OK, I've finally started my first OBW. It's going to be a 50th BD present for my sistwerp. Ten down, 62 more to go!

Gee, I hope I finish before she turns 60! :wink: :shock:


The fabric is Michael Miller.


Thanks to k3n for holding my hand through the pinning and cutting! Bisous, Bisous!

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!! job well done, I can't wait to see how the rest goes,


I wish I had that print for my landscape, I think it would have done great in it,

I love those!! ok, now I just have to do one also :roll: :roll:
My list would wrap a city block now :D :D

Notice how that bottom left block looks like sliced strawberries!? At least in the photo, but not in real.

Gai, this is absolutely lovely but will your sistwerp appreciate what you call her? LOL. She will definitely appreciate the quilt though.

Ninnie, these are cut with strips 3.75 inches, following the instructions in the OBW book, but I think for the next one I'll cut the strips 6 inches.

They do! the blocks are going together great!

Of course she will! She's the one who left me the BD message about thighs and plastic lawn chairs!

And I hope she'll like it. If not, I know her daughter will, and their BD's are just two days apart!

And the BD part will be held in the Texas Hill Country, so the fabric was chosen specifically for her.

I gage how big my strips will be cut by the size of the repeat and the size of the print, the great thing is that they all turn out the same size block, no need to figure anything out to get them all the same,

WOW :shock: Those are gorgeous!!! Good Job :D :D :D

Yeah, Cutie, you miniature queen you. How big were the strips for the landscape quilt?

Thanks Amma. They certainly are bright! :P :P

When I look at the stacks of triangles, I want to start singing 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall! ROFL

Beautiful. I love it. Amd that is saying somthing since I don't care much for OBW

ummmm, do you really want to know?

Wow! Those are gorgeous! How big is this one going to be? I love Micheal Miller prints.

Now I'm going to be singing 99 bottles of beer on the wall everytime I work on mine. :x

Yes, Cutie I do want to know.

Thanks Bonbon. I love the fabric you used, it is so pretty!

98 bottles of beer........

Okay, you asked for it, they are 1 3/4 " which makes about a two inch block.

Wow!! That's the first OBW I've really liked--I think because of the variety in color. That fabric looks familiar... do I have that? If so, I haven't used it yet.

Thanks, Karla. Like I said, it certainly is bright! :shock:

Cutie, I think I have a headache just thinking about triangles that small!

Kwhite, I know you're just saying that 'cause you love me! :wink:

you should have seen me trying to work with them with the dead line that I had, That is what I get for choosing a small print.

How beautiful....great fabric choice. I wish I had the courage to try a OBW.

Hey, if I can do it, anyone can!

That's going to be really lovely, Gai. It's perfect fabric -- each block looks so different -- I love it. One of these decades I'll get around to doing one....if I ever get caught up on things I'm supposed to do.

Wow, that's going to be great. Can't wait to see it all together.

I love the fabric and they way your blocks are turning out. Isn't this a great pattern?

Yes I do love you Gai but I do also like your OBW. Like Barnbum said that is one of the first ones I have liked because of the colors. I guess I just tend to lean towards the more trditional quilts but I am trying to break out of the box. I di do a stained glass afterall.

Soo--just out of curiosity...you don't put those together by the block? You do it in rows?

I can't get past how you'd cut exactly the same triangles either... it's been a long week, so don't try to explain. I like a good mystery. :lol:

The blocks are done in halves, so there is three pieces a side, so there is a straight edge to put with a straight edge, you hold them together with a pin to lay them out. I have some blocks sitting around if you need a picture to figure it out, sometimes they help a lot.

Oh barnbum I would probably drive you crazy! I love a good mystery too, but only if I know what is going to happen! I read the end of a book first, usually before I even buy it. And before I go to a movie I check out "Movie Spoiler.com" to find out exactly what happens and how it ends.

ooooh, so pretty Gai. I have a sistwerp too, but she really is one!!!!

Love what you're doing - can't wait to see it fall into place.

Wow Gai those are looking fabtastic. (that was actually a typo - the b is next to the n on my French keyboard, but I keft it because it's a good word! :wink: )

Now I HAVE to try one with bright colours, although the two lots of yardage sitting in my stash waiting to be OBWd are both fairly muted. Oh well, just have to buy MORE!!! :D

Are you trying the triangles each of the 3 possible ways each time or just going with straight of grain on the outside edge? Sometimes I even take PHOTOS of the three possible ways to help me decide. :shock: It's such fun seeing the sometimes widely different effects you get just from the same six triangles. This is what I LOVE about OBWs, the actual piecing process is such fun and interesting. That's from someone whose just pieced 124 QST units for a door curtain - BO-RING!!!! :mrgreen:

Um, straight of the grain?!!! :shock: I'm supposed to look at that :?: :?:

No, I just lay them out and decide which one I like best, then go for it. I have 20 done so far, so I'm calling a break and gonna go to bed.

I've finished my IRR center. My sewchine is working ok again. I guess it was temporarily possessed, but now is back to normal. But my printer is out of black ink, so I'll have to go shopping today to get a cartridge, then print my label and I'll be done. And I've finished my October doll quilt, so I'm actually slightly ahead of the curve! Whew!!!

Naaahh - I just use that as the 'default' position if I can't decide. :D

Glad your machine is behaving again, nitey nite! :D

Going to be a gorgeous quilt!!

OK so you have more done?? where is the photo??

How pretty! Perfect for a happy birthday quilt.

Ok what is a sistwerp? Is that a lilttle sister who is a twerp? Never heard the term.

That will be one very pretty and colorful quilt. Wow!

OMG!! :D What a lucky sister.
I love the fabric you are using.
Can't wait to see more!!
:D :D :D :D

Very pretty! And I love the fabric you're using!!