Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Pictures
  • Walkabout Quilt >
  • Walkabout Quilt

  • Walkabout Quilt

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 04-12-2018, 05:59 PM
      #21  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Oct 2010
    Location: Round Rock, TX
    Posts: 2,206
    Default

    Oh!!! I love that design!!!
    goldsberry921 is offline  
    Old 04-12-2018, 06:47 PM
      #22  
    Power Poster
     
    Jingle's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Dec 2009
    Location: Outside St. Louis
    Posts: 38,213
    Default

    Beautiful quilt, quilting and pattern.
    Jingle is offline  
    Old 04-12-2018, 07:11 PM
      #23  
    Power Poster
     
    JuneBillie's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jun 2011
    Location: In God's Kingdom in Tennessee
    Posts: 12,724
    Default

    Very pretty quilt.
    JuneBillie is offline  
    Old 04-13-2018, 03:37 AM
      #24  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Aug 2011
    Posts: 3,678
    Default

    What a grand gift you are giving the happy couple. It is lovely.

    I like the name of the pattern..made me think of my son and golfing. I plan to machine embroider golf designs on blocks for him. I think this pattern is perfect as the chevron blocks can be the golf course path. Can you tell me the size of the blocks? Thank you for sharing.
    copycat is offline  
    Old 04-13-2018, 06:37 AM
      #25  
    Senior Member
     
    Three Dog Night's Avatar
     
    Join Date: May 2011
    Location: Western Washington
    Posts: 950
    Default

    Very lovely quilt. I made this pattern for my youngest son out of Dr. Who fabric. This is a pattern that can be adapted from a lap size to king quilt and works great with lots of different fabrics. Love how you fussy cut the roses for the big blocks, great job, they will love it.
    Three Dog Night is offline  
    Old 04-13-2018, 06:56 AM
      #26  
    DJ
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Mar 2008
    Location: Pacific NW
    Posts: 4,394
    Default

    Very pretty. Will make a lovely anniversary gift.

    I just tried some embroidery machine quilting on a small mat the other day. My machine isn't big enough to do a large quilt like that unless I did QAYG which I've never tried before.
    DJ is offline  
    Old 04-13-2018, 10:48 AM
      #27  
    Senior Member
     
    KathyJ's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jun 2011
    Location: Maumelle, AR
    Posts: 373
    Default

    Love that rose print & the way you centered the bouquets. Beautiful quilt. Kathy
    KathyJ is offline  
    Old 04-13-2018, 11:08 AM
      #28  
    Super Member
     
    patsan's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Apr 2017
    Location: Long Island
    Posts: 1,323
    Default

    That's really nice!
    patsan is offline  
    Old 04-13-2018, 12:41 PM
      #29  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Feb 2011
    Location: Houston, TX
    Posts: 7,312
    Default

    A stunning quilt! Your fabric is beautiful and your piecing and quilting superb.
    JanieH is offline  
    Old 04-13-2018, 08:36 PM
      #30  
    Super Member
    Thread Starter
     
    Join Date: Dec 2010
    Location: Dallas area, Texas, USA
    Posts: 3,047
    Default

    Originally Posted by copycat
    ... I plan to machine embroider golf designs on blocks for him. I think this pattern is perfect as the chevron blocks can be the golf course path. Can you tell me the size of the blocks? Thank you for sharing.
    I like your idea because my DH is a golfer. The pattern calls for 10" finished blocks, but because of the size of the flower bouquets and the amount of fabric I had available, I made them a little smaller. It was much easier for me to cut them with a 9 1//2" square ruler, so I had to adapt the hst's to fit the 9" finished size. Sadly, I realized that about the bouquets after I'd already cut the hst's and had to cut them down to work, which was wasteful, but otherwise, there would have been more parts of other bouquets showing around the edges of my squares, and I wouldn't have been able to make the border the size I wanted.

    It shouldn't be too hard to adapt them to whatever size you want. The finished size of my quilt is 58", and the original, with somewhat different size borders, was a little bigger. The pattern doesn't show fussy cut squares, but I couldn't bear to cut across those bouquets. The fabric stayed in my stash a long time because it was too pretty to cut - LOL. I had never done such big fussy cuts before and was shocked at how much fabric it used to do that for such a small quilt. I actually had to piece 3 of the 4 borders, which are only 6" wide before sewing and were cut lengthwise. I started with 3 yards of the green fabric. I have lots of leftover pieces, but nothing wider than 6". But it's for very special friends!

    The pattern is available for download: http://www.connectingthreads.com/cfp...paign=PPCgpGen The printed version is probably still available from other sources as well. Google "Walkabout quilt" and there are lots of examples. It's a keeper, and I plan to use it again. It would be great for just about anyone because the feature fabric you pick will set the theme.
    Rose_P is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    seaside quilter
    Main
    25
    09-28-2019 08:21 AM
    himnherr
    Pictures
    41
    05-31-2017 11:49 PM
    adnil458
    Pictures
    32
    01-26-2017 04:39 AM
    himnherr
    Pictures
    25
    12-16-2015 11:31 PM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter