Help! I'm looking for fabric with lurchers on!
04-30-2009, 02:37 AM
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After lots of googling, still no lurchers so think I'll have to go for general doggy fabric; what I need is something with a large pattern repeat - preferably about 24" which isn't easy to find, most are 8 - 12"; and a background with some movement rather than completely plain is good too. Don't ask for much, do I? :D Oh, and I'd prefer realistic dogs rather than cartoony ones! So if anyone comes across anything, I'd be eternally grateful for info!
Thanks all,
K x
Thanks all,
K x
04-30-2009, 03:42 AM
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K, I tried snooping for some for you too:)Sorry, no luck. I was wondering if you thought of doing dog bone, paw prints, etc for dogs instead of the exact breed? There are many lines of doggie 'things' fabrics. Great colors too!:)Skeat
04-30-2009, 05:12 AM
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Originally Posted by tlrnhi
K, I have to run to Ben Franklins tomorrow.
I'll take a check there and see what there is for dogs. Sometimes there are some cool prints.
I'll take a check there and see what there is for dogs. Sometimes there are some cool prints.
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04-30-2009, 05:33 AM
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Here's a link to something with tigers
http://www.jandofabrics.com/Uploads/...28647_full.jpg
It would be perfect if they were dogs - the repeat is quite wide and the images are larger than 3" which means when I cut the triangles to make my hexagons, I'll chop into the pictures, which is what you want! Also the backgound is busy and there are spaced out patches of different colours. The repeat seems to be about 12" if you count from the top of the rock on the lower right to the same rock at top middle. You need to cut 6 full repeats to get sets of six identical triangles which make up into hexagons, so for a 12" repeat, you would need at least 72" of fabric plus plenty of fudge allowance! For such a short repeat, you would make two stacks so a total of 144" ie 4 yards. The book says to get 4 1/2 yards. According to my instructions, the best is a 24" repeat but these are hard to come by! Maybe I can convince my friend to breed tigers instead of lurchers?! :D
Sorry to be so picky but it won't work otherwise! Thanks everyone for looking!
K x
http://www.jandofabrics.com/Uploads/...28647_full.jpg
It would be perfect if they were dogs - the repeat is quite wide and the images are larger than 3" which means when I cut the triangles to make my hexagons, I'll chop into the pictures, which is what you want! Also the backgound is busy and there are spaced out patches of different colours. The repeat seems to be about 12" if you count from the top of the rock on the lower right to the same rock at top middle. You need to cut 6 full repeats to get sets of six identical triangles which make up into hexagons, so for a 12" repeat, you would need at least 72" of fabric plus plenty of fudge allowance! For such a short repeat, you would make two stacks so a total of 144" ie 4 yards. The book says to get 4 1/2 yards. According to my instructions, the best is a 24" repeat but these are hard to come by! Maybe I can convince my friend to breed tigers instead of lurchers?! :D
Sorry to be so picky but it won't work otherwise! Thanks everyone for looking!
K x
04-30-2009, 05:57 AM
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Thanks Patti - I'm googlin away here til smokes comin out of the puter - here's a link to a supply list for a class which explains the process pretty well, in case anyone's interested http://www.pioneerquiltersguild.org/...k%20supply.pdf
The book she refers to is the one I have.
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The book she refers to is the one I have.
K x
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