what is a obw quilt
04-29-2019, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Friday1961
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Wow, indeed! He's an artist! And his quilts are huge.
Wow, indeed! He's an artist! And his quilts are huge.
04-29-2019, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by toogie
Hi Quilters, I am still learning, never too old they say. I just read an old post in pictures. It said an OBW quilt. Can someone explain to me what this is? Thank you for your patience-Toogie
https://ifthesethreadscouldtalk.com/...docally-hexed/
04-29-2019, 09:15 AM
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Recently I wanted to make some six-sided OBW for a modern quilt I'm putting together but I grabbed the wrong ruler and made eight-sided instead. Still usable I guess, but not what I wanted, I wanted that more walnut shaped piece with the hex.
I made one about 15 years ago and it was a lot of fun, it happened that my favorite block didn't make it into the finished quilt because it didn't play well with the others.
I've seen a lot of them over the years and just have a couple words of advice: (1) make sure your base fabric has large enough/distinct pattern, if it is too small your work just disappears. (2) Beware the animal quilt, while they can be great quite often you end up with a lot of unusable images, unless you really wanted to make a point with horse behinds...
I made one about 15 years ago and it was a lot of fun, it happened that my favorite block didn't make it into the finished quilt because it didn't play well with the others.
I've seen a lot of them over the years and just have a couple words of advice: (1) make sure your base fabric has large enough/distinct pattern, if it is too small your work just disappears. (2) Beware the animal quilt, while they can be great quite often you end up with a lot of unusable images, unless you really wanted to make a point with horse behinds...
04-29-2019, 05:52 PM
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This is awesome!
Originally Posted by nativetexan
A Cubed Wonder (OBW)
this is a fancy one.
this is a fancy one.
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04-29-2019, 05:53 PM
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Thanks, I'll have to have a read.
Originally Posted by Suzanne57
There's a good tutorial for making an OBW in the tutorial section by Cutebuns. I used it to make my first-ever quilt (What was I thinking?!) But it turned out just fine. I used glue to help keep points lined up.
04-29-2019, 05:55 PM
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Not pocket change, that's for sure, but beautiful art work.
Originally Posted by jmoore
Beautiful indeed and even more interesting is what he sells them for! Click on “own one.” I can only imagine the time he has in one of his quilts.
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