Get the book Traditions with a Twist. It is all strip piecing and patterns.I have made several of the quilts in it,and am going to make them all.
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Originally Posted by Peggy
I always cut my excess fabric into 2" strips for future quilt projects. Have made several log cabin quilts out of this size strips. Really like the look I get with this width.
However, I still have hundreds - HUNDREDS - of scrap strips in this width and need another pattern(s) as I am tired of log cabins (at the moment). Anyone have any idea(s) about how I can use these 2" wide strips? I prefer easy patterns! |
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I am not an anarchist, encouraging people to break the "rules" - - but! there comes a point where the "rule" doesn't make good, common, practical sense, and at that time, one MUST do what is appropriate, no matter how "authority" the instructor claims to be. Ditto |
Most times I'll use 1.5 in.if it's for a an adult size, and 1.25 for a child size quilt. I've used a 2.0 inch strip, not my favorite, it looks too big for me....
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Originally Posted by Peggy
I always cut my excess fabric into 2" strips for future quilt projects. Have made several log cabin quilts out of this size strips. Really like the look I get with this width.
However, I still have hundreds - HUNDREDS - of scrap strips in this width and need another pattern(s) as I am tired of log cabins (at the moment). Anyone have any idea(s) about how I can use these 2" wide strips? I prefer easy patterns! |
Originally Posted by StitchinJoy
Originally Posted by Prism99
I've made log cabin blocks with wider widths, but not the 1.5 inch cut width.
Any advice? Here's a link to a great article from the Quilt Study Center on Log Cabin quilts, showing different settings and explaining a lot of why they do what they do. http://www.quiltstudy.org/includes/d...lleryguide.pdf |
Originally Posted by Peggy
I always cut my excess fabric into 2" strips for future quilt projects. Have made several log cabin quilts out of this size strips. Really like the look I get with this width.
However, I still have hundreds - HUNDREDS - of scrap strips in this width and need another pattern(s) as I am tired of log cabins (at the moment). Anyone have any idea(s) about how I can use these 2" wide strips? I prefer easy patterns! |
Others are posting now where they just sew the strips together and make a long strip . then start cutting that down into sections and so forth ... I know I haven't explained it very well but they look neat and go together quickly :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by sharon b
Others are posting now where they just sew the strips together and make a long strip . then start cutting that down into sections and so forth ... I know I haven't explained it very well but they look neat and go together quickly :thumbup:
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Thanks Omak :thumbup:
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