For those looking for an easy/awesome pattern
03-27-2011, 03:23 PM
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I love the jewel box pattern. I started one several years ago when my cousin-in-law was pregnant. Her daughter is now... six? seven? What happened is that I used scraps, and well, it's just, .... boring. I got bored making it. I didn't think (and still don't think) that it's a little girl's quilt. And frankly I don't think it's all that interesting for anyone.
The black background in the one linked to above is very dramatic though. I may try it again at some later date. In the meantime, I keep working slowly but surely away at this undesirable UFO jewel box. I carry the scraps in a zip lock back and hand piece a little here and a little there.
The black background in the one linked to above is very dramatic though. I may try it again at some later date. In the meantime, I keep working slowly but surely away at this undesirable UFO jewel box. I carry the scraps in a zip lock back and hand piece a little here and a little there.
my undesirable jewel box (squares not yet sewn together)
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03-27-2011, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by jillaine
I love the jewel box pattern. I started one several years ago when my cousin-in-law was pregnant. Her daughter is now... six? seven? What happened is that I used scraps, and well, it's just, .... boring. I got bored making it. I didn't think (and still don't think) that it's a little girl's quilt. And frankly I don't think it's all that interesting for anyone.
The black background in the one linked to above is very dramatic though. I may try it again at some later date. In the meantime, I keep working slowly but surely away at this undesirable UFO jewel box. I carry the scraps in a zip lock back and hand piece a little here and a little there.
The black background in the one linked to above is very dramatic though. I may try it again at some later date. In the meantime, I keep working slowly but surely away at this undesirable UFO jewel box. I carry the scraps in a zip lock back and hand piece a little here and a little there.
03-27-2011, 04:13 PM
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thanks for the encouragement. i can't see "beautiful" but I can see that I've already put in a lot of work, so I want to finish it even though I've lost "heart" in it. I've played around with putting sashing in between, but it doesn't really add anything.
-- Jillaine
-- Jillaine
03-27-2011, 05:03 PM
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I love that pattern. I also subscribe to About.com and saw this pattern and printed it. I would love to make it with the black and batiks as shown. --But I am now hand quilting one quilt, machine piecing another, and hand piecing a third one. One of these has to get finished before I start the Jewel Box.
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