Help in a hurry.... how to use large prints in a quilt
10-11-2012, 07:25 AM
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You could always use the horse fabric as the backing of the quilt so that it had two sides that could be used. Sometimes those large prints just look better when left in one large piece. When my daughter was a college freshman, she picked up this cute shirtless cowboy print for me to make her curtains. I had a huge piece of it left over and just made her a minky fleece quilt leaving that cowboy fabric intact. She loved it. One side was cuddly minky, and the other side had all of her cute shirtless cowboys on it.
10-11-2012, 08:02 AM
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I have made a couple of quilts where i didn't want to cut the fabric too small - this is one:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t199198.html it's the top teal/brown quilt (free pattern) and one i'm finishing the binding on at the moment is another free pattern by bernatex - i don't have pics of it yet - just google 'bernatex tempo de novo' and you'll see. It seems like there are some of the de novo patterns made up on this forum too. Good Luck! And do post pics when its done
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...p-t199198.html it's the top teal/brown quilt (free pattern) and one i'm finishing the binding on at the moment is another free pattern by bernatex - i don't have pics of it yet - just google 'bernatex tempo de novo' and you'll see. It seems like there are some of the de novo patterns made up on this forum too. Good Luck! And do post pics when its done
10-11-2012, 09:34 AM
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I have seen quilts with large print fabrics and they used a length of fabric about 22"x30" and then a border and then blocks around it with coordinating colors or fabrics. This was a child's quilt, but for a bigger one, just make the center panel bigger. Is this confusing? Sorry. I know there was a pattern for the one I saw , but i don't know the name. I will try to find it.
10-13-2012, 01:04 PM
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I made my grandaughter a quilt with the dissapearing 9 patch pattern. I placed the horse pics in the corners where they wouldn't be cut. I will try to attach a pic. This went real fast. the horse pics were appx 8", so the blocks were appx 24" square.
10-13-2012, 05:14 PM
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I'm currently making a farm animals quilt with the animals in Attic Windows. You can make the windows whatever size your horses are and it's a really easy block to make. Google has some great images to give you ideas.
10-14-2012, 06:17 PM
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My sister found these 2 tops at a thrift store and gave them to me to see if I could do anything with them. I had to take apart every seam because through out the whole top the seams ranged from 0" to 1/2". I cut them all the same size, and put them back together.
These are simple quilts, but I like them. I have yet to sandwich them and quilt them.
These are simple quilts, but I like them. I have yet to sandwich them and quilt them.
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