help! how do I work this fabric into a quilt design?

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10-06-2009, 05:49 AM

#21

ellenmg

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...Oh yea, Attic window, maybe big "window" panels so you really see the pigs... How cute!

10-06-2009, 05:54 AM

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bearisgray

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Put it in the border. Then pick up colors from the fabric for whatever you choose to do for the middle of the quilt.

10-06-2009, 06:24 AM

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bebe

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go with warm wishes you cand use some complimemtary colors!!!!!!

10-06-2009, 06:29 AM

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Mamagus

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Quote:

Originally Posted by caedmyn

Hmmm...so which of the suggested blocks would be fairly easy? I've only done a couple of fairly simply quilts (nothing with triangles) and I don't have too much time between two small children (currently trying to out-scream each other!) and a dozen other (smaller) gifts to make for Christmas...

Warm wishes is easy. When my friend wanted to make her first quilt we chose warm wishes. One hint: Cut the pig blocks after you have sewn together the strip sets. Measure and cut your pig blocks the size of your strip sets, not the size listed in the pattern. That way if your piecing is off a little the pig blocks can accommodate that.

Have fun! I am working on quilt #2 for my husband this year. The first one was lightweight and he has requested a heavier one for the winter. Spoiled isn't he!?

10-06-2009, 06:48 AM

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Harmony

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I have not ideas for you on what kind of quilt to make, but that fabric sure made me smile!

10-06-2009, 06:51 AM

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Dawn Hendrix

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I agree warm wishes and it is EASY ....

10-06-2009, 07:33 AM

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dunster

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky

If you did a One Block Wonder, wouldn't you lose the pigs? The pigs are so cute, and especially since your husband likes pigs, why would you want them to lose their pigginess?

You can also use the fabric in the border, or use uncut fabric in one of the hexagons. It's fun looking at one of the patterns in a OBW and figuring out what it was, especially if the original fabric was of something non-flower-like. I did one with a dog fabric and people are always finding the noses, or tongues, or such.