Oh gosh Chasezzz, I would love to have you come to visit. I love company in quilting. we could share ideas and You could watch me do a block as well....see you pm

I have re-drafted several more different ladies so far. I think I made 10 different one but did it the easy way this time. the first one, which is posted here, I drafted with a compass etc. this time I went into my EQ program and Block Base and just printed out tops and then I will add the bottom to it and see what happens. I will post all the information as I do each block. I am still in PJ (still retired, youknow) lol and will start shortly. I picked bunches of fabrics but still have to pick more, you all know I have fabric, right? lol ok, later. It so fun to be back to quilting.....

You certainly can ....I love my quilting ladies...

Kits are outrageously priced but then it's the best of fabric and I guess there is work putting it together. This is why I have bought fabric for years and years, thank God! I have enough that I never need to buy again. I don't care what they come out with lol. Yes it is in the pickled line of pickle dish. I think anything with the crown effect is called pickled lol. They called this one the pickled lady. Just think of it as a clamshell with a crown or several crowns and several other adornments. You will see all the different ways I will do this with pics.

I went back to drafting. I knew something wasn't right with the old pattern. Everything is supposed to be contained in the circle. I have spent 2 days, until 10.00pm tonight and I think I got it. I will just have do one block. I will do an easy one with no crowns. I made the paper templates and then the plastic one and compared them to the original drawing. Everything matches, thank God. all that printing I did yesterday is no good for this new pattern lol.....

Never mind that's how I learn. I must learn to do a sample and that is what I am doing now to test the pattern. Here are some pics of some of the fabrics I pulled, not done yet, and the templates. I cut one plain block out of the Indian fabric, that's the one I will do tonight.

Amazing work you!

Looking amazing! Lively colors and beautiful florals.

I was still working on the block and finally just decided to stay with the clam and one crown. I still want to manipulate the clam and do other things but that can wait until I study some more lol. I made five new blocks with the new pattern. I decided to add some slices here and there as I set them up. thank goodness for this design board. You can see the first pic and the clam got lost, Now I took out a slice and rearranged and now you can see the clams. I have to have lots of contrast in the slices so the clam doesn't get lost. I have decided to just make a few clams, then cut out slices and put them here and there, so I can see how it looks before I sew the slice in. Not all of them will have slice.

Not all of them will have crowns either. I know I have to pick large prints to make the clam show up nicely and place them just so. I am having a good day today....

Played around some more, two spikes done so far. I guess the spiky ones aren't coming too fast lol....

Pickled lady
 

I have finally studied EQ enough that I was able to draft the PL in it. Penny M at EQ headquarters is so patient and willing to help. Anyway I have got it down pat. I want to share it with you guys but my acrobat that makes pdf, doesn't work anymore. I am uploading a jpeg and hope it will print out the right size for you.

Then I copied and pasted it in word and saved it as a pdf but it came out smaller. Then I put it in photo shop, cropped the excess paper and made it bigger so I am also sending you those. You can always enlarge the pattern too.

Now I;m going to start sewing with this new pattern. I did half the pattern so it would fit on one sheet and easy to print. Let me know.