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    Old 11-04-2010, 07:05 PM
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    I have fabric that has Corvettes from four different years. The largest Corvette is 12 inches wide. I am looking for suggestions of how to make a quilt top out of it. I have considered pretending the different Corvettes are t-shirts and making a t-shirt quilt, but surely there are different designs I could use? Does anyone have any ideas?
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    Old 11-04-2010, 07:10 PM
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    I don't have a picture of the fabric, but you can see it at this address...I think.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/A-Henry-Vintage-...#ht_1076wt_823
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    Old 11-04-2010, 07:21 PM
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    I bet an attic window pattern would show these of very nicely!!
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    Old 11-04-2010, 08:19 PM
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    What about alternating them- big patch of the vette material and then a 4 patch of different fabrics ? that way you could showcase the bigger prints
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    What about a BQ quilt?
    http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-57726-1.htm
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    Old 11-04-2010, 08:29 PM
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    I agree, any of the BQ patterns would work well. I have made several and they are perfect for large scale prints.
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    Old 11-05-2010, 05:09 AM
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    I am a fairly new quilter, what is a BG pattern? Guess I will google that.

    Thanks. I will explore all these suggestions.
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    There is a pattern called Just can't cut it that uses 12.5" inch squares of a focus fabric along with a couple of other fabrics for the alternating blocks.

    http://allwashedupquilts.blogspot.co...27t%20Cut%20It
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    Turning Twenty - Around the Block - Book 3 in the series has some neat patterns for working with large blocks. I searched for my copy to do something with the Laurel Burch fabric that I have which has large patterns, but not necessarily even patterns.

    Cheers, K
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    Old 11-05-2010, 07:25 AM
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    Originally Posted by Dina
    I have fabric that has Corvettes from four different years. The largest Corvette is 12 inches wide. I am looking for suggestions of how to make a quilt top out of it. I have considered pretending the different Corvettes are t-shirts and making a t-shirt quilt, but surely there are different designs I could use? Does anyone have any ideas?
    This is what I did with some car fabric - suprised my hubby one Chistmas. Every time he would go to a car show or cruise night, I would beg off and work on this. He loves it!

    over sized queen car quilt
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