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    Old 02-27-2010, 04:37 PM
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    That is great. Can I have the name of the pattern and who makes it?

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    Old 02-27-2010, 05:05 PM
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    i love it!
    where did you get the pattern?
    i want to make one too! :thumbup:

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    Old 02-27-2010, 08:24 PM
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    Hey, that last blue piece doesn't fit!
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    Old 02-27-2010, 08:37 PM
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    Lucy, I love the puzzle pattern and have downloaded your Excel spreadsheet. Your colors are excellent!

    Zephyr, I really like how you put the puzzle pieces into the border.

    Great quilts, both of you. :)
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    Old 02-27-2010, 10:12 PM
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    Originally Posted by MillieH
    Well, duh...I never thought of using Excel to plan a block pattern. Thanks for showing me this!
    I love it! I use paint to "cut" the fabric swatch, and then move it into Excel. It gives me more mobility to try different borders/etc than if I just used paint on its own
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    Old 02-27-2010, 10:15 PM
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    Originally Posted by pamsmpk
    I love this quilt...so cute and I agree about the edges. I think that's what has always bothered me about the traditional pattern. I think if it were me...I might just applique the blue piece onto the border and be done with it. That way you could twist and turn and get it exactly where you want it.
    I tried applique a few times and it didn't work out right. I mean, really, I just needed to stick with it and practice, but it's so much faster to do piecework. Anyway, yeah, I think that is a wonderful idea and I will be brave and applique the piece on. That has to be simpler than my 4 square + 4 triangle + border cuts... thank you for your comments - I will definitely consider applique
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    Old 02-27-2010, 10:27 PM
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    Love the quilt! My grandson (mildly autistic btw) absolutely loves puzzles. My daughter and I got some of the autism awareness fabric from Hobby Lobby this afternoon to make him a pillow. Now I'm going to HAVE to make him a puzzle quilt for Christmas!
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    Old 02-27-2010, 10:55 PM
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    I couldn't down load the pattern any help on that?
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    Old 02-27-2010, 11:37 PM
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    Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
    A few months ago, some of the gals were making puzzle quilt tops and I fell in love with the design. My one qualm is that, as a former jigsaw lover, their quilts didn't have puzzle edges. The first thing I did when I would work on a jigsaw puzzle was to put the border together first, so my quilt needed a border. So with the measurements provided by a few people on the board (thank you!) I redesigned the quilt to look more like a puzzle to me.

    It's going to have a border all around it, which will include that blue piece off to the side . So imagine my wood floor is the border to get an idea of it. I'm just waiting to get some $$ to afford the border, since it'll be about 10" around. I might do different size border strips, but that's a 'for when I have $' concern.
    That is a very neat quilt. thank you for sharing. Penny
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    Old 02-28-2010, 06:05 AM
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    Originally Posted by JCL in FL
    I couldn't down load the pattern any help on that?
    I don't have excel and couldn't get the pattern either. Would someone who has it in acrobat or another program post it...thanks...
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