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12-18-2010, 08:17 PM
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[quote=Ladyjanedoe]I've been DYING to make one of the Embers quilts but I can't find the exact Gelatto it calls for and I'm too thick to figure out how to do it with another fabric.
I got the pattern and fabric from dakotacabinquilts.com in April.
When I went back to the site just then, I found the pattern but not the fabric. But I did see it at at http://www.canbyquilts.com/kits.html.
It takes five yards of that gradient fabric and there were 13 pages of directions! It has to be cut so precisely, I really didn't know if I could do it -- plus mitered borders! Sure went to school on that one.
When the stuff came in, my DGS was so happy. He asked it it would be ready the next day.
:shock: :shock:
I got the pattern and fabric from dakotacabinquilts.com in April.
When I went back to the site just then, I found the pattern but not the fabric. But I did see it at at http://www.canbyquilts.com/kits.html.
It takes five yards of that gradient fabric and there were 13 pages of directions! It has to be cut so precisely, I really didn't know if I could do it -- plus mitered borders! Sure went to school on that one.
When the stuff came in, my DGS was so happy. He asked it it would be ready the next day.
:shock: :shock:
12-18-2010, 08:23 PM
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Thanks, Jan. I bought the pattern a long time ago and it just sat in my folder forever. Then I had a male friend I thought it would be perfect for and that's when I struck out. Because the cutting instructions are so tricky I didn't want to try using a different gellato. Plus it would change the look anyway. I even emailed the pattern designer ( can't remember her name) and could get no help.
Yours is terrific and proof that I'll want to keep on looking.
The other quilts are amazing too. I love using black with brights.
Yours is terrific and proof that I'll want to keep on looking.
The other quilts are amazing too. I love using black with brights.
12-18-2010, 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JanP
Here are quilts I made for my grandkids. These are the first I've had quilted -- and my quilter has been doing this for only a year, about like me -- so we're both relative newbies.
My 12-year old DGD picked out the Carpenter Star and the backing -- I call it "Meandering Ameoba" because that's what the variegated thread looks like on the black.
My 13-year old DGS picked out the Embers gradient pattern -- he said, "Mimi, it will make my bed look like it's on fire!" That's for sure! So I named it "Bed's on Fire." (I made the back dark in case he needs to calm down.)
The Amish-looking on-point one is for my 16-year old DGS -- hope it looks sufficiently Goth. Since I managed to cut the tips off the top "mountains," I'm calling it "Pointless."
I still have the binding handwork to finish -- and a drive from Little Rock to Philadelphia next week. Eeek!
My 12-year old DGD picked out the Carpenter Star and the backing -- I call it "Meandering Ameoba" because that's what the variegated thread looks like on the black.
My 13-year old DGS picked out the Embers gradient pattern -- he said, "Mimi, it will make my bed look like it's on fire!" That's for sure! So I named it "Bed's on Fire." (I made the back dark in case he needs to calm down.)
The Amish-looking on-point one is for my 16-year old DGS -- hope it looks sufficiently Goth. Since I managed to cut the tips off the top "mountains," I'm calling it "Pointless."
I still have the binding handwork to finish -- and a drive from Little Rock to Philadelphia next week. Eeek!
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