Welcome Quilters!
Its here! Its here! Happy New Years!
Today as promised we both have some fun options for you as we start our quilt along! I hope you have your cutting board cleared and your rotary blades ready!
I would like to offer first off a couple options for a CENTER block if you have not chosen one already to work with. I hope your chosen center works with the rounds but even if its not a perfect fit there are always solutions and options so no worries!
My first center is one I personally have used twice now and love a whole bunch. its from About quilting free quilt block patterns and it comes in two sizes 12.5 or 24.5 unfinished. Its called the ALL HALLOWS BLOCK you can see how easy the pattern is, all square/half squares yet it looks so difficult! you gotta love that!
http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltpa...uilt-Block.htm
Summer winds is also a pattern that can be made large or small and would make a lovely center :
http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltpa...uilt-Block.htm
Last suggestion (full of them trust me lol) and this is what I chose.. the 20" Christmas Star quilt block
http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltpa...uilt-Block.htm
NOW onto the borders: this month I have chosen a 9 patch what I call checker patch block there will be two of them. one with the darker of two fabrics in the corners, one with the lighter of the two fabrics in the corners. for those with in between quilt sizes you can use a half block at the end Jaba has done a quick picture tutorial for anyone who needs instructions. Remember this quilt can be made by the Experienced and the Less Experienced (me) the whole way through. You can chose my border the easy one, Jabas the more complicated one, or you can simply opt out of the border and do a strip border after your center with or without corner stones. (a block in the corner). So please play along and we can quilt together! I am starting out with you, no head starts so to speak for me (ie I am not a quick quilter). I promise to post pictures of my quilt as I go and hope to see yours also. Mine will be a scrappy type colorful quilt. Jaba is making a beautiful southwestern quilt. You?? Only you will know unless you share it with us!
Jan: please insert what you would like anywhere along the way. also photos instructions yada yada and of course remove this little last two sentences. gracias and post away in an hour ok?
Linda and Jan