Ice Follies ( an OBW)
11-13-2010, 06:38 AM
#81
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Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Originally Posted by Katrine
Oh thanks all - it's lovely to hear what you think, because different people see things different ways.
Fireworks, thank you - I always use Superior's metallics, with Bottom Line in the bobbin. Never had a problem with them, even doing fmq.
Those 3 big cubes are constructed entirely from 60deg. triangles (81 of them, 242 different pieces of fabric), which some comprise of 5 separate pieces! And you're right, when you're putting each of them on the wall, until you've done about 16 or 18 it looks really weird. I drew up a plan on 60deg graph paper I printed free off the internet. Drew it up, colour coded every tiny piece and numbered each triangle. Then I wrote myself a "menu" of dimensions of each piece for every triangle with colour and width of strips required.
Even then, when I'd stitched 2 or 3 and walked to the Board, I couldnt figure out which way round they went without looking at the plan! And some of the big cube hexes also contain parts of the base OBW fabric too. You do make them in the same way, it just looks so strange because of course each pinned block is not a "complete" cube as the smaller ones. And when you come to matching seams when joining vertical strips, it's great fun!
So it is a slow process - but very satisfying.
Fireworks, thank you - I always use Superior's metallics, with Bottom Line in the bobbin. Never had a problem with them, even doing fmq.
Those 3 big cubes are constructed entirely from 60deg. triangles (81 of them, 242 different pieces of fabric), which some comprise of 5 separate pieces! And you're right, when you're putting each of them on the wall, until you've done about 16 or 18 it looks really weird. I drew up a plan on 60deg graph paper I printed free off the internet. Drew it up, colour coded every tiny piece and numbered each triangle. Then I wrote myself a "menu" of dimensions of each piece for every triangle with colour and width of strips required.
Even then, when I'd stitched 2 or 3 and walked to the Board, I couldnt figure out which way round they went without looking at the plan! And some of the big cube hexes also contain parts of the base OBW fabric too. You do make them in the same way, it just looks so strange because of course each pinned block is not a "complete" cube as the smaller ones. And when you come to matching seams when joining vertical strips, it's great fun!
So it is a slow process - but very satisfying.
11-13-2010, 08:20 AM
#85
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Yellville Arkansas
Posts: 337
Originally Posted by Katrine
Originally Posted by rdupuis
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW ! ! ! I Love Your Quilt, Where did you find the pattern? And your colors accually make it look frosted, Great use of color and design. What dose OBW stand for ? OTHER BEAUTIFUL WORK ? if not, Then it should be.
Dick
Ps Also GREAT NAME
Dick
Ps Also GREAT NAME
There are 3 One Block Wonder books by Maxine Rosenthal - I have the second two ("...Encore" and ... "Cubed"), and the instructions are within them, together with ideas and tips for choosing suitable fabric, size of pattern repeat to aim for depending on what you wish to make, stacking the layers, cutting and construction - very easily explained with good illustrations. There are some great examples of quilts and ideas for incorporating additional features, borders etc etc.
Beware, they're addictive :lol:
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