I too have some panels, looking forward to some great ideas here!

Thanks so much for asking this question. I have been stumped for days about this. I have a couple of Beatrix Potter panels to make up a cot quilt - and I am stumped too. I thought using a panel would be so "fast", but it's what to add around it all that has me stumped. Then there is the sourcing of getting the fabric to do so. I went a bit made thinking this would be a quick way to sew quilts for the grandkids, so I bought a lot of panels..........thus I am following this thread very keenly.

Question for DogHouseMom If you have at least 4 of the same panel you can "fracture" it.
Do you mean if you have 4 panels?? I would only have one panel. However, I think I understand about fracturing it - cutting out sections to use as blocks????
Regards,
Anna Australia

I took Dunster's link to AllPeopleQuilt, and then typed in Panels in the search bar and this menu of quilt patterns made from panels came up

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/search...&cof=FORID%3A9
Might be something here to help me too.
Regards,
Anna Australia

here's something i did when a small quilting group had a block swap and we were all to use all the blocks... i like the way they came together and blend disparate types of blocks...and it meant that you get 2 blocks from each 1 you have, so spreading them out is easier... it will tie together even better after quilting...

this would work for a panel as well... and if there are 5 of something? remember the outside corners and center of a 9 patch use 5 squares... put some alternate plain blocks in the other spaces and you're good....then just reverse the process if there are only 4....

I've used panels in a couple of quilts in the past 5-6 months; one a specialty quilt and the other a baby quilt. Both were fine with the addition of some borders and sashing.

I have two book on using panels. The first is called Clever Quilts and the 2d is More Clever Quilts. I think the author is Sue Dissmore Teagarden. If you will Google the titles, Amazon has them. You can also Google Using Panels in Quilts. I love panels and these books gave me all kinds of good ideas. froggyintexas

I have seen convergence quilts done from panels -- and they were wonderful.

I too have problems with Panels, but usually because I have problems squaring them up.

I made the back of a quilt using a panel and scrappy around it...will try attaching a picture of it.

Spotlight is a great pattern to use for panels. Works with any size panel.

Funny you should ask. I just quilted a panel for the first time. I spent the entire time trying to quilt it to make it "look" like it was pieced together and not a whole panel. It looks cute on the back of my couch, but if I ever purchase another panel, I will cut it apart and add my own sashing and borders.