Purple and Blue Batiks
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Thanks all to everyone else, I'm definitely going to be looking at those suggestions!
Right now, I have decided on a 6x6 block of the Bermuda sunrise BUT ... wait for it ... each block will only be 6x6 inches ... so there are lots of small pieces LOL
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Irishrose2. I have several Batiks that I have been 'storing' for the right inspiration to come along. I really like the border you used on the panel quilt you posted and would like to use that as a quilt. Is it a particular pattern or did you create it? Would it be hard to figure out? Any help or advice you can give me would be greatly appreciated so I can add this to my To Do List.
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I have used it as a quilt to back a gorgeous Drunkard's Path in batiks. The recipient likes the block side better and uses it as the front, so it does make a pretty quilt. Sadly, I let that one out of the house without pictures.
To answer your questions, no, I didn't make up the pattern. Someone, maybe nativetexan, cranked out several for graduation gifts a few years ago. Hers were in prints if I recall correctly. I want to do one in just a pretty floral and a coordinating blender with black strips. I think it will look woven.
You can cut your pieces any number of sizes as long as they form a square when stitched together. In this one the black strips were 2 X 9 1/2". The batiks were 6 1/2 X 9 1/2. 6.5 + 2.5=10, then subtracting 1" for 2 seams, the sewn blocks are 9.5" square and finish at 9". Sew them together alternating the direction of the black strips, both in the columns and rows. Couldn't be much easier. For me, the hardest part was placing the blocks on the design wall to distribute the colors to my liking. PM me or come back here if this isn't clear.
Judy
To answer your questions, no, I didn't make up the pattern. Someone, maybe nativetexan, cranked out several for graduation gifts a few years ago. Hers were in prints if I recall correctly. I want to do one in just a pretty floral and a coordinating blender with black strips. I think it will look woven.
You can cut your pieces any number of sizes as long as they form a square when stitched together. In this one the black strips were 2 X 9 1/2". The batiks were 6 1/2 X 9 1/2. 6.5 + 2.5=10, then subtracting 1" for 2 seams, the sewn blocks are 9.5" square and finish at 9". Sew them together alternating the direction of the black strips, both in the columns and rows. Couldn't be much easier. For me, the hardest part was placing the blocks on the design wall to distribute the colors to my liking. PM me or come back here if this isn't clear.
Judy
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