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    Old 01-23-2016, 03:08 PM
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    I look at my fabric and then start searching for the perfect quilt. Upon occasion I have made baby quilts from just an idea.
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    Old 01-23-2016, 07:08 PM
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    All of the ones mentioned above, but mostly by seeing in person quilts that others have made. And I think it is the color combinations that catching my eye first.
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    Old 01-23-2016, 08:17 PM
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    My longarm group had a "wholecloth challenge" last year, and my greatest inspiration came from images of the Cosmati Pavement in Westminster Abbey. Here's a link:
    http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our...smati-pavement
    You can also google images of "cosmatesque architecture" -like this:
    https://www.google.com/search?q=cosm...ih=921#imgrc=_

    I uitlize Lisa Calle's method of designing for the wholecloth - that is, it gets drafted on paper first, including drawing the various fills that I think will work - then go to the longarm and stitch what I just drew.

    Here's the resulting wholecloth wallhangings (these are the only two wholecloth quilts I've ever done. Both have been bound since these pics were taken.)
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    Old 01-23-2016, 08:20 PM
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    quilt shows, sewing tv shows, websites, fabric, forums such as these
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    Old 01-23-2016, 08:32 PM
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    Originally Posted by PAKate
    Thanks, DresiArnaz, for telling us about Quilters Cache. From there, I found Miss Sews-it-all. Great site and she collects vintage machines. This is so much fun!
    IIRC, someone on this board mentioned it, but I don't remember who.

    Thanks, whoever you are!

    There's enough free patterns to quilt for a lifetime on that site.
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    Old 01-23-2016, 08:35 PM
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    Originally Posted by letawellman
    My longarm group had a "wholecloth challenge" last year, and my greatest inspiration came from images of the Cosmati Pavement in Westminster Abbey. Here's a link:
    http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our...smati-pavement
    You can also google images of "cosmatesque architecture" -like this:
    https://www.google.com/search?q=cosm...ih=921#imgrc=_

    I uitlize Lisa Calle's method of designing for the wholecloth - that is, it gets drafted on paper first, including drawing the various fills that I think will work - then go to the longarm and stitch what I just drew.

    Here's the resulting wholecloth wallhangings (these are the only two wholecloth quilts I've ever done. Both have been bound since these pics were taken.)
    That is breathtaking!
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    Old 01-24-2016, 05:07 AM
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    letawellman, spectacular!!!
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