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Old 07-14-2012, 07:25 AM
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Swan Song
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Default Let's talk wonky quilts

I am planning Christmas presents and everyone was so helpful with my DS's GF's lap quilt planning I thought I might get some suggestions for my DS's. He is a skateboarder and I bought and stashed some skateboard fabric awhile ago. It has skateboarders doing tricks. The images are various sizes, kind of a tossed pattern.

Here's what I want to do I am hoping y'all have some suggestions on how to get there. I am going to fussy cut ( not my favorite thing to do, but I love the boy LOL) the skaters. Since they are various sizes I thought I could border the smaller images to get them to 1 size block. I want to turn them at various angles so the images are not straight because what skateboarder is ever straight? Is this making sense? I want them wonky. I thought I would use them on either side the center is going to be a brick pattern of stonehenge fabric that looks like concrete with a silhouette of a skater appliqued on it.

Here is my problem. I am not sure how to get those side blocks to be wonky. Turned at various angles. I have been searching around looking for a way to do it and short of buying 2 rulers no one seems to have a tute for it. Does anyone have a link to a tute or advice on how to accomplish it? The quilt is awesome in my mind if I can just get it out of there and on to fabric!
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