Variation on a 1600 Quilt
07-27-2013, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by eparys
According to the gal who coordinates this locally, you can not have golden stars - those indicate death. But I will remember that idea if I ever get sucked into doing one of these again for another cause - lol!!
But continuing reading of this thread has put me in mind of a year long Brown Bag Trade I did once with my Friendship group of 10 members. One of our parameters was that we could cut up the top we received (seriously!!!) and sew it back together.
I chose to do this with one quilt of vertical strips of flying geese -- it was a new quilter's piece and she felt if wasn't very well done because the geese in each vertical strip didn't line up with the geese in the adjoining strip.
Here is a graphic of how I cut it apart and put it back together. She loved it!
Jan in VA
07-27-2013, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by JustAbitCrazy
I like what you did! If it were me, I think I'd make vertical cuts in it (which won't be hard to line up afterwards) at uneven distances and insert some white strips which are a bit wider than the blue ones. It might even look nice to have the white sashing strips done in a variety of widths. Overall the top is kind of dark, and I think some white would really make it pop, and improve it even more.
07-28-2013, 03:31 AM
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I do like the way it looks now, but I would be tempted to play. I'd print a draft copy of the picture and see what happens. As in what happens if you cut this quilt into 4 pieces and rotate the pieces before you sew them back again? If you are willing to settle for a smaller quilt, this could result in something even more stunning.
07-28-2013, 04:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Debd
I do like the way it looks now, but I would be tempted to play. I'd print a draft copy of the picture and see what happens. As in what happens if you cut this quilt into 4 pieces and rotate the pieces before you sew them back again? If you are willing to settle for a smaller quilt, this could result in something even more stunning.
07-28-2013, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Yikes, Eparys, I never knew that about golden stars and have used them in hero quilts. Better look into that before doing it again, huh?!!
But continuing reading of this thread has put me in mind of a year long Brown Bag Trade I did once with my Friendship group of 10 members. One of our parameters was that we could cut up the top we received (seriously!!!) and sew it back together.
I chose to do this with one quilt of vertical strips of flying geese -- it was a new quilter's piece and she felt if wasn't very well done because the geese in each vertical strip didn't line up with the geese in the adjoining strip.
Here is a graphic of how I cut it apart and put it back together. She loved it!
Jan in VA
But continuing reading of this thread has put me in mind of a year long Brown Bag Trade I did once with my Friendship group of 10 members. One of our parameters was that we could cut up the top we received (seriously!!!) and sew it back together.
I chose to do this with one quilt of vertical strips of flying geese -- it was a new quilter's piece and she felt if wasn't very well done because the geese in each vertical strip didn't line up with the geese in the adjoining strip.
Here is a graphic of how I cut it apart and put it back together. She loved it!
Jan in VA
07-28-2013, 05:12 AM
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I like it the way it is, but slicing in the other direction might be quite interesting, too. But then what color will you choose? More blue? Red? Perhaps white? Decisions, decisions! Let your energy level decide!
07-28-2013, 05:21 AM
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I have never heard that gold stars represent death and we have been a military family and lived in 8 states in all four corners of the US. I wonder what those 5 star generals think of that! Not saying it isn't so, just that hadn't heard of it.
Someone mentioned vertical slashes. It would be easy to overdue additions -- I have a tendency to do that when I'm striving for something to make things just right. However, that being said, you could switch this to a modern quilt with an unbalance of two stripes on one side, maybe red or white, and one on the opposite side. I see nothing wrong with the inspiration you had -- admire your initiative to just recut and go. Keep up the good work!
Someone mentioned vertical slashes. It would be easy to overdue additions -- I have a tendency to do that when I'm striving for something to make things just right. However, that being said, you could switch this to a modern quilt with an unbalance of two stripes on one side, maybe red or white, and one on the opposite side. I see nothing wrong with the inspiration you had -- admire your initiative to just recut and go. Keep up the good work!
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