Bundle of Liberty Lawn pieces, looking for pattern suggestions...
07-13-2018, 11:34 AM
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Bundle of Liberty Lawn pieces, looking for pattern suggestions...
I love Liberty fabrics - the cotton lawn is divine!
Recently, I purchased a pack of 100 9x13" liberty lawn pieces (~4.5yds). The common "uniting" color could be a darker blue or steel gray.
I'm new to quilting, and have looked at patterns galore and am stumped. I think it's more of an "option overload" thing... heheh I think "patchy" is obviously the way to go, keeping the uniform solid color as an anchor. The only thing I can think of is to use a consistent base background color, and maybe do a pinwheel quilt, but my word, i am so tired of looking through patterns, and I'd really like to use these pieces. Irish Chain might be another option...
My thought was to pick the brains of you experienced quilters, and see if anyone might have some ideas of designs/patterns to consider for such relatively small pieces. WWOQD? (What would other quilters do?)
Throw out your ideas as to some suggested directions to head when searing for patterns. Should I go nine-patch, irish chain, pinwheel, anyone have any suggestions you don't mind sharing? I'm all ears(or in this case, eyes)...
Ya know, in all honesty, the price on this bundle was really good, considering the per yard cost... but now I've come to realize - it might've been a decent price for a 4.5yd total, but that savings came with a whole bundle of trouble figuring out how to use them... lol
Recently, I purchased a pack of 100 9x13" liberty lawn pieces (~4.5yds). The common "uniting" color could be a darker blue or steel gray.
I'm new to quilting, and have looked at patterns galore and am stumped. I think it's more of an "option overload" thing... heheh I think "patchy" is obviously the way to go, keeping the uniform solid color as an anchor. The only thing I can think of is to use a consistent base background color, and maybe do a pinwheel quilt, but my word, i am so tired of looking through patterns, and I'd really like to use these pieces. Irish Chain might be another option...
My thought was to pick the brains of you experienced quilters, and see if anyone might have some ideas of designs/patterns to consider for such relatively small pieces. WWOQD? (What would other quilters do?)
Throw out your ideas as to some suggested directions to head when searing for patterns. Should I go nine-patch, irish chain, pinwheel, anyone have any suggestions you don't mind sharing? I'm all ears(or in this case, eyes)...
Ya know, in all honesty, the price on this bundle was really good, considering the per yard cost... but now I've come to realize - it might've been a decent price for a 4.5yd total, but that savings came with a whole bundle of trouble figuring out how to use them... lol
07-13-2018, 01:32 PM
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I would look at some patterns that were suggested for layer cakes. You don't have exactly 10" squares, but you have the equivalent amount. You may have to improvise the way you cut it out. But, it will give you some idea of how to use multiple patterns.
You might go to youtube.com and look at Missouri Star quilt tutorials using layer cakes.
bkay
You might go to youtube.com and look at Missouri Star quilt tutorials using layer cakes.
bkay
07-14-2018, 05:54 AM
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I used my L of L fat quarters in a simple "plus sign" block. The L of L's were the plus signs, and I used various white or cream or text fabrics as the backgrounds. There was a cute quilt on Pinterest where they did that then hand quilted it with various colors of Perle cotton. Not sure I'll be hand quilting mine though.
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