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Newberg, OR
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The one time I used a panel, the pattern was border after border around the center panel--17 borders in all. Two were pieced. I guess you would call it Around the World style.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...e-t119863.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...e-t119863.html
#28
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,250
I never buy panels so really have no expereience here. But I have seen fabric lines that include a panel and many times they provide a pattern. Is it possible you can research the fabric line and find a pattern?
#30
There is a quilt book by Susan Teegarden Dissmore called Clever Quilts - Making the most of Panels
Borders and Theme Prints. It deals with making quilts from panels. I to collect panels and got the book
to help with what to do with them.
Borders and Theme Prints. It deals with making quilts from panels. I to collect panels and got the book
to help with what to do with them.
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