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klgreene 09-20-2010 11:44 AM

I used all or most of my left over Bali in Rhonda's Boston Squares, made a mouse pad, coasters, table runner. I have at least one fabric in almost every quilt I've made. And I also plan to make a scrappy quilt.

vwquilting 09-20-2010 12:01 PM

Please tell me what a Bali Pop is?

watterstide 09-20-2010 12:05 PM


Originally Posted by vivian bailey
Please tell me what a Bali Pop is?

they are Batiks..2.5 x WOF (width of fabric )

another name,Jelly rolls, same width/length,just different fabrics, all the same fabric line.
most of them are 1 or 2 of each fabric in that line..

http://www.fatquartershop.com/Bali-P...an-Fabrics.asp

sarahbelle 09-20-2010 12:23 PM


Originally Posted by quiltluvr
Great suggestions.

I totally get what you're saying about the waste, but after a few times of getting caught short I temper my thinking more.

Just a thought, did the pattern have other larger sizes that may account for the leftovers?

I don't mind some waste either.... but the pattern could have been enlarge to make a little larger quilt OR perhaps it shouldn't have said to sew all of those strip sets together-- cause some of the sets could have been repeated in the quilt and there would have been lots of extra strips (instead of sewn sets).

sarahbelle 09-20-2010 12:25 PM


Originally Posted by nativetexan
did anyone suggest a piano key border. perhaps 5 inches wide..

I have a lot of a very very light turquoise near solid and a very dark navy near solid that i am going to audition for a small border and then audition a piano key border with the near solid border. If i did the math right, I can cut all of those strips into 5" sections for the piano keys.

quilterguy27 09-20-2010 12:42 PM

What about some pillow shams or pillow cases. Beautiful quilt.

Alondra 09-20-2010 04:06 PM

What a gorgeous quilt - the colors are just beautiful. I'd be delighted to have it, if you don't like it. <G>

Annz 09-20-2010 04:33 PM

They are great looking, all ready cut and can be used in another quilt. I would put them in a quart size baggy and mark how wide and how long they are. At some point these will comin in very handy in another project.

monetgardening 09-20-2010 04:58 PM

Like someone else just said , a matching pillow would be really nice.

purplefiend 09-20-2010 05:10 PM


Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Can you sew them together to make strip borders? Kind of like stacked Chinese coin strips. Another idea would be to sew them together lasagna style and use it as the back of the quilt or partially as the back of the quilt. I agree that is not a well thought out pattern. Hope you can incorporate them.

What is lasagna style, please?
Thanks,
Sharon W.


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