Gypsy Wife
06-25-2018, 04:31 AM
#24
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Location: Keller, TX
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I almost purchased this pattern yesterday, then I read the reviews. Lots of complaints on the instruction, homemade copied pages, gray printing, not black, poor instruction, errors in pattern, high cost for what you get......well I might have to think about this for a while...Love the finished quilt and love your quilt. I would like to hear from you, what you thought of the pattern and any difficulties you had. thank you. PS. I purchased another of her patterns last month from Quilt in a Day. I had the same complaints. First time I ever sent anything back to Eleanor. I noticed they no longer have that pattern for sale on the site.
06-26-2018, 03:27 AM
#25
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Va.
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I've had the same thought, of making my own sampler rather than following a pattern. The vertical stripes seem to be the distinguishing feature of the Gypsy Wife quilt. I don't know about a quilt-along though. Nan closed one thread with the explanation that it was turning into a quilt-along, and this wasn't the forum for it.
If you wanted to do it as a quilt along I think you could start a thread on the challenges forum.
Rob
06-26-2018, 05:33 AM
#26
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Location: South Dakota
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I plan on doing another, but will pick out different blocks to use. Maybe all with star variations so there is more unification. it's just too random for me. Looks more like someone pulled all their orphan blocks out and put them into a quilt adding the strips to make it big enough.
Which isn't a bad idea to do at all - if you have a bunch of orphan blocks in assorted sizes. Just add border strips to them if you need to make them a bit larger so they will fit.
Which isn't a bad idea to do at all - if you have a bunch of orphan blocks in assorted sizes. Just add border strips to them if you need to make them a bit larger so they will fit.
06-26-2018, 06:35 AM
#27
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
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I almost purchased this pattern yesterday, then I read the reviews. Lots of complaints on the instruction, homemade copied pages, gray printing, not black, poor instruction, errors in pattern, high cost for what you get......well I might have to think about this for a while...Love the finished quilt and love your quilt. I would like to hear from you, what you thought of the pattern and any difficulties you had. thank you. PS. I purchased another of her patterns last month from Quilt in a Day. I had the same complaints. First time I ever sent anything back to Eleanor. I noticed they no longer have that pattern for sale on the site.
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