Ideas for pattern for fat quarter bundle
07-29-2013, 05:20 PM
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Ideas for pattern for fat quarter bundle
I got a Savonnerie bundle for my birthday. Beautiful, but more "formal" than the fabrics I have been using. It will be my fifth quilt and I have at least some technique under my belt from having taken pretty challenging beginner & intermediate classes. Don't think I'm ready for a great deal of appliqué, and I still tend to get frustrated with lots of Y seaming. What pattern would you use with this beautiful fabric?
07-29-2013, 05:38 PM
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I google the FQ bundle to see what it looks like. Here is a thread here on the site with a pretty quilt that may look nice with that bundle. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t160415.html It is a bit more of a causal quilt. Not sure what your looking for. Good luck.
http://www.modabakeshop.com/ Here's a site that has a lot of free patterns. Maybe you'll find some inspiration here.https://www.google.com/search?q=moda...w=1301&bih=612
http://www.modabakeshop.com/ Here's a site that has a lot of free patterns. Maybe you'll find some inspiration here.https://www.google.com/search?q=moda...w=1301&bih=612
07-29-2013, 05:39 PM
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Here is a link to a picture of the fabrics. I have no idea either as what to do with it.
http://www.southernfabric.com/Savonn...LC_p_1881.html
Maybe anything that would work with French Provincial would work????
http://www.southernfabric.com/Savonn...LC_p_1881.html
Maybe anything that would work with French Provincial would work????
07-30-2013, 08:07 AM
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Check out www.sweettreat.com They specialize in FQ bundles and have lots of patterns that use 8 FQs and some yardage. Also, google "wickedly easy quilt".
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07-30-2013, 08:28 AM
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Once I had a FQ bundle that was pretty, but too formal for my style. I used the least formal approach - I cut the FQs into 9" squares and made a rag quilt. It is still my family's favorite quilt. I used natural muslin for the back squares and I used 8" squares of scrap batting in between. You can use the squares to practice FMQ or quilt a simple X. Join them with 1/2" seam, with the seam showing on the right side of the quilt. Cut the seams 1/4 to 3/8" deep about 1/2" apart. The more you wash your quilt the raggier it will look - totally informal, with formal fabric. My kind of quilt.
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07-30-2013, 08:39 AM
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Love your fabrics. How about something like one of these. I have the Dora pattern if interested.
http://preservinghomebasics.com/2011...f-charm-packs/
http://preservinghomebasics.com/2011...f-charm-packs/
07-30-2013, 09:10 AM
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Any of the Turning Twenty patterns would be great:
http://www.google.com/search?q=turni...Joe8rQGo2IHIBA
http://www.google.com/search?q=turni...Joe8rQGo2IHIBA
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07-30-2013, 03:01 PM
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Thank you for the ideas everyone!
I appreciate it!
I got a Savonnerie bundle for my birthday. Beautiful, but more "formal" than the fabrics I have been using. It will be my fifth quilt and I have at least some technique under my belt from having taken pretty challenging beginner & intermediate classes. Don't think I'm ready for a great deal of appliqué, and I still tend to get frustrated with lots of Y seaming. What pattern would you use with this beautiful fabric?
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