Tip toe through Hexagons Cutie Style, layout etc.........
02-16-2010, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by mimisharon
Originally Posted by Kyiav10
I am loving them all!!! I am cutting the other half of the yardage to get more blocks. It still won't be as big as I wanted but I am going to deal with it.
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02-16-2010, 09:50 PM
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It is really hard to tell you how much to buy as it totally varies with the size of repeat and how big you cut your pieces, obviously the smaller the cut the less the fabric will go, the seams take up a bunch. So you all are going to be there in the LQS counting and measuring repeats and multiplying it by six until you have hopefully what size you want.
I can't wait to see where everyone goes after they finish this first one.
I can't wait to see where everyone goes after they finish this first one.
02-17-2010, 01:29 AM
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Just to say I'm SO GLAD I'm not having to choose between your quilts. I'm loving them all.
Cutebuns: Those tumbling grapes are amazing. To me it's like a dance, moving out from the ring of grapes with the one leaf in the centre, whirling outwards into the green leaves and back to the tempting fruit again! Yum.
Mimisharon: Loving your blues, with the triangles twisting through them. Hat off to you for sticking with it, it looks now as if it was meant to be this way.
deranged_damsel: How cool!!! A leap into something else and it works just so well. And congratulations on getting your boy in shape as well... :D
Greencat: Welcome to the sandbox! :D Cutebuns is a great tutor, isn't she. Drew me out as well. I like your blocks, very subtle. Mimisharon's doesn't have a lot of contrast either and to me it's not a drawback at all. I think yours are both lovely.
Meanwhile, back in the rain... My machine is back and I'm now sewing feverishly to catch up. And I'm getting the "oh no everyone else's is much nicer than mine" phase now :LOL: ! Hope I'll get over it.
Cutebuns: Those tumbling grapes are amazing. To me it's like a dance, moving out from the ring of grapes with the one leaf in the centre, whirling outwards into the green leaves and back to the tempting fruit again! Yum.
Mimisharon: Loving your blues, with the triangles twisting through them. Hat off to you for sticking with it, it looks now as if it was meant to be this way.
deranged_damsel: How cool!!! A leap into something else and it works just so well. And congratulations on getting your boy in shape as well... :D
Greencat: Welcome to the sandbox! :D Cutebuns is a great tutor, isn't she. Drew me out as well. I like your blocks, very subtle. Mimisharon's doesn't have a lot of contrast either and to me it's not a drawback at all. I think yours are both lovely.
Meanwhile, back in the rain... My machine is back and I'm now sewing feverishly to catch up. And I'm getting the "oh no everyone else's is much nicer than mine" phase now :LOL: ! Hope I'll get over it.
02-17-2010, 05:47 AM
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I'm still playing with a wish for combining them, either the small around the big in a sort of frame, or perhaps with a diagonal sash between them...
(note my elegant sock :roll: )
(note my elegant sock :roll: )
Starting to go around
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02-17-2010, 06:15 AM
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Salmonsweet! That is beautiful! Do you still have a whole piece of your fabric that you could post or have you already and I missed it? DH and I spent about an hour wandering thru the fabric aisles yesterday looking at fabrics "with a different eye." I may be able to get rid of some of my resources (used to be called stash) by just cutting them up to see how they will look, no matter how big the repeat! My fingers will be busy today!
02-17-2010, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by bjcombs2022
Salmonsweet! That is beautiful! Do you still have a whole piece of your fabric that you could post or have you already and I missed it? DH and I spent about an hour wandering thru the fabric aisles yesterday looking at fabrics "with a different eye." I may be able to get rid of some of my resources (used to be called stash) by just cutting them up to see how they will look, no matter how big the repeat! My fingers will be busy today!
A picture of my original fabric is in the cutting thread, here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-35685-31.htm#793584
02-17-2010, 06:28 AM
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Beautiful fabric! I have a fairly small repeat fabric that I have had forever, it was originally used in my first quilt, Trip Around The World, kingsize. I way over bought because I loved it! I am going to do a test on it today just to see how it will look, just a few blocks! Another piece of resource gone!
Stash - Put away in secret . . . hidden
Resources - A source of supply, support, or aid, esp one that can be readily drawn upon when needed
Stash - Put away in secret . . . hidden
Resources - A source of supply, support, or aid, esp one that can be readily drawn upon when needed
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