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Old 02-05-2011, 10:48 PM
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I have a friend who has asked me to make a quilt for her sister, who is in Stage IV cancer. She'd like some sort of quilt that will allow space for family members to autograph it. I suggested a double Irish chain originally because of the big white squares leaving a lot of room for messages, but she decided she didn't like that -- she doesn't want the signatures to overwhelm the quilt, but just to be a part of it.

So, any ideas? I'm planning on making a lap quilt, and so far the fabrics she has in mind are:

- white (for the signatures)
- black with a pattern
- pink breast cancer ribbon fabric, with black swirls
- some sort of brown and pink fabric (not sure how this is going to look with the other colors, but she gets to pick!)

Any ideas?
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Old 02-05-2011, 10:51 PM
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If you go to the top under search and type in signature block any pictures, etc. pop up. This might be a great resource to try.

This is a wonderful thing you are doing.
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Old 02-05-2011, 11:25 PM
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That is a wonderful idea!
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Old 02-06-2011, 01:57 AM
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Checkout www.psiquilt.com, and under tutorials on the right, scroll down to "siggy block tutorial", this might be exactly what you are looking for. What a special endeavour you are undertaking.
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Old 02-06-2011, 03:19 AM
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I think quiltville has some. Also if you have EQ7, there are some blocks on there. Good luck and sorry about your friend's sister.
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Here's an idea that's pretty quick to make with snowballing technique.

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A courthouse steps with part of the pieces in a light colored tone on tone would give a lot of space for signatures.
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rail fence?
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