I made a OBW but it is unfinished need to put on borders and finish. UFO. I love it. Will do another one but I am moving soon and packing and my spouse is very ill. I have made a 3x5 card index of UFO and will pull from it when I have time and finish the item picked. What to do what to do. the OBW even thought it is a wack n' stack is very easy to put together.

I bought the book and ruler last fall. So I need to find a fabric next. I've done the stack and whack several times. So I'm ready for this one.

If you have done a stack and wack, you are ahead, the OBW is just one type of stack and wack.

Please tell me what the thread will be titled when you start your OBW discussion. I definitely do not want to miss out on it but I am going "cruising" for a week in February and won't be able to be online with the message board.

when you decide on the title please let me know.......either on this thread or PM me...so that I can check back if I miss it.....thanks, MaryJane (mjsylvstr)

oops.just noticed that you said it will begin on Monday........I will be checking for it.

here's a picture of the book....the first one.....


I hope this is the right one...........is it?????

Woooooowww. looks tempting!

I'm really full of questions tonight...what is the repeat that is needed for theOBW?

Does it matter or would you just have a smaller block with a wmaller repeat. I do love this pattern but have never attempted it...so there will probably be more questions.

THat is the book, and ask away, the larger the repeat the better but you can use a smaller one, it will help decide what size to cut your pieces. that is for sure.

Here is the start of the conversation for those interested in watching and or participating.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-35100-1.htm

I am so excited.I have your new thread on my toolbar so that I can check it out very easily.

thanks so much.

If we miss something or are away for awhile, we can always check back to your thread...right?

it will be a continuous thing right?

see, questions already.....thanks again, mj

It is going to be a continuous thing, until we are all done, but at any time feel free to ask me anything as well. I am hoping to keep it to mondays with the next step along the way. And if you miss a week or two it will be easy to catch up as well.

good, I fell much better now !!!!!

Hi,

I have found some fabric that I think will work (would post a picture but I am at work)- it is a 24" repeat. Will I have to cut larger triangles or will it work with 3&3/4" triangles.
Thank you - I am so looking forward to doing the OBW.

Bailey

I would have to see it to tell you what I think. Post a picture when ever you get a chance. It all depends on the size of the print. If it is big or small

I have scanned in images of the material I chose for my OBW. However, I do not know how to post a picture, so I went in search of the instructions, but my search turned up empty. Someone, please tell me where to find these instructions.

I've never done it, but if you go to the pictures section of the board the very first post is directions on how to post a picture.

Hi ctquilter; Thanks.

I like these fabrics. I hope they are workable.

Here's the 2nd choice.

they will work, i think that they are good choices.

OK I am in. I have the book and some fabric. Starting Mon 02/1/10 I am unemployed and have time who ho,

Cutebuns is this the page we should keep checging in? or will it be under tutorials?

Thanks for doing this.

Denise

Hey Cute ~ do we need the book????

I ordered mine, but it's not here yet :( It's killing me, I feel so lost but I know once I get it I'll have a much better handle on what's going on! I sure like looking at everyone's fabrics though!!!

I've done a OBW w/ a fabric that had 16 colors and it worked fine. I think the key is to have the right print. This was a print with macaws, parrots, toucans and other tropical birds sitting in multi-green foliage. The birds are 2 - 3" tall. I made this for my 25 yr. old son, he loves it.

If you have a smaller repeat and you want to have lots of triangles to make your hexagons with, you might need more than 6 repeats, like 12. You'd also need more if you want to make a larger quilt. All the OBW's I've made were meant to be hung on a wall, so the finished size didn't matter so much. Plus, if you want to include some of the original print in your border, you need to plan for that and buy more.

Obie, I love both of these fabrics. Would you mind telling the manufacturer and where you purchases them?

OK here is a picture (I hope) of the fabric I would like to use. It is a really large print and I think it will be nice for my son. I would like to add some color with the cubes. If you think this will work what size triangles do you recommend?

Thanks,
Bailey

The book helps. As a leader I have to recommend it.

I love that print. It is awesome. You can definitely cut that one bigger. I will take another look in the morning.

I have not totally decided as to if I am going to start a new thread. I will let it known here with a link if I do.

Barb The pink roses is Robert Kaufman Called "Inner Faith".
The burgundy is an Exclusively JoAnn fabric from R.E.C International Textiles. This one I have had in my stash for quite a while. The roses, I got from LQS a few months ago.

oooppps.. Barb that International Textiles should be R.E.D, not R.E.C

Okay, got my fabric! I think the colors are great, so I'm anxious to see how it turns out.

What do you think? Will it work?

I absolutely thnk that it will work. I can't wait to see everyones work!

I just figured out, there are two threads with the same type of name!! Any way to have just one so it's less confusing?

One was a warning that I was starting this. I am ging to probaby start a new thread each week. Just to make it easy for someone that needs to start at the point they need rather go from the beginning. They will be labels according to what we are doing. I will supply a link on each of these to it when I do. And so it should get better

I find if I book mark the thread with the page number I was last on I can follow along better. That way I don't reread everything all the time, especially the really long threads.

This will be up for years to come i imagine and if someone is having issues with one particular step, then they will be able to skip along with out havin to go through all of it to get the answer to what they are looking for.

Everyones fabrics are so beautiful!!! I can't wait to see the blocks that are created from them all :D:D:D