Block suggestions for large scale, spotty prints

OK, I confess! I have a penchant for prints that are spotty and tend to
be a little large in scale. When I get them home and face the reality
of making something, I hit a brick wall!

Today I drove myself nuts trying to deal with a very cute juvenile
fabric with a white ground and lots of animal drawings in bright
colors. I want to make a baby quilt for the little grandson of a high
school best friend. I'm toying with the idea of doing a mosaic
tile-type block with the focus fabric in the center. Or maybe a
sawtooth star... or....I dunno!

What do you like to do with your spotty conversational and juvenile fabrics?

How about Snowball blocks with very bright corners, or Attic Windows,
or Friendship stars, use the big print in the middle. Or alternate
plain blocks of the big print with scrappy 9 patches in colours from
the print....

Helen Howes
Our Lady Of The Biscuits...
http://www.raindropkites.co.uk
http://www.helenhowestextiles.co.uk

Adella wrote:

What do you like to do with your spotty conversational and juvenile
fabrics?

Besides snowballs and attic windows and bug jars- if you like Applique,
consider broderie perse. Fussy cut and applique them in a design that
appeals. Tell a story.

-georg
going to have to start thinking about quilts for the younger nephews.

Stack and Whack. Kaleidoscope. Irregular log cabin with novelty fabric
in the center and coordinating colors as the logs.


--Lia


Adella wrote:
OK, I confess! I have a penchant for prints that are spotty and tend to
be a little large in scale. When I get them home and face the reality
of making something, I hit a brick wall!

Today I drove myself nuts trying to deal with a very cute juvenile
fabric with a white ground and lots of animal drawings in bright
colors. I want to make a baby quilt for the little grandson of a high
school best friend. I'm toying with the idea of doing a mosaic
tile-type block with the focus fabric in the center. Or maybe a
sawtooth star... or....I dunno!

What do you like to do with your spotty conversational and juvenile
fabrics?

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Adella wrote:

OK, I confess! I have a penchant for prints that are spotty and tend to
be a little large in scale. When I get them home and face the reality
of making something, I hit a brick wall!

Today I drove myself nuts trying to deal with a very cute juvenile
fabric with a white ground and lots of animal drawings in bright
colors. I want to make a baby quilt for the little grandson of a high
school best friend. I'm toying with the idea of doing a mosaic
tile-type block with the focus fabric in the center. Or maybe a
sawtooth star... or....I dunno!

What do you like to do with your spotty conversational and juvenile fabrics?

Square in a square
Uneven 9 patch
As alternate plain blocks between anything you like
As wide vertical sashing between rows of blocks - sometimes called
strippy set
Borders and backings

marcella

Thanks for all the suggestions! Now, if I could just make up my mind....

I was looking through my quilting books for ideas and saw another
possibility. It was a 6-inch or so square of focus fabric surrounded by
flying geese and set on point. It was busy, but had an overall unity
that was nice.

I have a daughter who is a lawyer and she taught me a term that I think
applies to my chronic indecision: it's called "analysis paralysis!"

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:55:40 GMT, Adella
wrote:

OK, I confess! I have a penchant for prints that are spotty and tend to
be a little large in scale. When I get them home and face the reality
of making something, I hit a brick wall!

Today I drove myself nuts trying to deal with a very cute juvenile
fabric with a white ground and lots of animal drawings in bright
colors. I want to make a baby quilt for the little grandson of a high
school best friend. I'm toying with the idea of doing a mosaic
tile-type block with the focus fabric in the center. Or maybe a
sawtooth star... or....I dunno!

What do you like to do with your spotty conversational and juvenile fabrics?


Evening Star blocks might work out well too.
Debra in VA

I just did this with a pooh fabric for a baby quilt. It is on my grace frame
right now with about 1/3 of it quilted, but the finished top can be seen at:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/momiix...19.jpg&.view=t

If that doesn't work, use my sig and go to WIP folder.

I used this pattern before on my Two-step memories quilt. It's in the
finished folder. Can't wait to see what you decide.

Tricia
http://photos.yahoo.com/momiixii

"Adella" wrote in message
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OK, I confess! I have a penchant for prints that are spotty and tend to
be a little large in scale. When I get them home and face the reality
of making something, I hit a brick wall!

Today I drove myself nuts trying to deal with a very cute juvenile
fabric with a white ground and lots of animal drawings in bright
colors. I want to make a baby quilt for the little grandson of a high
school best friend. I'm toying with the idea of doing a mosaic
tile-type block with the focus fabric in the center. Or maybe a
sawtooth star... or....I dunno!

What do you like to do with your spotty conversational and juvenile
fabrics?

In article et,
"A&T" wrote:

I just did this with a pooh fabric for a baby quilt. It is on my grace frame
right now with about 1/3 of it quilted, but the finished top can be seen at:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/momiix...19.jpg&.view=t

If that doesn't work, use my sig and go to WIP folder.

I used this pattern before on my Two-step memories quilt. It's in the
finished folder. Can't wait to see what you decide.

Tricia
http://photos.yahoo.com/momiixii


I *still* love that quilt, Tricia! G
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

I guess you noticed I went with a thinner inner border, double it, and used
green and pink and took the blue completely out of it????

Thanks, Sandy.

Tricia
http://photos.yahoo.com/momiixii


"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
...
In article et,
"A&T" wrote:

I just did this with a pooh fabric for a baby quilt. It is on my grace
frame
right now with about 1/3 of it quilted, but the finished top can be seen
at:


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/momiix...19.jpg&.view=t

If that doesn't work, use my sig and go to WIP folder.

I used this pattern before on my Two-step memories quilt. It's in the
finished folder. Can't wait to see what you decide.

Tricia
http://photos.yahoo.com/momiixii


I *still* love that quilt, Tricia! G
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education