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That red fabric is awesome. I would not cut into that fabric to make pieces, if my life depending on it. I would use one yard of the fabric: 36 x 45, and center it for a whole quilt with a pieced design around it. It would be beautiful with squares of red, black and a third color alternating them around it in a pattern. Quilt it around the design of the red fabric and around the squares, then bind it with a red matching the center fabric.

Beautiful border pattern

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Originally Posted by mrs theo

Cool, the red looks similar to the fabric on my dining room chairs and the green is the color on my dining room walls. Want me to pm you my address so that I have a new wall hanging for the dining room? :roll: :lol:

:-D Maybe after I get a few quilts under my belt. I'm sure I'll make many errors.

Thanks you to all for the ideas.

I will post when I finish the quilt.

Oh Jan, that fabric is gorgeous. You have lots of ideas there! I can't wait to see what you do with it. Most of all, have fun!
Hugs, Ruth

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Originally Posted by STAR

BEAUTIFUL FABRIC!! MAYBE DO A QUILT WITH THE LARGE PRINT AS A SOLID BLOCK AND THEN USE THE OTHER 2 FABRICS TO MAKE 4 PATCHES TO GO ON EITHER SIDES. ALTERNATING

I agree with this, beautiful fabric.

LOVE this idea!

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Originally Posted by fabuchicki

That red would make a great kaleidoscope block which is easy. I did that for my first quilt and then you could use the green for a thin border or accent blocks. The book "One Block Wonders" describes the pattern.

Well, I would use the beautiful red as one piece, the backing, and I would find two more pieces in a kinda salmon/pinkish color, a red to match the dark, and maybe a dark tannish/olive green . You could use an "around the world" pattern. Cut six inch squares, put a row of six red in the center, straight in a row, or however, an d then surround that row with any of the other materials you have, and just keep alternating the design to please yourself. No borders. when you have the size you want laid out then you sew your squares together in rows and then you sew the rows together. You can label you different fabrics A,B,C,D,etc. Sandwich the finished top and either have a flat end where the quilt top meets the backing or allow enough to bring the backing over for a border, which I really like, because then you bring it all together. Or just arrange the squares however you want and have fun! Remember, everything can be fixed! You can always buy more material and it's only money. So be creative! don't worry about perfection or what somebody else thinks. You just follow your own instincts, learn, create, and have fun as you go. Quilting should be enjoyable and relaxing! So goo with the flow.

How about this -- click on the BQ2 pattern. I am trying to do the same thing with a showcase pattern.

http://mapleislandquilts.com/quiltpatterns.asp

I think twisterstitcher's idea is a perfect showcase for the red.

I would use the first fabric as the border and then pick out different fabrics in colors that are in the border fabric. A rail fence quilt block is easy and only needs 3 fabrics. Goggle it and you'll find the pattern and pic's to help you. Good luck!