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Love your quilts, all of you. There is just something so comforting and soothing about scrappy quilts. I really enjoy seeing all these gorgeous creations, thank you to all who have, and will be adding to this gallery of art.
#2156
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North Carolina
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Thank you Krystyna. I use a lot of bricks (3 1/2 x 6 1/2) and 2 1/2 inch strips because those are the sizes I cut my scraps. I also tend to make quick and easy patterns for the comfort quilts so I can get more done. Last year our group donated 122 comfort quilts to the local cancer center for adult patients and we didn't have enough to go around to all the patients.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 269
Joselake, I made up the design but my friend Marjorie has it posted on her blog. http://b-quilts.com/blog/. Click on Shadowed Rail Fence Variation on the right side of the page. Our guild just used the pattern at our annual January retreat to make comfort quilts for cancer patients.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 269
DDuMouchel I used bricks 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 for the rectangle pieces. I strip sewed the smaller blocks with sashing. White sashing is 1 1 /2 inches wide and the two colors on either side were 3 inches wide. I subcut the unit 2 1/2 inches wide. I sewed sashing ( 1 1/2 inches wide) to the large rectangle and then sewed the strip sewed subcut to this making the block 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 unfinished. (You could strip sew the sashing to the 3 1/2 inch strip but I already had my bricks cut). The placement of the blocks is totally random. I added 3 1/2 white border.
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