Advice for a first quilt
#11
Atkinson Designs has some great patterns that look more complicated than they are. The directions are well written too.
http://store.atkinsondesigns.com/sto...0&parent_ids=0,2
http://store.atkinsondesigns.com/sto...0&parent_ids=0,2
#13
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Originally Posted by Prism99
I always recommend Rail Fence for a first quilt. It requires learning the basics, but is very forgiving of mistakes. Plus it ends up looking much more complicated than it actually is.
Here's a website to get you started:
http://www.straw.com/equilters/libra...nce-links.html
Also, Google "rail fence quilt" and then click on images to see real-life examples of this pattern.
Here's a website to get you started:
http://www.straw.com/equilters/libra...nce-links.html
Also, Google "rail fence quilt" and then click on images to see real-life examples of this pattern.
#15
I also recommend Rail Fence or Yellow Brick Road (YBR). Both are simple to piece so are great for beginners. Also you don't have to buy a pattern for Rail Fence. YBR is available from Atkinson Designs (link posted earlier in this thread) and lots of LQS also carry it.
Darren
Darren
#16
The Atkinson Texas Two Step or Slideshow look like the sort of thing I am after ...
I'm intrigued though ... as a Paper Piecer ... why do you actually need the patterns? Surely you can just copy the blick out onto graph paper, photocopy it, cut it up and off you go with the pieces all ready? but I've got a nasty little feeling that that would infringe copyright if I am being 'inspired' by a picture I have seen ...
Haven't yet seen a picture f squares surrounded by one border of log cabin though ... so can I legintimately draw that on paper and use it?
Thanks for any advice on patterns, design and copyrights ...
Helen
I'm intrigued though ... as a Paper Piecer ... why do you actually need the patterns? Surely you can just copy the blick out onto graph paper, photocopy it, cut it up and off you go with the pieces all ready? but I've got a nasty little feeling that that would infringe copyright if I am being 'inspired' by a picture I have seen ...
Haven't yet seen a picture f squares surrounded by one border of log cabin though ... so can I legintimately draw that on paper and use it?
Thanks for any advice on patterns, design and copyrights ...
Helen
#17
I like the suggestions for the rail fence. The quilt in my avatar was my first quilt. It had triangles that got stretchy when I ironed (I know I'm supposed to press but I say ironed for whatever I do with an iron). I was born in Aransas Pass 52 years ago, my parents left when i was six months old but I have two aunts that still live there.
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 81
Hi,
In Corpus, there is the Costal Bend Quilt and Needlework Guild
http://www.corpuschristiquilters.com/index.html
and in Rockport, there is Piecemakers by the Bay Quilt Guild http://www.piecemakersbythebay.org
Unfortunately, neither group seems to update their webpages very often, but they do have contact info so you could get in touch with them about joining/meetings.
The two groups alternate having a quilt show in the winter each year; the next one will be in Rockport on January 28 and 29. We were in Rockport and Aransas Pass last winter, and I enjoyed the quilt show in Corpus.
For your first quilt, you could use the Warm Wishes pattern which is easy but looks somewhat complex.
Bed-size here http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/d....html?idx=5185 and crib size here
http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/d....html?idx=5215
You could also order a quilt kit from Quilts for Kids http://www.quiltsforkids.org/patterns/request and put together an easy four-patch alternating with a plain square-they send you darling fabric for the quilt and you provide the batting. Rewarding way to practice piecing and quilting.
Happy quilting,
Margaret
In Corpus, there is the Costal Bend Quilt and Needlework Guild
http://www.corpuschristiquilters.com/index.html
and in Rockport, there is Piecemakers by the Bay Quilt Guild http://www.piecemakersbythebay.org
Unfortunately, neither group seems to update their webpages very often, but they do have contact info so you could get in touch with them about joining/meetings.
The two groups alternate having a quilt show in the winter each year; the next one will be in Rockport on January 28 and 29. We were in Rockport and Aransas Pass last winter, and I enjoyed the quilt show in Corpus.
For your first quilt, you could use the Warm Wishes pattern which is easy but looks somewhat complex.
Bed-size here http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/d....html?idx=5185 and crib size here
http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/d....html?idx=5215
You could also order a quilt kit from Quilts for Kids http://www.quiltsforkids.org/patterns/request and put together an easy four-patch alternating with a plain square-they send you darling fabric for the quilt and you provide the batting. Rewarding way to practice piecing and quilting.
Happy quilting,
Margaret
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