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05-23-2013, 01:58 PM

#11

Dina

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Originally Posted by charsuewilson

Dina, I see yours has passed inspection.

Yes, Hot Rod, my 16 pound quilt inspector, has to approve every quilt I make! His idea, not mine.

Dina

05-23-2013, 03:22 PM

#12

true4uca

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Originally Posted by charsuewilson

The 3x5 quilt I suggested would have
purple, red, orange
red, orange, red
orange, red, ORANGE
red orange red
orange red, purple

The red square in the middle would have purple in the upper left and lower right corners.

Going away for weekend, so have to put this away. I've just tried making several color copies. Cutting the blocks apart & adding another row. Almost worked,of course I'm almost cross eyed. Your suggestion makes more sense, start all over again.

05-23-2013, 03:23 PM

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true4uca

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Originally Posted by Dina

I just finished this quilt, and I made mine larger by adding borders. It is still square though. It ended up being 61 inches square. I added a two inch inner border and a five inch outer border.

I know that isn't what you are wanting to do, but perhaps it is a starting spot. If you made the top and bottom borders bigger...well, now I can't visualize that either, but...there ought to be a way to do it.

I will attach a picture of mine. It isn't quilted yet in the picture, but I haven't taken a picture of the finished product yet. I literally just finished putting the binding on it. Perhaps the picture will generate an idea for you that will help...

Dina

Wow, adding borders looks great. I assumed I couldn't do borders.

05-23-2013, 03:26 PM

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tessagin

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Ditto what joyce888 said.

05-23-2013, 06:33 PM

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alikat110

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Redrafting for rectangles would be my solution. I love the added borders.

05-24-2013, 06:55 AM

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WMUTeach

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My daughter made this quilt a couple of years ago. She said it was really very easy. I like the idea of adding borders to make it larger. It would frame the 3D effect of the quilt as is.

05-24-2013, 07:19 AM

#17

mckwilter

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This is a Karen Combs pattern. She has several books out. Check those and see if she has a pattern that is rectangular.

05-25-2013, 03:21 AM

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twinkie

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That is pretty but over my head

05-25-2013, 07:01 AM

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catmcclure

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Originally Posted by true4uca

I so http://www.quiltershomemag.com/patte...html?idx=13608 want to make this quilt . But I don't know how to make it longer without losing the 3D effect.

An easier way to do it would be to change the design from squares to rectangles. It would be fairly easy to elongate the quilt that way. Would mean redoing the instructions, but it wouldn't be that hard to do. You still get the 3-D effect.
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05-25-2013, 12:22 PM

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Halo

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I really like the way Dina done hers. You could just add thinner border all the way around & then another thin border on the sides & a wider top & bottom border. That would make it longer & would really frame the blocks & make them pop.