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07-28-2010, 10:53 PM
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Thanks for all the warm welcomes! I'm very glad to be here. Thank you for the comments on my avi...Yes, I made it. It's my youngest son's college quilt. I don't remember if I designed this one or used a pattern lol. My son and I played around with designing our own and looked at patterns on line...I just can't remember what we went with. My son actually chose all of the fabrics for this quilt.
The odd thing about this quilt is ...the center is a down comforter! My sons were spoiled and like to sleep under down. When my oldest son went to college - 8 yrs ago - I wanted to make a quilt to send with him. He agreed but said I had to figure out how fill it with down. Well, I've always loved a challenge and now both sons have down filled quilts. They are very heavy but my sons LOVE them!
The odd thing about this quilt is ...the center is a down comforter! My sons were spoiled and like to sleep under down. When my oldest son went to college - 8 yrs ago - I wanted to make a quilt to send with him. He agreed but said I had to figure out how fill it with down. Well, I've always loved a challenge and now both sons have down filled quilts. They are very heavy but my sons LOVE them!
07-29-2010, 01:18 PM
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Talked to my son to see if he remembered what we ended up doing with this quilt...turns out we did a little of both.
The original pattern is from a book by Billie Lauder called "One More Loop with Billie, Another Look at Bargello Quilts". I used the pattern for her Basic Seven Fabric Quilt. She gives additional fabric info if you want a longer quilt and mine ended up using 11 fabrics. We also wanted a wider quilt so I reversed the pattern to get the double point in the middle.
Her instructions, measurements, and techniques are precise and pretty easy to follow. I didn't find any discrepancies with the pattern and it was much easier to do than had thought a bargello would be.
The original pattern is from a book by Billie Lauder called "One More Loop with Billie, Another Look at Bargello Quilts". I used the pattern for her Basic Seven Fabric Quilt. She gives additional fabric info if you want a longer quilt and mine ended up using 11 fabrics. We also wanted a wider quilt so I reversed the pattern to get the double point in the middle.
Her instructions, measurements, and techniques are precise and pretty easy to follow. I didn't find any discrepancies with the pattern and it was much easier to do than had thought a bargello would be.
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