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Old 07-01-2012, 10:22 AM
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WOW, those are beautiful!
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Old 07-01-2012, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by sparkys_mom View Post
I counted these - there are 62 of them - they are all pastels and any of them would go together - but I've no idea how to use them!
These look like the start of kaleidoscope blocks to me. You can make them square by adding a triangle onto every other wedge.
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Congratulations! You have a great friend.
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Old 07-01-2012, 11:25 AM
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For these 62 blocks that match: use your stitches on the sewing machine to applique these onto a solid piece of fabric, like a dresden plate. You should be able to make several charity quilts out of the fabric and blocks she has given you.
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Gorgeous scraps! Lucky-lucky! Don't panic--just enjoy!
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Old 07-01-2012, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by GA-Ann View Post
Those Christmas blocks look like the start of a Lone Star, done in strips, which need trimming to finish up the diamond shape. Eight is the number it takes to make it.
Thanks! There are 8 of them so I'll be checking that out later, too.
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What a bonanza! You're going to have so much fun playing with all these.
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I would put like blocks together or even like colors together. Just lay them out until as large as you want and add borders to blocks so they fit together. I taught classes for years and later divided my left over blocks in light and dark pile and put them all together. My dark quilt I made the lining out of scraps that were 45" wide but from 8 to 16" long. The quilt finished 45" by 60" and it was the first one I sold when I decided to sell some. I thought it was the uglist one I had ever made.
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If I had those "scraps", I would be in scrap heaven!!!
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Originally Posted by helenquilt View Post
I would put like blocks together or even like colors together. Just lay them out until as large as you want and add borders to blocks so they fit together. I taught classes for years and later divided my left over blocks in light and dark pile and put them all together. My dark quilt I made the lining out of scraps that were 45" wide but from 8 to 16" long. The quilt finished 45" by 60" and it was the first one I sold when I decided to sell some. I thought it was the uglist one I had ever made.
I just went through all the scrap suggestions made on Bonnie Hunter's website http://quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml I'm using her guidelines. I had already started sorting by color family and by shapes. Her information is really helpful. Then I went and looked at a lot of the free quilt patterns she has - lots of good ideas there, too.
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