Looking for a "Lego" quilt pattern
I want to make a Lego quilt for a friend's 10 y.o. son who is currently in the hospital after having brain surgery to remove a tumor, thankfully not cancerous. He is very into Legos and I wondered if anyone has seen a pattern that would be appropriate. Thanks in advance for your help.
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That could probably be done with squares. Get out your graph paper and pictures of his favorite lego and design away. Some ideas:
https://www.google.com/search?q=lego...iw=911&bih=429 |
Here's wonderful Lego fabric--it's pricey but adorable. http://www.spoonflower.com/tags/lego
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Here's one at moda bakeshop. http://www.modabakeshop.com/2012/07/...aby-quilt.html
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did you see that cute little Lego sewing machine? ;-)
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Apparently there was a pattern in one of McCall's Quick Quilts magazine issues:
http://appalachianquilts.blogspot.co...-few-baby.html (scroll down to 2nd quilt) If you scroll down on this web page, you can see how someone designed and made a lego quilt: http://thecraftyquilter.blogspot.com...1_archive.html Here's another idea: http://stork1.blogspot.com/2012/08/lego-ish-quilt.html And this one: http://www.weewonderfuls.com/2011/03...ego-quilt.html Also found this older QB thread: http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...lt-t53201.html For a 10yo, I would be tempted to create "pockets" around the border of the quilt where lego pieces could be inserted. Velcro probably wouldn't be great in a quilt, so would have to figure out some other way of keeping the pieces secured in their pockets when not in use. |
Originally Posted by Prism99
(Post 6094511)
For a 10yo, I would be tempted to create "pockets" around the border of the quilt where lego pieces could be inserted. Velcro probably wouldn't be great in a quilt, so would have to figure out some other way of keeping the pieces secured in their pockets when not in use.
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Thank you all for the GREAT suggestions. I'll post a photo when I'm done. :thumbup:
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I just got a copy of Quilt magazine (Aug/Sept 2013) and on page 31 there is a picture of a 44" square lego quilt made by Pippa Armbrester. The mag says it is featured in her book "Solids, Stripes, Circles and Squares" but when I checked Amazon I could not find a picture of the lego quilt in that book or a listing for it in the table of contents. The picture in Quilt is cute -- basically large rectangles and squares in primary colors with contrasting appliqued circles in rows on each. You might be able to find a copy of this issue of Quilt on newstands. If you are comfortable with appliqueing circles, it looks like a fairly easy quilt to graph out and make up.
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