I'm drawing a blank for a pattern using novelty sporting fabrics..Your ideas??
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4my3boyz.com sells fat quarters of sporting prints. I've bought from her a couple of times and been pleased.
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1/4 yd cuts work with this pattern!
You can use regular 1/4 yd cuts as long as you have 9 usable inches. Also, a good source for novelty fat quarters (including sports) is www.uquilt.com ...in case you need more fabric options. Enjoy the pattern!
The backing will be challenging.....cuddle luxe fabric...super soft but thick! It was hard to choose solids that look good with all the prints. I've already cut out a color that looks too bright compared to the other solids. (says my daughter) Thanks again for the pattern idea.
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Personally, I like doing Tumbler Block quilts as the tumblers can be cut in many different desired sizes such as 5'" and for a baby quilt it would take less than 1/4 yard of 5 different fabrics. Any left over pieces can be used for binding.
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I used BOnnie Hunter's Bricks & Stones pattern when I wanted to make a quilt for a farmer. I used fruits and veggie fat qtrs with blender fabrics that matched well with each one. It's a queen size quilt. I'd cut so many of the blender fabrics that I decided to make a oversize lap quilt for my library with them. So nothing went to waste.
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I used BOnnie Hunter's Bricks & Stones pattern when I wanted to make a quilt for a farmer. I used fruits and veggie fat qtrs with blender fabrics that matched well with each one. It's a queen size quilt. I'd cut so many of the blender fabrics that I decided to make a oversize lap quilt for my library with them. So nothing went to waste.
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I'm finding arrangements of rectangles and squares, such as in the Simplish pattern linked here to be a good way to combine collections of fabrics when they themselves don't really go together very well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pie5cWlD8Ps
In the case of sports fabrics, I'd think of a nice green/grass background.
Here are two I've done, "Here Kitty Kitty" and "horse blanket"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pie5cWlD8Ps
In the case of sports fabrics, I'd think of a nice green/grass background.
Here are two I've done, "Here Kitty Kitty" and "horse blanket"
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I'm finding arrangements of rectangles and squares, such as in the Simplish pattern linked here to be a good way to combine collections of fabrics when they themselves don't really go together very well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pie5cWlD8Ps
In the case of sports fabrics, I'd think of a nice green/grass background.
Here are two I've done, "Here Kitty Kitty" and "horse blanket"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pie5cWlD8Ps
In the case of sports fabrics, I'd think of a nice green/grass background.
Here are two I've done, "Here Kitty Kitty" and "horse blanket"
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Here is the link to the finished sports quilt I made. Thanks to everyone who responded and gave me wonderful ideas.
All about Me quilt
All about Me quilt
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Check out the Picture Forum section of this site. The 1st one this morning is called "All about me" by Atkinson Designs and shows nothing but fabric in sports themes. Made into a baby quilt, but could be made into any size by simply making more blocks.