I'm contemplating making a pattern for my grandmother with this site, and wanted to see if anyone had made a quilt using this and how they came out.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quilts/patchwork

http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/quil...rk/26704/Pansy this is the one I really want to make, My grandmother's name is actually Pansy.

thoughts?

I have it saved, but haven't got around to using it yet.

I've never seen this site before. It looks awesome. I'm going to go back and explore more. Thanks for the tip.

interesting concept.

Very interesting. Thanks for the link.

Glad I could help out! I'm still planning on making that pansy quilt, and when I get it done I'll post pix and see how well it comes out compared to the picture

Thank you for the fabulous website posting.

Awesome!

Now you did it! I hadn't seen this site before and got involved with exploring it. I've already printed a pattern and started pulling fabric! Now if I just didn't have to sleep......

If you make it please show me how it comes out! I really wanna see how these look when done!

Wow!! I live in UK but did not know about this site!!! Many thanks for the link!! It looks really interesting!!!

Looks like a fun site! Thanks for sharing :D:D:D

It was fun running around that site, but at my stage of quilting all I can do is dream, but I enjoyed looking. I wrote the site down to give to a lady at the Army who said she wanted to make a memory quilt.

I haven't used it yet, but I have 4 pictures destined to be done.

That would drive me crazy.

Whoa, those are just like cross-stitch patterns! Love the pansy! My Nana was "Daisy"! (And so is my middle name!)

Looks just like the cross stitch pattern maker I use! Have also done tapestries bought from the Victoria & Albert museum before of William Morris's work. Way cool.....

cool, thanks for the links

Wow! Thanks for posting that!

They sure do look like cross-stitch. As a matter of fact I have used cross-stitch patterns for quilts. Use either the fusible gridded foundation or make into an applique. More options!!

A woman in my guild uses cross stitch patterns to make quilts. She uses 1" squares ending up with 1/2" squares pieced. They are simply awesome to see, as many are very large.

WOW!!! I've never done it but it really looks interesting. I just might try it---someday.
Thanks for sharing, Kutnso

i have used a similar process on my avatar :)

Another sight to delve into in the near future with all those quilt block designs I have. Thanks!

I haven't used this site, looks a little complicated for a pansy.
Theres a couple books that have simpler pansy patterns.
Pick a Perfect Petal by Lorraine Stangness & Patt Evans,
The Garden Club by Jean Humenansky & Mimi Shimp.
I have made quilt blocks/quilts from both books and they are great patterns. :D

Thank you for the suggestion! I'll have to look into that

How Cool! Thanks.

Great site! It is now on my "To Do" list.

OMG, what an awsome gift...I could do my granddaughter and give it to her Mom for Xmas ... thank you so much

Amazing! Now between this site & that site, I should have about...1/2 hour a day for quilting!No really, thanks!
Debbie

Really amazing! Can't thank you enough for posting the site. I have already made one from a picture of my son and his bride-to-be. I think it would be an incredible wedding present. I love you pansy, I say go for it, it would really be a work of art.

I have done 2 cross stitch style wall quilts. Bigger squares would make bigger quilts! I didn`t use a foundation, though, as the site suggested. Just pieced the squares using a cross stitch pattern as my guide.

I used it to make DD a quilt of her Chocolate Lab. She loved it, it turned out really well.

Awesome, Thanks! I'm sure that it'll look awesome, its just going to take some time and patience.

Glad to hear it works!

That is one FUN site to look through.
I've been fascinated for years by those pictures made up of smaller picture squares; this is kind of similar. Maybe more like a colour wash. Another one on the wish list!

How nice!
Could you please show us the original picture ... and then the quilt?




I didn't use a pattern maker, just put a grid on a photocopy of the photo, and went blindly at this project ...........
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-114217-1.htm

lol, yeah I don't have time to look at it fully now either. But after seeing that Pansy, it makes me want to know what that beauty would look like as a quilt. :shock:

Yikes.

A large quilt in shades of tan and beige was shown here from a quilt show of some sort and I wondered how it had been done. Thanks for the site and an answer. I'd never seen one done before that one. They are really amazing.

Okay - I did the same thing - but I had difficulty in getting the pattern to size and then - even tho I selected the pattern using more than just squares - it printed squares only. Also when I printed the pattern, the page that included info about the fabric pieces # needed and colours - came out showing no colors just alpha and #'s beside it. I thought the #'s might mean the number of squares you needed in that color - but the pattern did not include some of the alphas given and the numbers did not add up to the number shown on the grid. Can you figure out what it means? Couldn't find a way to delete what you've done either. I tried creating my avatar photo and only got a small part of the top left corner. Then I created a Pink Rose pattern. Got the whole rose, but not as a complex pattern. Also couldn't find any "help" feature.

Well I guess you could, but with all the terrific patterns out there why would you drive yourself bonkers with this?