What should I do -Needs to be easy and kind of plain
08-19-2009, 10:16 AM
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One of the women I work with goes to a Biker church. They are having a Biker Run Benefit for Cameron. They asked me to make a quilt for the raffle. This is the fabric they bought for me to make the quilt out of. Any suggestions? I put a quarter in the middle so you can see the size of the motorcycles.
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08-19-2009, 10:36 AM
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Here's what I might do:
1. Fussy cut out the bikes, leaving at least 1/4" around each one. The fussy cuts can be of any 3 or 4 sided shape.
2. Attach some additional solid black fabric to square up each of the fussy cuts to 10.5" or 12.5" blocks. The bikes look to be at least 6"x3.5" now. I would lean more towards the 10.5" size, myself. But the 12.5" size would be quicker.
3. Take 1.5" strips of each of Blue, White and Red fabric and sew together to create a striped sashing for around each block. At the corners where the horizontal and vertical sashing meet, create a Blue, White & Red 9-Patch.
4. Outside borders can be any combination of the Red, White and Blue theme.
5. Maybe place a larger 9-patch in the corners of the border.
Bikers tend to be very patriotic and fond of Red, White & Blue, as evidenced by the color of the bikes in the fabric.
1. Fussy cut out the bikes, leaving at least 1/4" around each one. The fussy cuts can be of any 3 or 4 sided shape.
2. Attach some additional solid black fabric to square up each of the fussy cuts to 10.5" or 12.5" blocks. The bikes look to be at least 6"x3.5" now. I would lean more towards the 10.5" size, myself. But the 12.5" size would be quicker.
3. Take 1.5" strips of each of Blue, White and Red fabric and sew together to create a striped sashing for around each block. At the corners where the horizontal and vertical sashing meet, create a Blue, White & Red 9-Patch.
4. Outside borders can be any combination of the Red, White and Blue theme.
5. Maybe place a larger 9-patch in the corners of the border.
Bikers tend to be very patriotic and fond of Red, White & Blue, as evidenced by the color of the bikes in the fabric.
08-19-2009, 10:43 AM
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I would use the fabric for a big bold border and maybe some on the back.
Maybe a few big blocks of the fabric in the main part of the quilt as alternate blocks - and then use other colors- like red, white, and blue for blocks with smaller pieces.
Maybe a few big blocks of the fabric in the main part of the quilt as alternate blocks - and then use other colors- like red, white, and blue for blocks with smaller pieces.
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