Quilt Block Advice NEEDED!!!
03-03-2010, 08:35 PM
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http://www.ohfransson.com/photos/quilt_gallery/15.html
This is cute- sort of a backround with the animals on top.
This is cute- sort of a backround with the animals on top.
03-03-2010, 08:36 PM
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I keep getting a mental picture of a whole scene (landscape type) on a solid or indistinct design background with borders around it. Maybe even hills and valleys appliqued to provide a setting for your figures.
Or you could do it like window panes or a slide show with each of the figures in it's own maybe 12 inch square with sashing between....maybe make the sashing out of small squares of coordinating prints that would have the colors you are already using.
Or you could do it like window panes or a slide show with each of the figures in it's own maybe 12 inch square with sashing between....maybe make the sashing out of small squares of coordinating prints that would have the colors you are already using.
03-03-2010, 08:48 PM
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Ya! I am totally thinking of ways to do landscape in a totally cute style (i'm thinking potterybarnish...) I love the stitching that I've done and I wanna keep that throughout the whole design. Right now I am attempting (not totally sure I can do this...) to do a pattern with 6 inch squares and three 2 inch rectangles....
if you have any tips on how to make THAT work i'll accept it! haha
You have AWESOME ideas, thanks so much!
if you have any tips on how to make THAT work i'll accept it! haha
You have AWESOME ideas, thanks so much!
03-03-2010, 09:48 PM
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Okay so I just got really overwhelmed, oops! I totally had this visual of the intense pattern then as I was piecing just the squares together I realized how hard it would be.
SO.
I am using cotton blends, white, light blue, and a medium shade of blue. I am just going to do 6x6 in squares then I will applique on the designs (dinosaurs, landscape and such) then i will do a topstitch of probably just basic lines over the whole quilt, but around the appliques... I think that made sense...
SO.
I am using cotton blends, white, light blue, and a medium shade of blue. I am just going to do 6x6 in squares then I will applique on the designs (dinosaurs, landscape and such) then i will do a topstitch of probably just basic lines over the whole quilt, but around the appliques... I think that made sense...
03-03-2010, 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ilovequilts
Okay so I just got really overwhelmed, oops! I totally had this visual of the intense pattern then as I was piecing just the squares together I realized how hard it would be.
SO.
I am using cotton blends, white, light blue, and a medium shade of blue. I am just going to do 6x6 in squares then I will applique on the designs (dinosaurs, landscape and such) then i will do a topstitch of probably just basic lines over the whole quilt, but around the appliques... I think that made sense...
SO.
I am using cotton blends, white, light blue, and a medium shade of blue. I am just going to do 6x6 in squares then I will applique on the designs (dinosaurs, landscape and such) then i will do a topstitch of probably just basic lines over the whole quilt, but around the appliques... I think that made sense...
You are going to be a superb quilter, methinks! <wave>
03-04-2010, 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ilovequilts
I am using cotton blends, white, light blue, and a medium shade of blue. I am just going to do 6x6 in squares then I will applique on the designs (dinosaurs, landscape and such) then i will do a topstitch of probably just basic lines over the whole quilt, but around the appliques... I think that made sense...
03-04-2010, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by tlrnhi
You could just get a peice of fabric the size of the quilt you are wanting to make. Lay it out and then place the dinosaurs where you think they need to go. Make the scene, pin them down, then you can sew them all down once you are sure you have everything where you want it.
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