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Very beautiful, can you tell me where I can buy the pattern. I need to make a quilt for a wedding next year and that is a beautiful pattern.
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Your daughter will really enjoy her new quilt...it is beautiful!
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Absolutely, perfect! Still don't get the concept of how it's done.
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Fabulous! I've got my fabric. I think it is going onmretreat with me. Hope mine turns out as nice.
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For those who asked:
This really was not a hard quilt to put together. The block (which measures 14" on the straight sides) is made of just three pieces: two same-size triangles and a rectangle. So the only thing it requires is that you take your time and work accurately. The key is stacking eight pattern repeats of the fabric very precisely. Then when you cut your triangles from the focus fabric, they are all identical, and that is what creates the kaleidoscope effect. The other two pieces are made from the background fabric (white, in the quilt I made). The pattern was from Bethany Reynold's "Magic Stack and Whack Quilts" and since it's an older book, you can probably pick up a used copy on Amazon. The fabric was from Fabric Freedom's "Red Roses" line, which is out of print now. I do still have the same rose print on a white background available in my store: http://www.favoritefabric.com/cgi/co...gory_info.html It was my daughter who chose the fabric. I was not sure how well it would work out, because I had been told that for a stack and whack you should stay away from straight lines (the stems of the roses are straight lines) and also that I should be looking for a fabric with at least five colors (this only has three). But actually, I like the effect. The lesser number of colors meant that the finished blocks, while all different, are still quite similar, and that makes for a quilt that somehow looks "more planned". We (my co-workers and I) hired one of our favorite customers to teach us all how to do this pattern one fine day last April. That's how this quilt came about! |
Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
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Started in April, finished today... well, at least I got it done in the same calendar year and in time for my daughter's Christmas gift.
Enjoy it now... it will never again look as good. On her bed it will enjoy a steady application of cat hair and whatever else a 14-yo has in her room. Well... I did enjoy making it! :-) |
That is truly stunning! :thumbup: Keeping the colors limited really allows the rose fabric to be the 'star' of the quilt....as it should be in a stack and whack.
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This is absolutely stunning....I just love the colors and the design. It's an A++ in my book!
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Wow Nan! Your quilt turned out beautifully! We were wondering what you were going to do with the red rose, and it couldn't have been used better!
BTW, we still have some of the red rose on black remaining, as well as most of the other fabrics in the line. http://www.quilt-kits-online.com/products.php?cat=164 |
very nice job
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