OMG - absolutely love, love, love! Well done!

Well done.

Great scrappy...great quilting! I wonder how many of us said; "I have that fabric in my stash"?????

How lovely, I am so glad that seeing my quilt is making you feel good, that's what quilting is all about isn't it, thank you for a lovely message
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Well....not ALL of the points are perfect, but by the end of production they were getting much better which shows practice makes perfect LOL

Thanks!

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Cheers!! ...and yes, I do that all the time, I love to see all the different fabrics and get quite excited when I have some the same LOL

Once again, thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your continuing wonderful comments...I don't think my head is going to fit through the doorway tonight!! :-D :-D :-D

Love your quilt.

Your Jacob's ladder is just beautiful. Can you tell us what order you did the blocks/sashing in?

Marvelous. I think I like that better than any Jacob's Ladder I've seen.

So is Jacob's ladder - half squares light and dark? Beautiful quilt.

I second that! I [heart] your quilt.

Here is a quick run down:

I can't help with fabric quantities as I just cut two piles of 2" squares and 4" squares from scraps in a mix of darks and lights (keep darks and lights separate!) - anything goes as long as you have a strong contrast when stitching at all stages of making each block.


Each block takes:

3 - 4 patches and 6 HST's

So to work out quantities - multiply:-

6 - 2" lights AND 6 - 2" darks squares (four patches)
3 -4" lights AND 3 - 4" darks squares (Half Squared Triangles)

per block, multiplied by however many blocks you need to make to get the size quilt you require.

I made a pile of 4 patches and a pile of HST's, chain piecing as much as possible. When I was bored with doing that, I then selected from each pile, laying out by my sewing machine in the block formation making sure I had a good mix of fabrics.

Lay them in a 9 patch formation.

Lay out 3 - 4 Patches running diagonally from bottom left to top right with light squares running through the centre.

Next, lay 2 HST's with dark sides touching either side of the 4 patches.

Then finally, the two corner HST's with dark corners outwards. You can see in the picture below if you look closely.

Stitch together to make each block.

Here's a link to a tutorial I made which is great for lining up each intersection, it really works!

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-28328-1.htm

Just carry on making a pile of 4 patches and a pile of HST's then make them into blocks, then make a few more 4 patches and HST's, (I found it less monotonous that way) until you have enough made!

I made 56 9.5" blocks.

My quilt was based around 4 blocks turned so the 4 Patches created an 'X' (see picture below of a few blocks layout on the floor before sewing together).

The first border was 3" wide

Then I added the diamond border, created by sewing 4 HST's into a diamond formation block, then stitched these blocks together to create the border.

The 3rd Border was 3" wide.

I hope everyone understands this! :lol: :D

Thank you!

Please scroll up to see my last details post how to make this pattern :thumbup:

Very nice!!!

Absolutely love it. I love scrap quilts.

gorgeous!

The colors are so pretty and you did such a good job!

It amazes me how many think the 'colours' are nice, when I have used some pretty boring fabrics in there! I have included a fair mix of 'brights' at least a couple in each 9" block to ensure a good mix but it shows how 'anything goes' really does work in a true scrappy! If you look closely at the light areas you will see shades from pastels in pink, lemon, pale blue, pale green, beige, tan, even bright yellow, but if I used a darker light I would pair it up with a darker dark and vice versa, I think that is the key to success :thumbup:

Thank you again, for showing so much interest in my DH's quilt :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :-D

I remember this quilt. You did a fantastic job.

Izy - I have to tell you, you started this post on Sept.14 and so help me God, I have stared at it every single day since. I copied your directions and I gotta tell ya, I'm gonna be seein 1/2 triangles and 4 patches in my sleep. As you can surely see by all the comments, it truly is a breath-taking quilt. Thank you soooo much for sharing it with us. Calling all quilts on my "to do" list.....move to the back Izy's Jacob's Ladder quilt is next ;)

It's absolutely gorgeous and I love your backing, too! Super great job!

Well what can I say :oops: :-D my head is too heavy for my neck now! Thank you so very much, who would have believed a small idea of playing around with some scraps would create such a stir!! :-D :-D :-D

I don't know if you saw the original topics of the start and progress of this quilt but here they are as you may see more closeups to help you :-D

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-142647-1.htm - the start

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-149126-1.htm - top done

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-149747-1.htm - the back


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Wow, that is alot of love and work in that quilt...

EVERYTHING a scrappy quilt should be! I think it's perfect!

wow. . . Wow. . . WOW!!!! I absolutely LOVE it!! It's so bright and cheerful! Thanks a lot. . . ANOTHER quilt that I have to make!!! :lol: :thumbup: :D

Very vivid, colorful, and beautiful.

Well done, I just love it.
Keep up the great work.

Thanks Pippa!

I have just finished a cushion (In picture section) and I am busy planning my next project, may even start it this afternoon!... they don't call me Busy Izy for nothing tee hee!!

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Now this is my kind of quilt!!!!!! How beautiful. Hat's off to you!!!! Love it, love it, love it.

Thanks Kay :-D

absolutely wonderful... and colors show great!!

absolutely wonderful... and colors show great!!

Wow beautiful quilt!

That is amazing. Congrats ;)

Wonderful job!!!

Great looks very nice.

Beautiful job!! I love it!!

Oh, that is soooooo pretty! I LOVE it! Did you follow any sort of pattern (besides Jacob's Ladder)? I'd love to make a scrappy quilt but am so afraid the colors won't go together! You did an awesome job!!!!!!

very, very, nice!

My goal for future wedding quilts is to attack my "stash" and make them from there... wow!