Originally Posted by Candace
I'm about 90% through part 2. Just a helpful tip. I used the printable, 3" finished half square triangle sheets from http://www.blockcentral.com/a-halfsq...glepaper.shtml to make it very fast and easy. And best of all-very accurate.
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I made the Christmas Lights quilt last year. It goes together very fast and looks amazing. I have it on my sofa as a throw. I used fleece backing, didn't quilt it at all, the fleece holds the cotton fabric to itself. I put a six inch wide border on the quilt top and then stripped and tied the quilt top and the fleece together all around like a fleece tied quilt. It's been washed several times and looks great.
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I made the Christmas Lights quilt last year. It goes together very fast and looks amazing. I have it on my sofa as a throw. I used fleece backing, didn't quilt it at all, the fleece holds the cotton fabric to itself. I put a six inch wide border on the quilt top and then stripped and tied the quilt top and the fleece together all around like a fleece tied quilt. It's been washed several times and looks great.
whatever it is, that thread (wish I could remember which one it is) along with your post really changed my mind about fleece. Thank you for adding to our information <wave> |
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I made the Christmas Lights quilt last year. It goes together very fast and looks amazing. I have it on my sofa as a throw. I used fleece backing, didn't quilt it at all, the fleece holds the cotton fabric to itself. I put a six inch wide border on the quilt top and then stripped and tied the quilt top and the fleece together all around like a fleece tied quilt. It's been washed several times and looks great.
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Originally Posted by Suse
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I made the Christmas Lights quilt last year. It goes together very fast and looks amazing. I have it on my sofa as a throw. I used fleece backing, didn't quilt it at all, the fleece holds the cotton fabric to itself. I put a six inch wide border on the quilt top and then stripped and tied the quilt top and the fleece together all around like a fleece tied quilt. It's been washed several times and looks great.
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Okay - - I need some feedback ... will be uploading pictures later
This is the problem! I went upstairs to look through my containers and I found YARDAGE of pink and green! What do you think will happen if I use them up as is and add scrappy neutrals and greens? <wave> |
Originally Posted by Central Ohio Quilter
I would love to try a mystery quilt, but this one looks too scrappy for me. I am not a big fan of scrappy quilts and I especially don't want to make one when I don't know what it is going to look like ahead of time. I think I will pass on this one.
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Then it is a "controlled" scrappy- I think it would look fine. Sometimes it pulls a scrappy quilt together to have colors that are all the same and the scrappy parts can add texture and variety. I say GO FOR IT! and get parts 1&2 done before part 3 is posted.
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Originally Posted by vbourck
Then it is a "controlled" scrappy- I think it would look fine. Sometimes it pulls a scrappy quilt together to have colors that are all the same and the scrappy parts can add texture and variety. I say GO FOR IT! and get parts 1&2 done before part 3 is posted.
I probably should go out to the van and bring in the container that has all my strips cut according to size to find more colors, but I will upload what I have and I can go from there. I was a bit surprised by how much pink I found. Keeping in mind that Miss Bonnie suggested about 15 different pieces in the color way, I found way more than that, so it should be good to go. <wave> |
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So! I took the 15 minute challenge on another thread, and this is what took up part of my 15 minutes.
Now, be forewarned - - I know it is supposed to be scraps, but I don't store my scraps by color (guess what is going to get changed after NEW YEAR! yep), so that was an impossible task. Here are my color stacks <wave> |
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