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I noticed today there is only one post. So here is my work. Fun little blocks.
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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Finished quilting yesterday! This was my first time to use spray baste. I sprayed each layer outside and then assembled...
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So Sorry! I accidentally deleted my last post trying to edit and re-add a smaller photo so it would show up, which also...
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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I think because 80% of the pattern was revealed in the first 4 months these last months feel like they are very slow. Agreed...
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Photo is too big. There is a post at the top of the 2024 BOM forum with help for posting photos
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I tried to attach a picture under show your progress and it showed that I attached it but didn’t show up in my post only...
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I finished my top by looking at the photo of the quilt and since there are no quilt police it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t...
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Your project turned out great. I have the pattern but never got around to doing it. I do love, love
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Angela, You can find them here under learn, Pick a Petal, but I find them by doing a Google Search The Quilt Show You...
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Can anyone tell me if there are any books or information on how to begin to design a quilt from scratch. I have eq7 and am greatful for its many projects, but where and how does the project begin?
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I would suggest start with one block pattern you like, then play with it - add some colours you like, swap them around, change up the darks & lights. copy & paste multiples next to each other, put a plain block in every other position, turn it on point. Keep asking yourself 'What if?' or 'What else can I do?'
Perhaps you could use 2 blocks and go through the same process.
Have you watched the latest show with Debbie & Charlotte about mystery quilts - they take 4 simple blocks and see what they can come up with, both were different.
Also have a look at the quilts in the 'Friendship Triangle exchange' there everyone started with the same block - the half square triangle - and there are loads of different layouts all based around that one block.
Relax, play and enjoy just fiddling around with shapes & colours
living in Central Denmark
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I have made some memory quilts, so I start with who it's for, is it a bed quilt or wall hanging. What type of material and technique to use. Are there any new techniques do I want to try. Get inspiration from photos, or other quilt designs..your options are pretty much endless.
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I echo Rosemary's and Cheryl's comments. I ask a lot of what if questions too. I once took a class from Sharyn Craig http://www.sharyncraig.com/index.html She is the queen of putting blocks together that aren't the same size, don't have the same colors and making a quilt that is wonderful!! I also ask myself: How big is this project going to be? What feeling do I want to portray--Joy? Abundance? Fun? Excitement?
I also enjoy checking Wayne Kollinger's quilt blog for those "What If" solutions. http://waynekollingersquiltblog.blogspot.com/ He will take a block, rotate it and come up with a different quilt or maybe he will use two blocks and do the same or maybe he will change the color way in the block and share what a quilt might look like.
Betty Jo Tatum http://www.bjfabricartist.com/ who is a member of TQS shares her design process in her blog and I have found her blog to inspire me. Please share your designs and your design process with us. I look forward to seeing what you choose to do!
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One progression is to take another design and just change all the colours and/or values (grey scale) placement. Another could be look at china or tiles or ironwork (anything but other quilts!) to give you inspiration/ideas - say to yourself 'how would I make a picture/copy of that using fabric?' or 'how could I use part of that....?' As you saw from the show, Debbie & Charlotte both work in diametrically opposite ways and each has her own progression method. Perhaps you should start loosening up to the process by making just small journal size quilts (A4)that are pure play, but if you are lucky could become place mats. You don't have to start off by designing a large bed quilt. And start scribbleing on some paper - a plain sheet of white paper can be very intimidating, it 'looks at you with menaces' 'daring you to mess-up' - go ahead mess up some paper, then turn it over and mess it up some more
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One of my recent ideas.
I took a inklique class with Sherry Rogers-Harrison and I also do genealogy. I had found a family crest and thought Sherry's technique would be perfect for the crest. So now i will work on making the pattern to be quilted, hang it on the wall and live with it for a bit to decide how I want to quilt and decide if there is any extra elements in the background to add. I would put little sticky notes next to it as I think of things. then pick out fabrics and or pigments in this case.
You could make a "map" of the technique so you don't forget a process. any piecing process, maybe trapunto?
Im a list person so I would make a list of tools, fabric, special mediums and so on. I don't like getting into the middle of something and have to run to the store, or wait for an online order. You do need to be a little flexible. Something might inspire you to change an element. Go with it and let the piece talk to you.
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Elaine,
Cheryl and Rosemary gave more great suggestions. I would also say this is a new process for me too and the first time was the hardest. I'm currently working on a daffodil quilt that was inspired by a book that I read, "Clara and Mr. Tiffany." I'm blogging about my process here on TQS so check it out. This was my first blog about the project. community/my-profile/quilting00
Betty Jo really has inspired me to experiment with the design process. Blogging about my project and receiving feedback from the readers has helped me see new possibilities. It has been a fun journey. So show us what you are working on. . .even if it is a photo of a color!
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I noticed today there is only one post. So here is my work. Fun little blocks.
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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Finished quilting yesterday! This was my first time to use spray baste. I sprayed each layer outside and then assembled...
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So Sorry! I accidentally deleted my last post trying to edit and re-add a smaller photo so it would show up, which also...
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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I think because 80% of the pattern was revealed in the first 4 months these last months feel like they are very slow. Agreed...
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Done for now
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Photo is too big. There is a post at the top of the 2024 BOM forum with help for posting photos
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I tried to attach a picture under show your progress and it showed that I attached it but didn’t show up in my post only...
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I finished my top by looking at the photo of the quilt and since there are no quilt police it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t...
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