cat-on-a-mac

From Totally Tubular by Rita Hutchins, this design really caught my eye. I just wanted to try out her technique, and not spend anything on new fabric, so I picked out these fabrics from my stash. I thought my theme might be something about a road in the forest, but half way thru, I was sitting on our porch and the lawn mower was sitting in the yard. It dawned on me the colors in this quilt are exactly those of the John Deere mower. Now I can't get that out of my mind every time I look at it! So maybe it will be "The Road to John Deere's House"!

At any rate, the tubular technique is fascinating. It's also a bit ... harrowing? After you spend all this time sewing strips together into tubes and cutting them and sewing them back together in different ways, you end up with a rectangle. Then you just slash it into 2 parts at a weird angle. Sew those 2 parts back together a certain way... then slash it again and reassemble. It was scary!

So, I really like what I ended up with. Any suggestions for how to quilt?

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nativetexan

Wow, love it. it makes me crazy trying to figure it out too!!

Tartan

​Very pretty!

lynnie

wow, just wow, can't figure it out, where it starts and finishes. great quilt

Diane007

wow that is cool

gsbuffalo

that is very different with the cutting and sewing but it turned out great.

landers1

Beautifully done

gabeway

Great job!

sawsan

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malindaann

i love the color choices. very bold. beautiful piecing job too