Can anyone help me create a unique french braid quilt?
06-21-2010, 08:21 AM
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This is going to be gorgeous! Send pics! You must love red too!
If it's red, I will love it...no matter what. No idea why, must be a phase I'm going thru.
(House was violet-blue for many, many years. Just switching to butter, and turkey-red, and well, any tertiary just about. It feels SO much warmer and happier!)
SO, your pretty red color and PERFECT seams are also luring me into tackling this project asap! :-D
If it's red, I will love it...no matter what. No idea why, must be a phase I'm going thru.
(House was violet-blue for many, many years. Just switching to butter, and turkey-red, and well, any tertiary just about. It feels SO much warmer and happier!)
SO, your pretty red color and PERFECT seams are also luring me into tackling this project asap! :-D
06-21-2010, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by cimarron
I started to order last night, but know she has out two on french braid. Which of the two should I order. I can kind of describe what I want to make, and please can someone tell me which of the two to order please. I want to make the one with the LARGE square, which fills the width of the panel, placed in the center of the panel...with the "little" squares used as "points moving" towards to top and bottom borders of the quilt. I don't know if that makes any sense. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
06-21-2010, 08:30 AM
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OK, one more french braid question...If anyone can answer. I know the strips are cut whatever length and folks trip away those outter diamonds/triangles to get the panel's straight edge. But (sorry, I just hate wasting gorgeous fabrics) is there a logical reason why one could not just put a mini-square on each end of a double length of said fabric...and cut at the designated angle...producing two of these with zero fabric waste? Am I missing something here??? Anyone else ever try this...was is successful, or not recommended?
06-21-2010, 08:42 AM
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Hey...here is an idea...a TINY flying geese border...that would be unique and really have movement...match the rest of the quilt.
There is the "something different" part. Can you tell I spend way, way too much thinking about making quilts, instead of making quilts? :lol: Well, don't let me get you into trouble at work! I DO APPRECIATE all you wonderful input! Many blessings
There is the "something different" part. Can you tell I spend way, way too much thinking about making quilts, instead of making quilts? :lol: Well, don't let me get you into trouble at work! I DO APPRECIATE all you wonderful input! Many blessings
06-21-2010, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by katier825
You could always use the tiny pieces to do paper piecing. I find it less painful than fussy cutting as far as waste goes. But I don't throw out much anymore, just the slivers.
Actually made a mariner's star, with paper piecing...and it had the circle/center surrounded the "traveling" wild geese inner border.
Paper piecing is the ONLY way I could have possibly even made an attempt. I just can't get things that accurate any other way! I am just too new to all this. Custom clothing design, pattern drafting, yes...quilting? NO, scary stuff!
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