Marcia it is gorgeous!! I love the green in the middle! I am sure that she is gonna love it, how could she not! I hope she will use it since Katie won't use theirs! It's stuck on a quilt frame to be looked at but never used on the bed. Have fun in SD!
letsquilt
10-30-2010 05:12 AM
Marcia, that is one beautiful quilt, the recipients will love it.
Sallerina
10-30-2010 05:26 AM
Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Love the Pattern.
sewnsewer2
10-30-2010 05:27 AM
That's really pretty! I like the green in it, very striking!
MAMAKANE
10-30-2010 05:37 AM
WOW! Beautiful!
lindagor
10-30-2010 06:01 AM
It's awesome!
dgmoby
10-30-2010 06:08 AM
Beautiful! And what a great job :)
I'm sure the newlyweds will love it. They're very lucky :)
Debbie in Austin
Dkm
10-30-2010 06:24 AM
Someone tell me more about this quilt. I love it. Is i hard, boring, require special tools. Anything else?????????
Gail Maloney
10-30-2010 06:31 AM
Absolutely beautiful! Can you give me a heads up on where to find the pattern? thx
newestnana
10-30-2010 06:53 AM
Originally Posted by Dkm
Someone tell me more about this quilt. I love it. Is i hard, boring, require special tools. Anything else?????????
Thinking Outside the Block is basically a log cabin (but you only sew the strips on two sides of the center square, not all four).
For each of the blocks (my quilt is 10x10) start with a 2" center square, add two strips (1.5" wide) to two sides using lightest fabric, then two strips to the same two sides using the 2nd lightest fabric, etc., till you have six strips on the square. So each block consists of 13 pieces (one square plus 12 rectangles).
It's long and boring cutting the 1300 pieces :-) Sewing the blocks goes fairly quickly. Pay attention to the instructions in the pattern about which way to press the seams, since even though all blocks are sewn the same way, they don't all get pressed the same way. When pressed correctly, joining the blocks is reasonably easy.
