that blue with the brown is a stunner!! sunshine and shadow always appealed to me, or a log cabin maybe

Hi sumcoop,
I am just making a lovely Lap-Quilt in all different blue's and different browns, really lovely. The pattern is out of a book by Cheryl Wall, called "Country Comforts " and is called " Prairie Stars " . She has got a web-site, at www.countryquilts.ca
It is realy worth looking at, as it is piecing and Applique !

When going through some totes I found a stack of blue strips so this is what i did............and I love it, fast and quick

The fabshophop sampler is blue this month.

Storm at Sea. That is my next project in Blues and purple and green.

I found this block @ http://quilting.about.com under piecing techniques. It shows how to quilt using partial seams. Claims it is easy. I thought it is beautiful plan to start mine next week. Good luck.

The french braid would be great with all your different blues.

Eddie,
Love this idea...and some snowmen too....thanks.
Do you have any ideas about sea and water....I do have enough blue.
Love all your quilts. What a gift and eye you have for color.

Thank you I like this too...looks simple enough for me.
Yee Hah! I have inspiration.
thank you

Love this too!

Had to look this up on the net...but love the idea!!!!!!!!!
More to do More to do!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Love all these ideas...had to look a lot of patterns up.
French Braid is beautiful but looks hard.
I think I have enough blue to do a little of all of these.
May make small projects so I can try them all.
Thank you sooooooo much.
Don't stop !!!!
Thanks,

I made this "strip twist" quilt in purples, but would be great in blues too. Directions are on quiltville.com.

I recently saw a red and white quilt that was quilted with red thread. It really make the quilt stand out. I have plans to make a blue and white Ohio Star quilt and plan on using blue thread to help to bring all the blues together and make it stand out. You may consider it. If you want a more scrappy quilt cream and lite browns look great together too. It is just an idea.

Susan - When I am browsing (and I spend many hours doing that rather than actually sewing) if I see a quilt I like, I copy it and put in a folder on my computer for future inspiration. In my "Tonal Blues Qlts" folder, I found:
(1) Blue Palace quilt kit, 68 x 102 from Keepsake Qltg ($155) but I downloaded the pattern free from Hancocks of Paducah.
(2) a great Hunters Star in blues on the cover of Brenda Henning's book,
"Among Friends, More Scrap Qlts" from BearPaw Productions.
(3) The quilters warehouse featured a gorgeous appliqué and feathered star quilt called Midnight Stars by Elaine Waldschmitt, 86x101" and the pattern was $20
(4) a nice two-block blue quilt called "Snow White" by Joen Wolfrom,
a 56" square. It features an 8-pointed star alternating with another block
whose name I don't know.
You could also consider a Trip Around the World quilt in shades of blues.
If you have a computer and web access, just Google "quilts in blue fabrics"
and I'm sure something will inspire you. If you need instructions on how to
make certain quilt blocks just go to "QuiltersCache" and Marcia Hohn has
excellent illustrated instructions on hundreds of quilt blocks, each with a
sample quilt. - Best wishes - Judy

nice quilt
railfence is an easy pattern, and always looks good, particularly in one colour, like yours

I just finished hand piecing an Around the World queen top in 10 different shades of green prints (2-1/2" squares). It would be great in all blues as well. I started at the center with the darkest, then shaded out to lightest and back to darkest at the widest point. Continued shading back to lightest then to darkest at the corners. It is about 80" square. Have not decided about adding a border(s) or not.

Here is my version of "Bonneville" by Cherri House as featured in the F&P Easy Quilts-Summer 2010

All blue batiks for my younger brother's birthday. Very easy to do and resizeable.

Love the braid idea, also around the world is a great way to use up fabric. they are easy and fast, use lots of material. you could make a couple with the same fabrics in different color order and they will still coordinate, if you have enough blues!

French braid isn't hard. Practice on some scraps till you feel good about it then move to the real thing

I really like your "Blue Stripper"! I'd also like to suggest a Disappearing Nine or Four Patch as easy blocks and they look really good if you vary the color values. I've done one in greens and another in blues and browns and the turned out very nice.

It's not quick, but a bargello heart in shades of blue would be beautiful!

The Holiday Update 2010 Keepsake Quilting catalog has 2 patterns using blue fabrics. Both are really pretty. I ordered one myself for fabric I've been collecting.

How about a winding way? :-D

WOW! Gorgeous quilts. How could you ever have the ...er...ahem..."blues"...with those in your home?! ;0}

Well, at least you are finding things in your reorganization of your sewing room. I made me a sewing room out of one of my bedrooms after my daughter moved out, now I can't find any of my rulers. I just can't imagine what I've done with them. I finally found a little ironing board that I had lost too, but it was in my cluttered closet. The ironing board is made from a woodent TV tray, with padded top and ironing board cover on top (all stapled to the TV tray. It is so handy for ironing blocks, you can fold it up and put it away (somewhere where you can find it, ha ha)

I love the blues too! Have bought a bunch of different ones that coordinate but haven't decided what to make with them yet! I'm no help at all, am I?!

Sorry can't think of anything at the time but I wish you luck and I know someone on the board will be able to help you.

A french braid would be fabulous. They are actually easier than one would think.

the fabshophop this month shows a quilt in blue and I love it. Take a look. go to www.fabshophop.com

I think the French Braid would be beautiful. I love that pattern. I haven't made it yet but I do plan on it someday when I get some things caught up. Have fun with whatever pattern you decide on.

How about just different 10" squares? Just butted up against each other ....maybe with a dark blue ( I LOVE blue) binding. I WANT that!

I love it Paula! Your bro is a lucky guy.
Hugs.

just wondering if an all-blue log cabin would be interesting... are there enough shades for that kind of contrast? hmmmm? whatever you decide, it will probably be spectacular!!

How about the gumball quilt? Any and all shades of blues, easy squares, rectangles and triangles. Very easy

I did the Eleanor Burns Tennessee waltz in blue, twice. It would probably look good done scrappy.

how about a pinwheel in shades of blue

fast, easy and free.

http://www.pbtex.com/PBTex_BLIS_pattern.pdf


and it's a little different.

Thank you for all of your suggestions. I have worked for 3 days and have one bookcase of fabric refolded and sorted. Have 3 more to go but not as much fabric as in the first.
Finding material that I am thinking why did I buy that...so a blue quilt and a scrappy are in my near future.
Love all the ideas.
thanks,
Susan

Love themany shades of blue. :)