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My mother made 10 hand embroidered squares. She gave them to me to put into a quilt. The colors are depression era colors. So I purchased depression fabric. The the embroidered blocks are 9 1/2". I need a quilt pattern to put these sqaures into. I've done the google search and cant seem to find a pattern that pleases me. Any ideas or suggestions?
Heres what I have to work with. It was really hard finding fabric to match her colors. [ATTACH=CONFIG]137872[/ATTACH] |
how about adding a border around each one, maybe 1.5 border, that would give you 10 blk.. or to make a larger quilt, put a blank blk,in between each blk., just a thought, pretty blocks btw, a treasure, to have some work your mother did. molly
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those are just darling!. No ideas for a pattern to use, but I dont think I'd want anything too busy, I wouldn't want to take away from the embroidery. Maybe just a little 4-patch using the fabrics you chose.
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They are beautiful - take your time - something will hit you just right. Lets us know what you decide.
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Originally Posted by clem55
those are just darling!. No ideas for a pattern to use, but I dont think I'd want anything too busy, I wouldn't want to take away from the embroidery. Maybe just a little 4-patch using the fabrics you chose.
Any 30's fabric will work; the ones you show are fine Since the blocks aren't small, I think a 9-patch would look good. I'd probably mix in 30's solids with the prints |
Might suggest something simple like a snowball or square-in-a-square. You really want the embroidery to pop.
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Originally Posted by clem55
those are just darling!. No ideas for a pattern to use, but I dont think I'd want anything too busy, I wouldn't want to take away from the embroidery. Maybe just a little 4-patch using the fabrics you chose.
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Originally Posted by gollytwo
Originally Posted by clem55
those are just darling!. No ideas for a pattern to use, but I dont think I'd want anything too busy, I wouldn't want to take away from the embroidery. Maybe just a little 4-patch using the fabrics you chose.
Any 30's fabric will work; the ones you show are fine Since the blocks aren't small, I think a 9-patch would look good. I'd probably mix in 30's solids with the prints |
Originally Posted by Kathy-Pgh
Might suggest something simple like a snowball or square-in-a-square. You really want the embroidery to pop.
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I would just boarder each block. You would want the embroidery to show and then maybe a more scrappy binding. Let us know how it turns out.
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