Pushing my limits....need pattern suggestions
#31
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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Hi, I'm in a similar situation and have to make and FINISH this year's family reunion quilt (but we only have one every other year) July 4th in Crete, NE. I can't attend, so I need to ship it in about 4 weeks. My family sends fabric if they wish and I make the quilt, then it gets raffled off, so I can recoup the cost of fabric that I put into it (this year my niece sent the batting - big help). I have used triple Irish Chain, Album block, Sawtooth Star and this year I'm making Sister's Choice block in memory of my sister who passed away almost two years ago. I kept seeing the pattern and wanted to make the quilt in her memory as she was my only sister and my best friend. However, it's a 25 piece block with half-square triangles - not hard, but takes a little time. I would recommend the sawtooth star block, you can use the Mary Ellen Hopkins method of placing a square on the rectangle, then sewing it across making a triangle. It goes very fast and I make it a lot in other quilts. The other might be Jacob's Ladder, which goes fairly quickly. If I were you I would check the Quilter's Cache on the internet as they have hundreds of easy blocks with the directions and what the quilt will look like. I wish us both luck that we can finish our quilts in time. Happy quilting.
#34
Originally Posted by woody
This one goes together quickly and looks great
http://www.reddawn.net/quilt/hwells.htm
This is another good one
http://www.quiltfrog.com/fourhour.html
http://www.reddawn.net/quilt/hwells.htm
This is another good one
http://www.quiltfrog.com/fourhour.html
#36
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 67
WynfordMom2016
Here are 3 sites that I visit a lot when I'm looking for a block.
Hope you can find something at one of these sites.
www.delawarequilts.com
www.quilterscache.com
http://cheryl.thisbe.org/Patterns.html
Here are 3 sites that I visit a lot when I'm looking for a block.
Hope you can find something at one of these sites.
www.delawarequilts.com
www.quilterscache.com
http://cheryl.thisbe.org/Patterns.html
#38
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Hi there. Pardon my ignorance, but what the heck is OBW? I'm just beginning to get more time on the internet and h ave a lot to learn. I'm not even sure how to do Facebook, although I would like to learn, but hubby "doesn't have time". I guess I'll just keep hacking away until I get it right or "crash and burn".
#39
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Originally Posted by MargeD
Hi there. Pardon my ignorance, but what the heck is OBW? I'm just beginning to get more time on the internet and h ave a lot to learn. I'm not even sure how to do Facebook, although I would like to learn, but hubby "doesn't have time". I guess I'll just keep hacking away until I get it right or "crash and burn".
It stands for One Block Wonder
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