Originally Posted by maine ladybug

There's a whole line of fabrics that are concidered Civil War prints. You can find pictures of some on quilt shop sites if you put in Civil War fabrics. And some quilt shops carry them. I'm sure the people working there could help you find them if you get one in your group.

Originally Posted by craft phanatic

The more I read this thread the more excited I get. I'm very nervous to work on someone else's quilt but I am very excited to see how mine will turn out. I think I will just go with a color scheme instead of a design theme. I just bought this fabric from fabric.com that turned out to to be even prettier than it looked on the computer. So my color scheme is going to be blue with contrasting colors of anything in the cream/beige/tan family. As far as design or method is concerned....anything goes. This is gonna be so much fun for me!

Originally Posted by Cre8tvlwyr

whenever I plan a block, or am not sure if things are going together correctly, I grab some graph paper... the math is so basic and it does take the frustration down and out!! You have to remember to take your seam allowances into account. If your 3 large blocks are 12 3/4" - is that "unfinished?" This is important because if it is, you need another 1/2" background/sashing than if it will be 12 3/4" after you sew it to the sashing. so... STEP 1: measure everything you have as it would be "finished" say 12 1/4". STEP 2: tape 2-3 pieces of graph paper together and have each square equal an inch - mark off the desired width of your row... STEP 3: cut "model squares" your large squares will be 12 squares and a fourth of the 13th square. If you want, cut three of these out - and also cut two graph paper squares the model "size" of your smaller blocks. now place then on your blank graph paper "row". You will be able to tell if the 5 squares you have will work out simply with sashing or if you need something more. Don't feel you have to make 5 squares the same size... different sizes add interest. [I hope I havent confused you :roll: ]

Originally Posted by Obsessed

I know! I keep trying to talk myself into something simpler, but I seem to have my heart set on these silly spiderweb blocks!

Sherry - here is a link to a spiderweb blocks tutorial. http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=6510 I am going to paper piece instead of foundation piece so I have less bulk, but this is the basic idea...

Originally Posted by lindyline

I think I finally narrowed down my choices for these blocks. So many animalsnative to here. Here's the final contendors. Not sure if I'll use the frill neck lizard, or do a kookaburra instead. Now all I have to do is blanket stitch them all down. Luckily I've almost finished the frilly.

Originally Posted by lindyline

I think I finally narrowed down my choices for these blocks. So many animalsnative to here. Here's the final contendors. Not sure if I'll use the frill neck lizard, or do a kookaburra instead. Now all I have to do is blanket stitch them all down. Luckily I've almost finished the frilly.