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Old 06-09-2011, 02:20 PM
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I've used Warm Wishes a lot. With a good color combination, it is beautiful and can look quite complicated. Google it......
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Old 06-09-2011, 02:53 PM
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just looked up the churn dash and stars on maryquilts.com, that is neat, i think i might try that one.
i tried an 18 block sample of the cathredal window, wow, it takes lots of fabric for the background. it goes fast if you do it by machine and not by hand. i was doing a class so we had to try it both ways.
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Old 06-09-2011, 03:02 PM
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Love the carpenter's wheel pattern VaNella, TFS, can't wait to start one.
http://www.quilterscache.com/C/Carpe...heelBlock.html
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Old 06-09-2011, 03:52 PM
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Jacob's ladder.

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Old 06-09-2011, 04:09 PM
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Anything Eleanor Burns is always going to go together easy. D9P and log cabins are always fun because you can turn the blocks around to get a lot of different looks from the same set of blocks. The carpenters wheels was super easy. And I am currently obsessed with OBW and stack&whack quilts - the fabric does most of the work!!My 6 year old is making a 4 patch posy, she sewed all 30 of her kalidascope squares in a day.
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Old 06-09-2011, 04:21 PM
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The more I got into quilting, the more I learned that when you look at a quilt or pattern & break it down into the blocks, the more they make sense & the easier they are.
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Old 06-09-2011, 04:33 PM
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I think the 10-minute quilt block is impressive but only has three seams. Also the Diasappearing 9 Patch is always complex looking.
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Old 06-09-2011, 05:12 PM
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The Carpenters Star is very simple, just squares and triangles. Also, for the basic shape is only 8x8 square (64 blocks). You can decide on the size of each block, 3 inch blocks will be 24 in X 24 in square, up to as large as you want. Its very simple, I did the cutting in a 1 to 2 hrs, and the sewing was actually 3 to 4 hours. A real weekend quilt!
I have a couple of websites on my post that gives instructions, and another one to help with the lay-out. It made it very simple.
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Old 06-09-2011, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
Originally Posted by SandyMac
Originally Posted by VaNella
carpenter's wheel made with half square triangles is a great one.
http://www.quilterscache.com/C/Carpe...heelBlock.html
Can't get the patterns to print off this site .It comes up as under copy right and won't let me print .
Here's the info all on one page. I drew it and made the pdf and you are free to do whatever you like with this file. :)
If I want to make a Carpenter's Wheel laptop sized quilt, with just one 'wheel', how big should I make each block?
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Originally Posted by SandyMac
Originally Posted by VaNella
carpenter's wheel made with half square triangles is a great one.
http://www.quilterscache.com/C/Carpe...heelBlock.html
Can't get the patterns to print off this site .It comes up as under copy right and won't let me print .Has anyone eles had a problem with this?
No, I never have - I've both printed off, and also saved, patterns from this site. Don't know what the problem is..... :|
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