Ah Thanks Ninnie

I look forward to receiving my quilt, DS said your a sweet lady to make me one LOL.

Tisha :P

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Don't be running to that mail box anytime soon! :wink:

i LOVE this. a beautiful quilt to watch grow up AND a 'where's waldo' game.
does the winner get that quilt? or another one? i see nine of mine. no, ten and still counting....

LOL Ninnie

It's OK I can wait I am a very patient person I did say I would like it so I can snuggle up in it whilst I watch "White Christmas" on TV. Now I didn't say which Christmas LOL :wink:

Now a question for you Ninnie - the calico you used was it a light, medium or a heavy weight cotton. I would love to make it one of these days when I have enough scraps.

Tisha :P

Which calico do you mean? the background is made up of high grade muslin,if that is what you are looking at, It is what gives it the old fashioned look!

Ninnie

Our Muslin over here is very sheer I think maybe what you call Muslin we refer to as Calico - we are going to need a dictionary between us LOL. So I am assuming that you are using calico. If you can nudge me in the right direction as to where you got it maybe I can take a look.
I adore the effect it gives your quilt, as you said a sort of vintage look.

Tisha :D

Just check on line at most fabric shops. I get mine from a friend who owns a curtain shop, she orders it by the bold. I think it's called Kona cotton, It is very soft to hand quilt and holds stitches beautifully!

Ninne

ty - I'll browse the net & see what results I get. I'm off to The Festival of Quilts here in the UK on the 20th so I can compare prices there too. Thanks again.

Tisha

Each 16" block has 18 triangles, you should have 9 triangles in this quilt! :wink:

Tisha, try this

www.fabric.com

ninnie, ninnie, ninnie.....if the winner gets the quilt then i certainly see more than nine of mine in that quilt already and it isn't even done yet! when it's finished, i'm sure there will be about, let's see, nineteen or thirty!

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The best I can do , BW is put you on that long list! :lol: :lol:
The border will have mostly new pieces, not a lot of repeats, want to see how many different ones I can use in it!
Started cutting out yesterday, and will do more today, hope to be ready to sew by tomorrow! :wink:

Ninnie, I've been reading this thread but may have missed where the pattern for this lovely quilt is. I really love yours and I need to use up my scraps, can you help me?

Ninnie, what a beautiful quilt!

You are so industrious to make use of all those FQs so soon, too!

The muslin really sets off all of the "scraps"!

(p.s.--don't give this one away, save it and enjoy it! :lol: )

It is on page one, but I will put it here, just for you suzic! :wink:

http://www.quilterscache.com/I/IndianHatchetBlock.html


Thanks Joan, stay tuned!
and yes I am keeping this one! :wink: :D

This is a great pattern. Looks like it would go quickly, which is my style quilt. Thanks for posting.

Thanks Ninnie! I appreciate it! (just read page 1 again and found it :oops: )

Here is the finished top!! :D :D :D I have been a little side tracked, so it has taken longer than it should have. It ended up measuring 64 " by 80" which is plenty big enough for a lap quilt for the Den this winter1 Now I will place it in my floor frame and quilt it, which is the part I enjoy the most!


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the stars in the corners are called Indian Stars, which I thought was appropriate!! :D :D

To those of you who "donated " FQs to this project , I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will make a label with all of your names on it to place on the back when I am done quilting it! :wink:

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Oh My Ninnie

I adore this finished top of yours it is beautiful - can't wait to see your quilting as it's going to be perfect I just know it :wink:

Tisha

Oh Ninnie!!!! It is gorgeous!!!! I love the Indian Stars in the corners, the border, the center!!!! Beautiful Job!!!! :D :D :D


are you done quilting it yet??? :wink: :wink: :roll: :oops:

Ninnie - your quilt came out awesome!! I love it! Great job!

Thanks, Tisha, it is just a scrappy quilt, with no planning of the colors.
Your eye does not look at a color, but rather at the whole, and that is what I love about scrappy quilts! :D :D

that is great, looks good. when is mine going to get here?

Ninnie, it is gorgeous! Great job! But I don't see any of the purple I sent you in there! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Just beautiful, Ninnie! :lol:

Believe it or not, Gai, there is some purple in it! :lol: :lol: :lol:

That's an awesome quilt top!!

Ninne, it IS gorgeous, and not only am I a great admirer of your work, but your ability to stay on track. You made short work of this!
I don't see any of my fq's in there...oh yeah, I wasn't in mare stare swap! :mrgreen: (janey come late-ly! :oops: )

I haven't read all of the info. but I believe you don't sew straight down the drawn line but a smidgeon to one side i.e. the side that is nearest the corner.... just a very small fraction, about a thread width... I have had plenty of practice doing these and still can't get all of them right.... but I will keep on keeping on.

I don't know how I missed all this but it is wonderful ! And no I can't find my fabric , but I trust it is in there somewhere :shock: What a great job and a wonderful memento to remember us all by :wink: and the fun of mare stare :D

And i want to join the growing wish list of " I want one !"

Sharon

The directions call for sewing right on the line. If you sewed past the line, you would have to trim all of your blocks, and there wouldn't be as much color showing either. I pin everything. :lol: :lol: It's the only way I can get the points to match up , and I am sure ther are probably some that don't , but you would have to look pretty close! :wink:

You are in there Sharon!! :D :D :D
And I still get up in the morning and look at them out in Kay's field. :lol: :lol:

And you name is on the list, after all it is only a list! :wink:

It came out awesome!! Great job! WOOHOO!!!

Thanks Terri, can't wait until next year! :D :D :D

Like the quilt, but would prefer smaller white pieces or maybe reverse the colors. Thanks for the link and directio :roll: ns. jetwv

Hi there jet, you need to go to the main page and intrduce yourself! :D :D :D
Can't wait to see the one you make! :roll: :roll:
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Oh, Ninnie, I love it. Scrappy quilts are just so wonderful.

Ninnie - Love your quilt. I just bought some prewashed muslin - do you think it will be OK to use prewashed muslin?

Remember years ago at craft stores you could buy prepackaged squares (4, 5 or 6 inch) with directions on how to sew them all together in rows to make a quilt. Well, guess what I found at a garage sale? There's probably 250 floral 5" squares, all different fabrics. I thought I could cut them criss-cross into 2 1/2 inch squares to make the Hatchet. I just love all your fabrics.

Thanks, glad you like it!
I used washed muslin in this quilt.
I love the old fashioned look to using it, so I say go for it!!
And I will be watching for pictures! :D :D :D
the more fabrics you use, the prettier it turns out!

So, if I cut these into 2 1/2 inch squares then I need to cut the muslin into 4 1/2 inch squares. I think that's right.

And if I used 3 inch squares I would need to cut the muslin into 5 inch squares? Just wondering because I just found a bunch of 6 inch squares in the bottom of a drawer that I haven't seen in a very long time. Can't even remember why I have them. I think they're leftovers from projects that I squared up for later. And now is later (LOL). They're all very light so maybe I'll use a leafy green for the big squares in this one. I have a pretty mottled green with a small, scrolly leaf pattern.