cowpie2

Making a wedding quilt for my nephew and I know they both like blue and his fiancé said she tends to like traditional quilts more than modern. Was originally thinking a scrappy blue and cream Jacobs ladder, but now I am wondering if I should do more of a sampler style still in the blue and cream scrappy style.....what would you do? Oh and tomorrow my LQS has 25% off everything so I have to shop tomorrow.

GrannieAnnie

if you have time, look for a "bride's" quilt. It's a sampler with each block having a special meaning. Been a while since I've seen one, but they are kind of special IMO.

Ariannaquilts

I happen to love the Jacob Ladder blocks and have given it as a gift several times so that would be my choice.

giquilt

I have never made a jacob's ladder whole quilt but I really like the look of ones that are scrappy.

ckcowl

Jacobs ladder blocks are about my favorite blocks. So that gets my vote. If she loves traditional I would keep it simple. A blue & cream Jacobs Ladder quilt would be Beautiful!

QuiltnNan

here's a great site with a tut for jacobs ladder and many variations of it http://www.generations-quilt-pattern...der-quilt.html
the first pic on the page shows it in blue and cream which is very pretty.

GailG

There was a pretty quilt on the QB yesterday that used the components of Jacob's ladder but arranged a little differently. It was in th thread "Here are some I have finished" by lb70542. The quilt is the third one shown and is blue and beige.

QuiltnNan

here's two layouts done in my EQ5 in just two colors cream and blue... 8 blocks across by 10 down, 12 " blocks with no border, just binding. it came out at 98"x122". i really love the look of these. will add them to my bucket list

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QuiltnNan

here is a link to that thread http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t257107.html

QuiltnNan

it's a very old pattern/block... here's some history http://earlywomenmasters.net/quilts/...der/index.html