Sylvia Bridal Sampler BOW
#231
Geri B
Tell me...are you , or most of you, doing this with preplanned color pallette or are you just winging it? I haven't decided which way to go yet...will have to think about this....
If I continue this adventure, I think I would like to have this book rebound by office max with that plastic ringer type spine they do, makes keeping book flat opened so much easier......[/QUOTE]
I have a dark royal blue/navy background with lots of different medium/light/bright for the other pieces. I have used a lot of different methods on the blocks so far.
This week I thought the wedding ring block should have just been pieced by rotary cut, squares --->1/2 triangles, but the sizes were not full 1/4 inches and it was easier to PP.
Welcome to all recently joined members. I was not going to do this quilt, this year either, but have enjoyed ever minute of working on the blocks.
Tell me...are you , or most of you, doing this with preplanned color pallette or are you just winging it? I haven't decided which way to go yet...will have to think about this....
If I continue this adventure, I think I would like to have this book rebound by office max with that plastic ringer type spine they do, makes keeping book flat opened so much easier......[/QUOTE]
I have a dark royal blue/navy background with lots of different medium/light/bright for the other pieces. I have used a lot of different methods on the blocks so far.
This week I thought the wedding ring block should have just been pieced by rotary cut, squares --->1/2 triangles, but the sizes were not full 1/4 inches and it was easier to PP.
Welcome to all recently joined members. I was not going to do this quilt, this year either, but have enjoyed ever minute of working on the blocks.
#232
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,018
I did do the first block in the book.....came out fine.. I do find the directions for piecing and the diagrams that accompany are a bit lacking. The next one I tried was the anvil...i think on the next page...am nowhere near my sewing cave now.....anyway...when I looked at the pic and then read the directions...I thought they were mixed up. Look at the pic, you can clearly see by the seams.....HSTs and squares...not trapazoids and triangles.....so that was what I did....worked fine and easier to do than the printed way.....wonder how many more of the blocks are more complicated than they really should be....I think this book is a bit dated looking at the copyright date.
Reminding me of dear jane....some were so convoluted it was not worth continuing........my theory being if you are not having fun, then you are missing the joy of quilting.....so I will carefully read each direction carefully and decide if I want to do this.....having to flip back and forth copying templates, reading directions(?) is not the best format. IMHO
Reminding me of dear jane....some were so convoluted it was not worth continuing........my theory being if you are not having fun, then you are missing the joy of quilting.....so I will carefully read each direction carefully and decide if I want to do this.....having to flip back and forth copying templates, reading directions(?) is not the best format. IMHO
Last edited by Geri B; 02-20-2014 at 04:50 PM.
#233
As long as the blocks.are 6.5" unfinished you can make them in any way you want. There's no quilt police telling you otherwise.
I started my first Sylvia just after I started quilting and had to trouble following the directions or diagrams.
I started my first Sylvia just after I started quilting and had to trouble following the directions or diagrams.
#236
Next assignments:
week 9
A6 Tennesee page 72
B4 Children's Delight page 24
week 10
A3 Bright Hopes page 22
B2 Gulf Star page 38
week 11
A5 Amethyst page 15
N1 Courhouse Steps page 26
week 12
C7 Northwind page 53
C3 Album 1 page 14
week 9
A6 Tennesee page 72
B4 Children's Delight page 24
week 10
A3 Bright Hopes page 22
B2 Gulf Star page 38
week 11
A5 Amethyst page 15
N1 Courhouse Steps page 26
week 12
C7 Northwind page 53
C3 Album 1 page 14
#238
Gorgeous Mirabelle!! Time well spent
Isn't it strange what camera's can do with pictures? I know the background on your Lancaster Rose is the same as the second picture, yet the Rose is all yellowish.......
Isn't it strange what camera's can do with pictures? I know the background on your Lancaster Rose is the same as the second picture, yet the Rose is all yellowish.......
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