I am awestruck, this quilt is amazing indeed! Hope you enter it into a quilt show somewhere....people will be smiling and pointing at this beauty.
I've gotten the 2 one block wonder books from the library but I'm not good at following written instructions...I need to take a hands-on class, with someone to guide me and keep me from making major mistakes, LOL. Love your quilt. warm quilt hugs, sue |
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Originally Posted by kd124
Gorgeous! Perfect name for the quilt. I name some of my quilts but not all. I am working on a One Block Wonder right now and need to have it finished by Juy 9 when I go to my HS reunion. It is for my oldest (timewise not age) and dearest friend.
Ducky--it really is a lot easier than it looks. I chain piece mine, so it goes really fast. Chain piecing - do you do several hexs at a time then? That sounds interesting. I take a stack of 6 and piece two sets of three, press seams, pin together and stick on wall. I'd be worried about mixing up the triangles; please enlighten me as to how you do it, sounds like a great tip! And I ditto what Jenell said - I went through the book step by step, it's really clear and good explanatory pics (Jenell - we SHOULD be on commission! :wink: ). AND if I can do it then anyone can too! :D |
Such a beautiful quilt :!: :!: How do you know where to start and what fabric to use?
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When I did a stack and whack (Bethany Renolds), I did one block at a time. Then one day, we joined another group of quilters to see if we wanted to join them. One of the ladies was working on a One Block Wonder and she was chaining the pieces together.
We didn't join the group, but I got sure got a good tip out of the deal! :lol: |
I LOVE it. Never heard of the pattern. Do you have a link?
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I always name my quilts too. Yours is a particularly lovely version of the One Block Wonder design, a design I find to be freeing me to explore non-traditional quilting patterns. Thank you for showing your quilt.
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That is so pretty. I love the blue. I guess I haven't seen one block wonders before, it is really nice. Good job!!
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Your quilt is beautiful. I have not heard of one block wonders, but it looks very intimidating!
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Thank you for explaining Kathy, there is no way I could have explained that and made sense! I chain 3 or 4 sets of triangles at a time. I just make sure each set is not like the others so I can tell really quick if I picked up the wrong one.
Adrianlee, I think I used 8 yards on this one. I always buy extra because there is alway an ugly block or two. This one is not quite a full twin size. Oh and the repeat was 12 inches if I remember right. I have seen a link showing these going together but the pattern isn't online anywhere. I will try to find it tomorrow. I normally can't work from a book either but when the class was cancelled indefinitely and I had already bought my fabric for a new grand baby, I had no choice but to sit down and go step by step. I was really surprised that it worked! Thanks again for all the nice comments, you guys are the best! |
Hi Billswife !! ABsolutely beautiful. Can you show a picture of the original piece of fabric? I Have a black and white, small hibiscus print that I was going to do a "stack N wack" - maybe I should do this one instead! What pattern/book was this from?
Terri |
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