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Hi Everyone,
I recently ordered Anita Grossman Solomon's book "Rotary Cutting Revolution" after reading about it and her quilts in a previous issue of Quiltmaker magazine. I'm having SO much fun with her "No Waste Windmill" pattern! Cutting out 56 blocks 8 at a time was a breeze; only two cuts per stack! :thumbup: It took me longer to settle on a pattern for all these Windmill blocks, lol. Piecing is a breeze, too. No hassle, practically no pinning, just have to watch my patch orientation. It's going pretty quickly, too. I have two rows completely done and working on a third. I'm also very pleased with these batiks from connectingthreads.com. They washed up super nice and are a joy to work with. Again, no hassles there, either. Wow. How fun to finally work on a project with no headaches! This quilt is going to be for our 8th grandchild. When our DIL was talking about how active this little guy is in her tummy, I got the inspiration for this windmill pattern. Thanks, Anita! :thumbup: "Life's a Breeze" for upcoming grandson [ATTACH=CONFIG]170142[/ATTACH] |
Looking good, great color combo!
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Just love those fabrics..nice job
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beautiful!!!
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Your quilts going to be very nice!!
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Looks great. Love the colors.
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Great job! and great colors.
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Thanks, everyone. I'm having so much fun with this. To think I originally bought the fabs for a "Margo Bag", lol. Oh well, babies take precedence over bags, right? :lol:
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Anita Soloman Grossman is a terrific woman, she has the best ideas for time saving when quilting. Your quilt is so lovely, I may have to buy her book-great colors...much better than a bag!
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I've got this book too. It's loads of fun, my favorite is the arrowhead block,(I think that's what it was called) It was the one featured in the magazine.
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Originally Posted by PunkQuilter
Anita Soloman Grossman is a terrific woman, she has the best ideas for time saving when quilting. Your quilt is so lovely, I may have to buy her book-great colors...much better than a bag!
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Love your color choice!!! It really looks great!!
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Love your fabric choices & your design board!
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Love your colors! Beautiful job!
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Originally Posted by montanajan
Love your fabric choices & your design board!
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I like it!
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Gorgeous use of colours! Love it!
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Wow! I like that.
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Oh so pretty!
I am working on the same pattern with mostly novelty prints, I spy style, for my grand daughter Juliet (3 months old). I am strugling with sewing them together. I must be doing something wrong because other people have mentioned how easy it was. I also made the no waste square in a square pattern she has in that book. That one whipped up real easy for me. Did you use the paper to cut through or did you mark a cutting board and cut it that way? I tried the paper on top of the fabric for the no waste pin wheel and it kept moving on me so my cut was way off. I did much better laying it on the cutting board that is marked and then cutting it. |
Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Oh so pretty!
I am working on the same pattern with mostly novelty prints, I spy style, for my grand daughter Juliet (3 months old). I am strugling with sewing them together. I must be doing something wrong because other people have mentioned how easy it was. I also made the no waste square in a square pattern she has in that book. That one whipped up real easy for me. Did you use the paper to cut through or did you mark a cutting board and cut it that way? I tried the paper on top of the fabric for the no waste pin wheel and it kept moving on me so my cut was way off. I did much better laying it on the cutting board that is marked and then cutting it. Now, I'll bet this will look adorable in eye spy prints. :thumbup: What a cute idea! What a very lucky granddaughter you have. I used the paper template, but I used a glue stick to glue the outer edges of the template to the edges of the fabric on top of the stack. The glue stick held the template to the fabric just fine, and since it was glued to the outer edges of the fabric, no glue got on any of the pieces that were to be sewn. Did you try the glue stick trick? I will try the other method next time and see which way I prefer. Nice to hear that you had success with the Square in a Square project. That will definitely be my next project from Anita's book. I just LOVE her methods, so quick and easy. On this one though, I am having to be very careful of the orientation of my patches, lest I should sew a purple windmill blade to a green windmill! :shock: :lol: |
Beautiful. Great colors.
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I have that book also and can't wait to try it. Please post a pic when it's finished. So cool
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Originally Posted by sewingladydi
I have that book also and can't wait to try it. Please post a pic when it's finished. So cool
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Oh so pretty!
Hmmm yes used the glue stick and glue the whole paper onto the top fabric. Also I only used 4 fabrics on top of each other. The paper I used was printer paper maybe it was too thick? I am jus tglad it worked with marking the mat because this patterna dn the sq in a sq are just too much fun. I like both but it is easier to work the square in a square because you do not hav eto worry to much about lay out. I'll post mine too when I get it done along with the square in a square that I made for a yet unborn grand baby. Anna Now, I'll bet this will look adorable in eye spy prints. :thumbup: What a cute idea! What a very lucky granddaughter you have. I used the paper template, but I used a glue stick to glue the outer edges of the template to the edges of the fabric on top of the stack. The glue stick held the template to the fabric just fine, and since it was glued to the outer edges of the fabric, no glue got on any of the pieces that were to be sewn. Did you try the glue stick trick? I will try the other method next time and see which way I prefer. : |
Looks really nice. Love the colors in it.
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where can I find your pattern "No Waste Windmill"
"Life's a Breeze" Kayrn |
I love it!
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Oh so pretty!
Hmmm yes used the glue stick and glue the whole paper onto the top fabric. Also I only used 4 fabrics on top of each other. The paper I used was printer paper maybe it was too thick? I am jus tglad it worked with marking the mat because this patterna dn the sq in a sq are just too much fun. I like both but it is easier to work the square in a square because you do not hav eto worry to much about lay out. I'll post mine too when I get it done along with the square in a square that I made for a yet unborn grand baby. Anna Thanks for the tip on the sq in a sq layout. :thumbup: I really look forward to doing that one, too. Looking forward to seeing yours when you're finished. Keep up the great work! |
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Originally Posted by KJHH
where can I find your pattern "No Waste Windmill"
"Life's a Breeze" Kayrn The "No Waste Windmill" pattern can be found in Anita Grossman Soloman's book "Rotary Cutting Revolution" published last year by C & T Publishing. It's available through amazon.com, and most other quilt shops. Here it is at amazon.com for only $17.53: http://www.amazon.com/Rotary-Cutting...0285115&sr=8-1 |
Here is a HGTV clip that shows Anita Grossman Solomon doing the square in a square using the rotary mat cutting technique. There is also another one that shows the Italian block. It is the quilt on the cover of her book Rotary Cutting Revolution. You have to be patient and wait throught the advertising.
square in square http://www.hgtv.com/video/super-fast...deo/index.html Italian block http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:S2FmvUTOgXkJ:www.hgtv.com/video/real-simple-quilt-blocks-video/index.html+HGTV+video+quilting+Italian+block&cd=1& hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com |
Thank you so much!
Kayrn |
I really love that pattern!
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
Here is a HGTV clip that shows Anita Grossman Solomon doing the square in a square using the rotary mat cutting technique. There is also another one that shows the Italian block. It is the quilt on the cover of her book Rotary Cutting Revolution. You have to be patient and wait throught the advertising.
square in square http://www.hgtv.com/video/super-fast...deo/index.html Italian block http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:S2FmvUTOgXkJ:www.hgtv.com/video/real-simple-quilt-blocks-video/index.html+HGTV+video+quilting+Italian+block&cd=1& hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com |
I ordered this book too. I didn't like all the waste from the other rulers I bought for the windmill. when i saw she had a way to make it without waste that was for me. Great quilt love your colors.
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thats so cool, i'll have to try that.
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Here is my version of the no waste windmill pattern from Anita Grossman Solomon and also a picture of the square in a square no waste pattern.
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Hi Anna,
Nicely done, both of them!!! :thumbup: They're both so cute and colorful, too! Isn't it nice that these sew up as quickly as they do? I'm so glad you shared them here and hope you are also posting them in your own post. :D |
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