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    Old 10-02-2013, 03:19 PM
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    Originally Posted by Mdegenhart
    I made a Turning Twenty (very similar) with not enough variety and I was unhappy with it.
    I've made Turning 20 with just 3 colors several times. I've always loved them
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    Old 10-03-2013, 06:37 AM
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    Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply! Very helpful information! Now time to look for fabrics.
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    Originally Posted by bearisgray
    According to this article, one would only need four colors to not have any colors touch each other.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_color_theorem
    Wow! You do think deep! Thanks. I had no idea. This is very interesting. I always have problems with random color, etc.
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    Hi Dina, my name is Lori. I am very new to quilting, I am still working on my first one. I want to tell you how much I love your quilt. I love the colors, they just pop and you have done an awesome job on it. I would love to make it, was it very hard to make? Where did you get your fat quarters from?
    HAPPY QUILTING!!!!!!!!!!
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    I finally broke down and bought this pattern, since every time I see it I love it. (Plus, I couldn't seem to figure the block out from pictures! ) I'm really looking forward to trying it. Looking at yours, Dina, I'm thinking that with all the purples I seem to have, I may build it around them.
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    This is pictures of two "Turning Twenty" quilts I have made and think that the greater variety of fabrics, the better but also feel it is a matter of personal choice.
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    Originally Posted by Scuddles
    Hi Dina, my name is Lori. I am very new to quilting, I am still working on my first one. I want to tell you how much I love your quilt. I love the colors, they just pop and you have done an awesome job on it. I would love to make it, was it very hard to make? Where did you get your fat quarters from?
    HAPPY QUILTING!!!!!!!!!!
    Lori
    You can google fabric fat quarters and loads of sites will come up to order what you need. Or your quilt store in your town would have them. Is this helpful?
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    Old 10-04-2013, 05:36 AM
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    Originally Posted by Scuddles
    Hi Dina, my name is Lori. I am very new to quilting, I am still working on my first one. I want to tell you how much I love your quilt. I love the colors, they just pop and you have done an awesome job on it. I would love to make it, was it very hard to make? Where did you get your fat quarters from?
    HAPPY QUILTING!!!!!!!!!!
    Lori
    Lori, I didn't buy fat quarters. I bought a half yard of fabric and made 2 fat quarters of each. The Yellow Brick Road I made called for 12 fat quarters, so I bought 6 1/2 yard pieces. No, it wasn't hard to make, but I found an easier pattern that makes a similar quilt. It is called Take Five. Let me find a picture of it, in case it interests you. It is a pattern that isn't available free, but then neither is Yellow Brick Road.

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    I like that TAKE 5 pattern and use it to make charity quilts too. Uses up some small pieces from leftovers very well too. Have made the Yellow B RD also . My kind of easy quilts without using tiny scraps.
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    Originally Posted by Dina
    Lori, I didn't buy fat quarters. I bought a half yard of fabric and made 2 fat quarters of each. The Yellow Brick Road I made called for 12 fat quarters, so I bought 6 1/2 yard pieces. No, it wasn't hard to make, but I found an easier pattern that makes a similar quilt. It is called Take Five. Let me find a picture of it, in case it interests you. It is a pattern that isn't available free, but then neither is Yellow Brick Road.

    Dina
    I have made several of the Take 5 quilts and a couple of the YBR quilts. I love both of them, but the Take 5 is my favorite. I made it once using the 15 fabrics from a collection and I think it was my favorite. Enjoy whatever you choose to make.
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