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07-13-2009, 08:38 AM
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butterflywing,
The finished size, per the pattern, is 72 x72. I may add some to the top, with some mariner's compass type design, to cover the pillows. My daughter is only 11 right now, and in a twin bed, but I want it big enough to cover a double or queen at some future point. I'm not doing all this work for nothing. :lol:
The finished size, per the pattern, is 72 x72. I may add some to the top, with some mariner's compass type design, to cover the pillows. My daughter is only 11 right now, and in a twin bed, but I want it big enough to cover a double or queen at some future point. I'm not doing all this work for nothing. :lol:
07-13-2009, 08:42 AM
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Thanks again, everyone. These patterns, by Norah McMeeking, were inspired by mosaic tile floors in Europe. Some of the tile floor pictures in the book are amazing.
Thanks for the vote of confidence on the colours as well. I'm colour challenged, and we all know the longer you look at something, the less you really see it. I've been doubting my colour selections all weekend, despite my husband's reassurances.
Thanks for the vote of confidence on the colours as well. I'm colour challenged, and we all know the longer you look at something, the less you really see it. I've been doubting my colour selections all weekend, despite my husband's reassurances.
07-13-2009, 09:21 AM
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well, I think you are over your color-challenged issues.
That quilt just seems to move in and out as you look at it ... and, something else that I always try to tell people ... when you work so close on an item, you know more about that item than anyone else will ever know.
You know where you over sewed a seam, you know where it misses by two threads .... forget looking at those parts ... And, maybe, by looking at the picture, you see how good it really is.
Sometimes, we don't give ourselves enough credit for being capable quilters. Give yourself a pat on the back ... I promise ... you will not become a pompous person ... as Babe Ruth said: It ain't braggin if you can do it.
(good words to live by) :wink:
That quilt just seems to move in and out as you look at it ... and, something else that I always try to tell people ... when you work so close on an item, you know more about that item than anyone else will ever know.
You know where you over sewed a seam, you know where it misses by two threads .... forget looking at those parts ... And, maybe, by looking at the picture, you see how good it really is.
Sometimes, we don't give ourselves enough credit for being capable quilters. Give yourself a pat on the back ... I promise ... you will not become a pompous person ... as Babe Ruth said: It ain't braggin if you can do it.
(good words to live by) :wink:
07-13-2009, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by rb.
butterflywing,
The finished size, per the pattern, is 72 x72. I may add some to the top, with some mariner's compass type design, to cover the pillows. My daughter is only 11 right now, and in a twin bed, but I want it big enough to cover a double or queen at some future point. I'm not doing all this work for nothing. :lol:
The finished size, per the pattern, is 72 x72. I may add some to the top, with some mariner's compass type design, to cover the pillows. My daughter is only 11 right now, and in a twin bed, but I want it big enough to cover a double or queen at some future point. I'm not doing all this work for nothing. :lol:
a queen is 60 x 80. if the pattern part is 72 then you get 4" overhang on each side. you may want to add borders to the quilt top. ouch!
doesn't it seem never to end? but, you're right: you're not doing this for nothing! she won't appreciate it until she's at least partly grown, but when she does, she'll want more and more and more. look out! no good deed goes unpunished, right? teach you to be a great mom! :lol:
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