Help with a Christmas quilt for 2010
12-20-2009, 10:37 AM
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I want to make a bed size Christmas quilt for next year. I have collected a number of Christmas fabrics. Now here is my problem, while I have many blocks I could make most of them use three or more colors. I need one that uses only two colors. I want to use white and a Christmas fabric with many different Christmas fabrics blocks. What block would you recommend for a two color block? I am not a beginner but I do not like Y seams or hexagons. Thank you for your help.
12-20-2009, 10:46 AM
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I made a two color quilt for my dil using a variable star pattern. It would work really well with a single fabric for the centers of the stars and you could use a variety of fabrics for the points and all whites for the back ground. Stars are always good for Christmas.
12-20-2009, 12:15 PM
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I want to make a pineapple block quilt in red/white for next christmas.
A good tutorial here
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-6758-1.htm
A good tutorial here
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-6758-1.htm
12-20-2009, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by rufree4t
I want to make a bed size Christmas quilt for next year. I have collected a number of Christmas fabrics. Now here is my problem, while I have many blocks I could make most of them use three or more colors. I need one that uses only two colors. I want to use white and a Christmas fabric with many different Christmas fabrics blocks. What block would you recommend for a two color block? I am not a beginner but I do not like Y seams or hexagons. Thank you for your help.
12-20-2009, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
I hope you don't have any trouble getting the greens and reds to blend together. I am going through my Christmas fabrics and I find some of the greens just won't work together at all! Has anyone else noticed this?
12-20-2009, 01:56 PM
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I had a lot of reds and someone said all reds work together. So I put it to the test. I made a bargello heart using only red fabric. It worked and turned out beautiful. All the reds blended quite well.
I also did Bonnie Hunters Pineapple Blossom using my Christmas fabric as scrappy. The only thing that was consistent was the white background. Again it worked well. So just go for it. Marge
I also did Bonnie Hunters Pineapple Blossom using my Christmas fabric as scrappy. The only thing that was consistent was the white background. Again it worked well. So just go for it. Marge
12-20-2009, 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
I hope you don't have any trouble getting the greens and reds to blend together. I am going through my Christmas fabrics and I find some of the greens just won't work together at all! Has anyone else noticed this?
You're looking at them in too big of pieces and you probably don't have enough of them yet. The rule for reds, greens and blues; 2 clash, 20 go together.
12-20-2009, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by Loretta
I hope you don't have any trouble getting the greens and reds to blend together. I am going through my Christmas fabrics and I find some of the greens just won't work together at all! Has anyone else noticed this?
You're looking at them in too big of pieces and you probably don't have enough of them yet. The rule for reds, greens and blues; 2 clash, 20 go together.
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