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04-03-2011, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Stormangelis
Hi folks. Please be gentle with me because I have only ever made one quilt from squares ... and it was basically cobbled together. I've had a looksee at the Gallery and ALL the quilts are amazing.I can never see myself coming even close to any of them ... but I'll be content to do a Log Cabin or just one with squares!
Patzy.
Patzy.
Try this: sew some varying narrow strips of different colors together. Use the width of the fabric, and pick 5 of them.
Now iron the sewed strips and measure them from top to bottom. Now, cut them into squares The same dimension wide as tall. Next. take one pice of fabric and cut out a row of plain squares the exact same size.
Take five stripey squares and four plain squares and sew them into a nine patch.
Add a border or two or three, starting with the plain, and then using the other colors for the outer.
Guess What?
You will have the top of a wall hanging!
Let us know how it turns out!
Jeannie
04-03-2011, 09:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Port Lavaca, TX
Posts: 1,276
Originally Posted by Stormangelis
Hi folks. Please be gentle with me because I have only ever made one quilt from squares ... and it was basically cobbled together. I've had a looksee at the Gallery and ALL the quilts are amazing.I can never see myself coming even close to any of them ... but I'll be content to do a Log Cabin or just one with squares!
Patzy.
Patzy.
Try this: sew some varying narrow strips of different colors together. Use the width of the fabric, and pick 5 of them.
Now iron the sewed strips and measure them from top to bottom. Now, cut them into squares The same dimension wide as tall. Next. take one pice of fabric and cut out a row of plain squares the exact same size.
Take five stripey squares and four plain squares and sew them into a nine patch.
Add a border or two or three, starting with the plain, and then using the other colors for the outer.
Guess What?
You will have the top of a wall hanging!
Let us know how it turns out!
Jeannie
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