Quick, Easy, Yet Stunning??
01-08-2013, 07:22 PM
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01-08-2013, 08:33 PM
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Donna, for something quick and easy and is striking, in my opinion, is the Take 5 quilt. It takes 5/8 yd of 5 different fabrics...If you want to make it larger, just increase yardage to 7/8 yd, and cut more blocks... It makes up so fast. Just thought I'd throw in my 2 cents..
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Howdy y'all :c)
WHEW!!! The past couple of months have been overwhelming! Since Thanksgiving, my daughter (19 years old and autistic) had to have major surgery, I bought AND wrapped all of the Christmas presents, went to three Christmas dinners, plus made it though four (FOUR!!) birthdays, with two more to go in the next week! Oh.....and I also made a quilt for my nephew!
Here's my problem.....I'm still trying to finish up a quilt I started for my niece for her birthday (which was October 23). I have a quilt in mind I'm going to make for my oldest sister for her birthday in March, and I think it will go together fairly quickly. The problem is, my other sister's birthday is in June. I want to make a quilt for her as well, but I'm obviously pressed for time. Do any of you have any suggestions for a quilt that will go together fast, that's fairly easy, but doesn't look like it's quick and easy? I don't want her to feel like I've just thrown something together, even though that's pretty much what I'll probably have to do. Any and all help would be very much appreciated! :c)
Donna
WHEW!!! The past couple of months have been overwhelming! Since Thanksgiving, my daughter (19 years old and autistic) had to have major surgery, I bought AND wrapped all of the Christmas presents, went to three Christmas dinners, plus made it though four (FOUR!!) birthdays, with two more to go in the next week! Oh.....and I also made a quilt for my nephew!
Here's my problem.....I'm still trying to finish up a quilt I started for my niece for her birthday (which was October 23). I have a quilt in mind I'm going to make for my oldest sister for her birthday in March, and I think it will go together fairly quickly. The problem is, my other sister's birthday is in June. I want to make a quilt for her as well, but I'm obviously pressed for time. Do any of you have any suggestions for a quilt that will go together fast, that's fairly easy, but doesn't look like it's quick and easy? I don't want her to feel like I've just thrown something together, even though that's pretty much what I'll probably have to do. Any and all help would be very much appreciated! :c)
Donna
01-08-2013, 08:47 PM
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01-09-2013, 03:03 AM
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Quiltforme (on this site) has done one she called "pinwheel disappearing 4 patch" and she gave the coloured photos of how to do it. I did a square to try it and it is easy. I did big squares about 16" (they get cut a few times) and it looks like a lot of work but it isn't. I would copy it to here but don't know how; but if you type it in on the search area up on the top of the page it will come up.
01-09-2013, 05:01 AM
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THANKS so much, Red! I basically had to have them custom built because no one had what I was looking for. So I went to a discount home improvement store and they helped me design my own. You won't believe it to look at it, but they are basically three simple bookshelves stacked on top of one another!!! I just had them add solid doors on the bottom unit, and doors with glass windows on the top unit. What really set them off was having our contractor add crown molding and side panels to hide the seams of the three bookshelves. I had glass shelves made for the top unit, and the top two units have electrical outlets built in for our cable boxes and anything else I might need power for. I'm so proud of what we ended up with. I've never redecorated anything before!!!!
01-09-2013, 05:21 AM
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Well, if you have a quilt "in mind" for your sister's birthday in March, in sounds like you haven't started it . That only gives you 2 months. Lets assume you finish it by her birthday, you still have at least 2 months to the next sister's birthday, so I would suggest you make the same design only in different colors.
01-09-2013, 06:51 AM
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Love all the "Swirly Girl" patterns, they are very easy to do, and definitely don't look it!
http://www.swirlygirlsdesign.com/
http://www.swirlygirlsdesign.com/
01-09-2013, 08:21 AM
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Actually any p patch or 4 patch or 5 patch or 7 patch block could be enlarged for a one block quilt. Again as stated by several on this thread the fabric choice are more important than the pattern. And for the most part (aside from floral motifs) the fabric makes the block masculine or feminine. Most of these patterns -------the simpler ones------are just squares and HST-----generally fairly quick to do.
01-09-2013, 10:08 AM
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I agree with EasyPeezy, the Double Slice tutorial on Missouri Quilt Co. is an easy, but very quick pattern. Made with Layer cakes, or just 10" squares. I just finished one before Christmas with 10 " Christmas squares from our Christmas guild party Dec. 11. So you can see you would have lots of time. And it was fun. I plan on making another with a set of Layer Cakes since the colors are all coordinated for me. The Christmas one was busy, but fun.
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