Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
I'd think the easiest way to make a bigger quilt is simply to add more borders, if you already have a pattern. You might add a couple small inner borders---------or simply make the outer borders a few inches wider.
Originally Posted by Terri Morin
Hi All - I'm new to this blog. It seems like we all can be very helpful to each other, as well as being good on-line friends.
I need a little help. My son is getting married in a year or so, and, of course, I want to make him and his fiance a very special quilt. I made my daughter a double wedding ring star, which turned out simply gorgeous. I'm thinking of making Matt the Boston Lone Star, which turns out to be a combination of a Boston Common block and Lone Star. My problem? How do I (a) find a pattern for a king size? or (b) develop my own pattern? And, then, how do I determine how much fabric? I'm one to find a pattern and follow directions, but this one looks so very, very special, I just have to make it. Any advise or help?
Yes, I do that, but my issue now is that I don't have a pattern, nor do I know how much of any one fabric to get. I kinda think I know where I'm going better now. Start off my making a large Lone Star, square it up after adding the corners, and then make the Trip Around the World. I've not "designed" a quilt before, so this is completely new, and could be expensive, territory, if I don't get it right!!