Ricky Tims Kaleidoscope
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Ricky Tims Kaleidoscope
Has anyone done a Ricky Tims Kaleidoscope quilt. It is calling for a lot of fabric, saying to buy a 1/2 yd of each, but also saying you won't use all of that. I am wondering if 1/4 yds would work. I want to add some batiks, but have already spent a lot of money on fabric for this quilt and don't feel like buying 1/2 yds.
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I did one. Mine was a 82x82 and has a large kaleidoscope, one half one, and 3 smaller ones--this was for a contest & had to have a certain size. I would say that 1/2 yd of each fabric is about right--really read the instructions cause each person's kaleidoscope is a little different--you are going to be cutting your fabric stripes so that they are not all the sam esize. Also--really,really read the part about designing your templates so that you don't have Y seams--I unfortunately ended up with one kaleidoscope that had 3! Live and learn! These are very cool designs and so unique. Good luck![ATTACH=CONFIG]617891[/ATTACH]
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I think it calls for alot of yardage due to fussy cutting specific areas of the quilt to create the effect. When I made a similar quilt, the yardage left looked like swiss cheese. Thus, you didn't use all of it. If you were using solids or tone on tones, it might work but I don't think it would for prints. Just a thought.
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Do you mean Ricky Tims Kool Kaleidoscope? I made two years ago. I made mine from scraps and don't remember how much fabric they required. They were fun to make and I would like to do it again, maybe on a larger scale.
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I think this is true of traditional kaleidoscope quilts, but not Ricky Tims' version. I took a class and made one and there was no fussy cutting done at all.
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yeah, the Ricky Tims is made from stripe sets and you really don't fussy cut. And he has you draw out your template shapes to suit you--that is where you have to be careful not to set yourself up for Y seams!
He gives you the measurement ratios to make the kaleidoscopes different sizes--with the larger ones you definitely need more fabric stripes. You do the strip sets, cut your templates from them (he gives you ways to do that so it works), then sew together and you get a "pie", then by sewing those Pies (12 opposing sets) you get that kaleidoscope, add the setting triangles and you have a square.
He gives you the measurement ratios to make the kaleidoscopes different sizes--with the larger ones you definitely need more fabric stripes. You do the strip sets, cut your templates from them (he gives you ways to do that so it works), then sew together and you get a "pie", then by sewing those Pies (12 opposing sets) you get that kaleidoscope, add the setting triangles and you have a square.
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