Advice needed for finishing quilt
 

Hi:

My soon to be ex-husband was by yesterday and asked when I was going
to finish the quilt I had started to make for him. Since I do want to
finish it and give it to him, I decided that maybe this will get me
out of my funk and quilting again.

But, I'm at a loss as to how to finish it. I didn't like the way the
pattern finished the quilt and I seem to have misplaced the pattern
anyway, so I'm wondering where to go from here.

Here are some pictures:

http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii.jpg (the blocks)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii1.jpg (the blocks with interspersed
fabric)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii3.jpg (a closeup of one block)

Anyway, my first thought was to take the miniature hawaiian fabric I
used for the shirts and intersperse them every other block. My second
thought was to use one of them as sashing between the blocks. Any
other ideas? I have lots of the miniature hawaiian fabric left so
using it as blocks is not a problem.

And, as far as finishing it is concerned, do you think I should make
it square or let it be hung on point?

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Mardi
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Mardi, I applaud you for being a bigger and better person than I am. I
couldn't/wouldn't do it for him. Period.

Leslie (who had a very generous and amicable divorce and feels that way
any way)

Those blocks are so precious, they are just delightful. But I'm going over
and stand by Leslie. Ex-husbands would be a long way down on my list of
people to make quilts for. Polly

"Leslie in Missouri" wrote in message
...
Mardi, I applaud you for being a bigger and better person than I am. I
couldn't/wouldn't do it for him. Period.

Leslie (who had a very generous and amicable divorce and feels that way
any way)

Well, doesn't that just take the cake! You are a better person than I - I
would have handed him the blocks and told him to finish it himself.

I think using the extra fabric for sashing would be good; I don't
particularly like the "solid" blocks interspersed with the shirts but I do
think the shirt blocks need some color to frame them up a bit. I like the on
point appearance.

Elizabeth

WOW! I couldn't do it....not without spitting all the way through the
rest of the project.....sorry.... I just couldn't do it! You are
something special Mardi. Makes me kind of wonder why you do?

Denise in Ontario, Canada


On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:54:57 GMT, Mardi wrote:

Hi:

My soon to be ex-husband was by yesterday and asked when I was going
to finish the quilt I had started to make for him. Since I do want to
finish it and give it to him, I decided that maybe this will get me
out of my funk and quilting again.

But, I'm at a loss as to how to finish it. I didn't like the way the
pattern finished the quilt and I seem to have misplaced the pattern
anyway, so I'm wondering where to go from here.

Here are some pictures:

http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii.jpg (the blocks)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii1.jpg (the blocks with interspersed
fabric)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii3.jpg (a closeup of one block)

Anyway, my first thought was to take the miniature hawaiian fabric I
used for the shirts and intersperse them every other block. My second
thought was to use one of them as sashing between the blocks. Any
other ideas? I have lots of the miniature hawaiian fabric left so
using it as blocks is not a problem.

And, as far as finishing it is concerned, do you think I should make
it square or let it be hung on point?

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Mardi
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I think it's very gracious of you to be willing to even think about
finishing this.

You could use four unpieced blocks of your hawaiian fabric in the
corners, and still do sashing, or, put four unpieced blocks in the center,
and place the pieced blocks around them. The 2 blocks leftover
could be put on the back. Just putting a couple of blocks of fabric
in to fill it out makes it look like you lost interest in piecing the
shirt blocks (which you may have, under the circumstances :-).

Do you have enough fabric left to fill out corners for an on-point
layout?

-- g


Mardi wrote:
Hi:

My soon to be ex-husband was by yesterday and asked when I was going
to finish the quilt I had started to make for him. Since I do want to
finish it and give it to him, I decided that maybe this will get me
out of my funk and quilting again.

But, I'm at a loss as to how to finish it. I didn't like the way the
pattern finished the quilt and I seem to have misplaced the pattern
anyway, so I'm wondering where to go from here.

Here are some pictures:

http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii.jpg (the blocks)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii1.jpg (the blocks with interspersed
fabric)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii3.jpg (a closeup of one block)

Anyway, my first thought was to take the miniature hawaiian fabric I
used for the shirts and intersperse them every other block. My second
thought was to use one of them as sashing between the blocks. Any
other ideas? I have lots of the miniature hawaiian fabric left so
using it as blocks is not a problem.

And, as far as finishing it is concerned, do you think I should make
it square or let it be hung on point?

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Mardi
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What if you took your leftover fabric and cut triangles to sew around
each block? Each block would look like a square in a square block with
the shirt block the center. Then you'd end up with a square quilt
rather than a diamond shaped one. Easier to hang nicely.

I think you are awesome to finish this and give it to him in spite of
everything.

Snaps for Mardi! :-)

marcella

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Mardi wrote:

Hi:

My soon to be ex-husband was by yesterday and asked when I was going
to finish the quilt I had started to make for him. Since I do want to
finish it and give it to him, I decided that maybe this will get me
out of my funk and quilting again.

But, I'm at a loss as to how to finish it. I didn't like the way the
pattern finished the quilt and I seem to have misplaced the pattern
anyway, so I'm wondering where to go from here.

Here are some pictures:

http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii.jpg (the blocks)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii1.jpg (the blocks with interspersed
fabric)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii3.jpg (a closeup of one block)

Anyway, my first thought was to take the miniature hawaiian fabric I
used for the shirts and intersperse them every other block. My second
thought was to use one of them as sashing between the blocks. Any
other ideas? I have lots of the miniature hawaiian fabric left so
using it as blocks is not a problem.

And, as far as finishing it is concerned, do you think I should make
it square or let it be hung on point?

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Mardi
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Mardi,
Gotta say that I'm with Leslie and Polly on this...I just don't get it.
There are lots of people in this world to make quilts for, why an
ex-husband?
Martha
"Polly Esther" wrote in message
ink.net...
Those blocks are so precious, they are just delightful. But I'm going over
and stand by Leslie. Ex-husbands would be a long way down on my list of
people to make quilts for. Polly

"Leslie in Missouri" wrote in message
...
Mardi, I applaud you for being a bigger and better person than I am. I
couldn't/wouldn't do it for him. Period.

Leslie (who had a very generous and amicable divorce and feels that way
any way)

Wow! Well...I like scattering the different fabrics throughout it, but
that's just me, and then maybe using a solid fabric for sashing. And
since you don't want to finish it for your soon-to-be-ex, I even have a
great home that would welcome it with open arms! Trust me, lots of
Hawai'ian shirts worn in the household I am thinking of......

Larisa

Mardi wrote:

Hi:

My soon to be ex-husband was by yesterday and asked when I was going
to finish the quilt I had started to make for him. Since I do want to
finish it and give it to him, I decided that maybe this will get me
out of my funk and quilting again.

But, I'm at a loss as to how to finish it. I didn't like the way the
pattern finished the quilt and I seem to have misplaced the pattern
anyway, so I'm wondering where to go from here.

Here are some pictures:

http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii.jpg (the blocks)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii1.jpg (the blocks with interspersed
fabric)
http://mardiweb.com/quilts/hawaii3.jpg (a closeup of one block)

Anyway, my first thought was to take the miniature hawaiian fabric I
used for the shirts and intersperse them every other block. My second
thought was to use one of them as sashing between the blocks. Any
other ideas? I have lots of the miniature hawaiian fabric left so
using it as blocks is not a problem.

And, as far as finishing it is concerned, do you think I should make
it square or let it be hung on point?

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Mardi
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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:20:28 -0600 (CST), (Leslie
in Missouri) wrote:

Mardi, I applaud you for being a bigger and better person than I am. I
couldn't/wouldn't do it for him. Period.

Leslie (who had a very generous and amicable divorce and feels that way
any way)

I think this whole thing needs a little explanation as to why I am
completing the quilt for him.

He is really a very good guy. I left him, he didn't leave me. He's
the kind of person who can't deal with anything emotional. So, he
stuffs all his feelings in his "closet". I stuck with him for 15
years thinking that I would be able to help him learn how to share his
thoughts and feelings and how to love himself. I failed, and I
finally decided that if I wanted to have a "rest of the story" I
needed to do it now. I lived with him for over a year pretty much as
a roommate. He was fine with the arrangement, but I wanted so much
more. So I gave him an ultimatum, either he got some therapy to
learn how to deal with his emotions or I would leave and make a new
life for myself. He chose to not get therapy. He doesn't want to
deal with all the painful things he would have to deal with to learn
to love himself.

So, I really do want to finish this quilt and give it to him. It's
kind of my "going away" gift to him. I gave him up emotionally a year
ago so it's not a painful thing to do.

Mardi


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