marvellove

I love bright quilts. This is great.

n2scraplvr

Thank you, littlehud! It's so nice to see your pic and with your DGD!! This quilt was so much fun and especially the H blocks! After you get the H blocks cut out, you just put it on the design wall and then with a handful of cut colored squares, you just fill in the gaps which was the most fun to do! I couldn't wait to get to that part! Just make sure no colors match your jigsaw and it'll look fantastic! Hope you try it! ;) ;) :-D

Lori L

How did you hand draw on the fabric? That's something I've never tried but sounds really neat. Of course.....I can't draw a stick man and have it look like a stick man :)

n2scraplvr

Thank you so much, JJean! I'm thinking of adding two more rows for a longer lap quilt!.....and then do another one! haha.

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n2scraplvr

Thanks so much, StitchinJoy!! I just love that String-X pattern and just couldn't wait to do one!! The more variety of fabrics, the better they look!
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n2scraplvr

StitchinJoy, forgot to tell you what an exceptional scrap quilt you have as avatar!! It's beautiful! I see you're a scraplvr like me!!

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n2scraplvr

Thank you, marvellove, and welcome to the board! You will love all you see and learn from this site!!

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n2scraplvr

I practiced first on a little scrap of muslin to see what kind of pressure I needed to apply and then I just went for it without any sketching first. I figured if I messed it up, I could just make another block but both blocks turned out good for first tries. I wanted that 30's look so spaced them far enough apart and it worked. I don't think anyone would've known unless I told them first. lol. Just use Pigma Pens or any permanent markers. I love Sharpies too and have them in all colors and they would've worked well but needed a finer point marker so I didn't use the Sharpies as their tips are broad. You could always get your children to draw with the markers on a plain white muslin square and you could make an entire quilt of their drawings!! You can even do it yourself with no drawing experience by making cardboard templates and drawing the outlines and filling in with thread, ink, glitter, fabric, beads, etc. Hope you'll try it -- you'll love it!!

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n2scraplvr

I can't tell you how good it is to be back online! I've been trying for the last 4 hours to get into my email acct. and couldn't do it til a little while ago! I've done 2 system restores and downloaded some Housecall Action spyware!! lol. :thumbup: :thumbup: If you don't hear from me, you'll know why! bol.

marvellove

Thank you for the welcome, I already love the sweet people here and all the beautiful quilts and so many tips and ideas. I really like the one you just wrote about children drawings.
I have 13 grandkids, so it wouldn't be hard to get plenty of drawings.