a book on the block?
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a book on the block?
Hi all, one of our secretary is retiring at the end of the school year, the staff wants to make a signature block quilt for her, she loves to read and collect books. The staff would like a block with a book appliqued on it where they would write their congrats. I cannot find any pattern, all I get from my research is "quilting books" no a single book pattern. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Thank you
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One block per writer or one big book for all? Here are line drawings of all kinds of book that you can enlarge for applique.
http://www.clker.com/clipart-9706.html
http://www.clker.com/clipart-9706.html
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The only fabric I could find were old library book. It might be something you could use.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...s&_sacat=28162
You could make some sort of a shelf furniture and maybe make the books have the signatures of people like they were the authors of a book. Good Luck.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...s&_sacat=28162
You could make some sort of a shelf furniture and maybe make the books have the signatures of people like they were the authors of a book. Good Luck.
#4
How about this one with the staff signing the spines like titles and authors -
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2013/03/...-me-quilt.html
and here is one of an open book
http://www.athomebythebaye.com/2012/...r-virtual.html
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2013/03/...-me-quilt.html
and here is one of an open book
http://www.athomebythebaye.com/2012/...r-virtual.html
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You can use just about any block that has a center square or rectangle, but here's a few at Quilter's Cache: http://www.quilterscache.com/Alphabe...stPageS_Z.html
Sorry I missed the part about you wanting to have something to do with books.
Sorry I missed the part about you wanting to have something to do with books.
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I made a book shelf memorial Wallhanging Instead of using book titles, you could have people sign the spines of the books
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t221363.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t221363.html
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I made a book shelf memorial Wallhanging Instead of using book titles, you could have people sign the spines of the books
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t221363.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t221363.html
There is a paper pieced pattern for these "bookshelf books". My small quilt group did a block exchange using the pattern and all the quilts turned out great. Some of us wrote the names of books on a light colored piece of fabric that was pieced into the spine. We tried to personalize it using the receivers "likes".
Here is one free pattern:
http://www.blockcentral.com/qb-pattern-bookshelf2.shtml
This is the pattern we used called Book Block for the Library Shelf (it's about the 9th pattern down):
http://www.winnowing.com/patterns.html
Hope you find something you like. You should have a lot of fun with this! We sure did.
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