quilts using toile fabrics?
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KalamaQuilts your fabric is beautiful. I think it would look wonderful in the quilt that Peckish showed the pattern for. I too don’t have any pictures of quilts I’ve made using toile but have done it both as a whole fabric for the back and in the quilt in a pattern similar to the one Peckish referred you to. Good luck with your decision and future quilt.
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I made “Holiday Elegance” from McCalls 2012 magazine using Toile. It was really pretty and is now in Texas with my granddaughter. I absolutely love Toile and use it a lot in my home just like my grandmother did. ( shower curtain in guest bath, curtain in my laundry room and my bedroom drapes and bed skirt). I have also backed a few quilts with Toile..the problem there is deciding which side is up!
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Peggy, applique was my passion until I started losing my eyesight. I can still pet and appreciate that work but no I don't do it anymore.
Some wonderful ideas here, thank you all. I've been pondering that fabric, and my proclivities since I put the post up.
#1 problem, I love small pieces. 1.5" is my go to size, followed by 2", with 2.5" coming in a distant third. This toile cut to feature the motifs would probably have 8.5" or 9" blocks. Gasp.
#2 problem is I quit buying fabric in 2001 and never did buy much yardage, so coordinated elegant is probably not in my wheelhouse. Green scraps is what I have to draw on here. Yellow scraps would be harsh I think. Pink? I like that idea, but my pink stack is about 6" high, that would be enough for a doll quilt
I would appreciate continuing feedback, I'm sure I'm not the only one here with toile tucked away as too good to use. Life is short and then we die...use the fabric!
thinking about applique though..here is my last one, in 30's all hand done while away from home caring for my father in law. (quilting was done by Becky, a member here at the time) The Boston Commons was finished during that time, but still awaits the perfect reverse side.
Some wonderful ideas here, thank you all. I've been pondering that fabric, and my proclivities since I put the post up.
#1 problem, I love small pieces. 1.5" is my go to size, followed by 2", with 2.5" coming in a distant third. This toile cut to feature the motifs would probably have 8.5" or 9" blocks. Gasp.
#2 problem is I quit buying fabric in 2001 and never did buy much yardage, so coordinated elegant is probably not in my wheelhouse. Green scraps is what I have to draw on here. Yellow scraps would be harsh I think. Pink? I like that idea, but my pink stack is about 6" high, that would be enough for a doll quilt
I would appreciate continuing feedback, I'm sure I'm not the only one here with toile tucked away as too good to use. Life is short and then we die...use the fabric!
thinking about applique though..here is my last one, in 30's all hand done while away from home caring for my father in law. (quilting was done by Becky, a member here at the time) The Boston Commons was finished during that time, but still awaits the perfect reverse side.
Last edited by KalamaQuilts; 07-04-2020 at 07:10 AM.
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I dearly love a pretty toile! One idea is to use the toile as an alternate on point block and border, as below:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/2674081003803451/
I saved a picture long ago of a simple pattern that I think would be beautiful in toile. I don't have a link, but I can try to describe it: it has very large squares in a square (I would guess at least 12 in.), with the inner, on-point square being the toile, and the surrounding triangles being a blender in the toile color. Then there is a sashing comprised of rectangles of the toile surrounded by thinner strips of cream on either side, along with cornerstones of the toile and cream.
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What gorgeous quilts, KalamaQ!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/2674081003803451/
I saved a picture long ago of a simple pattern that I think would be beautiful in toile. I don't have a link, but I can try to describe it: it has very large squares in a square (I would guess at least 12 in.), with the inner, on-point square being the toile, and the surrounding triangles being a blender in the toile color. Then there is a sashing comprised of rectangles of the toile surrounded by thinner strips of cream on either side, along with cornerstones of the toile and cream.
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What gorgeous quilts, KalamaQ!
Last edited by joe'smom; 07-04-2020 at 09:45 AM.