JanP

Since I ineptly cut off the tops of the mountains on the top row, I named it "Pointless." Might be appropriate, since my daughter warned me that teenage boys aren't exactly into textile arts.

:roll:

JanP

Bed's on Fire, aka Embers -- http://www.canbyquilts.com/kits.html -- is made from 5 yards of gradient fabric that goes from bright yellow to deep purple. It has to be carefully cut to get four triangles of the right color in each square; then the borders have to be cut to make the "fire" appear in the right place.

The pattern suggested a swirl design for the quilting. But my quilter used a flame design, which we thought was appropriate!

Nini

Awesome! I love them all! Most impressed with the "newbie" quilting!

JanP

Not too bright for me! I think they are all beautiful and your teen Gkids should love them. Did they pick out any of the colors?[/quote]

Gwen and Joe chose their designs/colors. I waste WAY too much time looking at patterns online; then I copy and paste them into my computer to continue to ponder them. My GKids sat with me one night and we looked through scads of them and they picked the ones they wanted.

Pickles

Wow, now your right they do need sunglasses.lol.
But Beautifully made, my favorite is the burning bed also.
They are going to be thrilled to get them I bet. :D :thumbup:

milikaa1

They are all really nice, and bright.

KarenBarnes

I bought the gradient pattern as well but haven't had enough time to figure out the pattern. It is worded different than my brain was comprehending. Did you have a hard time with it? I really want to do this pattern. The one I saw quilted was done in circles and really looked awesome!

Conartist1945

Those are great! Beautiful job..

JanP

I almost fainted when I saw the directions, since I'd just started this quilting madness the year before and had pieced only very simple tops --including couple made from the bandanas my dogs got when they got groomed.

I was so petrified to cut into that huge five-yard piece of fabric that I bought some tempera paint and painted the design onto huges sheets of craft paper to mark where the triangles should be cut. A handyman working at the house saw the paper spread out on the floor and asked what I was doing. When I told him I was making a quilt, he said that didn't look like the kind of quilting his sister did! :)

KarenBarnes

I guess I'll just have to dive in! Cutting up that much fabric doesn't bother me but I just want to be sure that it will look right when done. Oh well, no quilt police live at my house so it will be good no matter what! :)