could this pattern be made in a quilt style?

http://www.elann.com/ShowFreePattern.asp?Id=138024

check the design laid out flat at the bottom of the page.
i wonder if you made the sleeves up separately and sew'd them into the space
between rows....
i guess u'd have to not add too much quilting or place it carefully so the
jacket laid correctly.
hmmmmmmm, might work.
anyone see issues or got anymore ideas on this as a possible quilt jacket?
just thunk'n outloud again.
jeanne
currently eating a late breakfast so brain still somewhat incoherent,
probly this wont work at all

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:51:55 +1200, "nzlstar*"
wrote:

http://www.elann.com/ShowFreePattern.asp?Id=138024

check the design laid out flat at the bottom of the page.
i wonder if you made the sleeves up separately and sew'd them into the space
between rows....
i guess u'd have to not add too much quilting or place it carefully so the
jacket laid correctly.
hmmmmmmm, might work.
anyone see issues or got anymore ideas on this as a possible quilt jacket?
just thunk'n outloud again.
jeanne
currently eating a late breakfast so brain still somewhat incoherent,
probly this wont work at all

If you make it quilted your fabric would not stretch like a knit and
your layers might be thicker than the knitted original. That would
mean you would need to increase the size of the sleeve and the
distance between the sleeves for it to fit properly.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

i understand bout the sleeves.
as to the stretching... i guess it would have to be sized very carefully
then.
hmmmm, more thunk'n on that i guess.
anything else i'm missing?
jeanne


"Debra" wrote...
If you make it quilted your fabric would not stretch like a knit and
your layers might be thicker than the knitted original. That would
mean you would need to increase the size of the sleeve and the
distance between the sleeves for it to fit properly.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

anything else i'm missing?

something quilted wouldn't drape the same way something knitted would

Anne

Of course you can and it will be gorgeous! Jeanne, I think you'd want to
make a test run with something of similar weight. How about a hunk of fairly
hefty denim or maybe an old blanket? That way you'd know if your
interpretation needed to be a little wider or longer or whatever. Please do
it. I can't wait to see. Polly


"nzlstar*" wrote in message
...
i understand bout the sleeves.
as to the stretching... i guess it would have to be sized very carefully
then.
hmmmm, more thunk'n on that i guess.
anything else i'm missing?
jeanne


"Debra" wrote...
If you make it quilted your fabric would not stretch like a knit and
your layers might be thicker than the knitted original. That would
mean you would need to increase the size of the sleeve and the
distance between the sleeves for it to fit properly.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

i thot of that.
either just two layers of patchwork design on top/reversible like a summer
weight quilt
or if any batting is used it would have to be extremely lightweight and
any quilting would have to be quite sparsely.
too much quilting and it would just not bend at all.
theres more to this than meets the eye.
i'm think'n thru it tho.
jeanne

"Anne Rogers" wrote...
something quilted wouldn't drape the same way something knitted would
Anne


anything else i'm missing?

maybe done with some old towels for use around the pool/beach.
it would drape with terrycloth.
how about done in chenille? not that i've ever done any chenille but might
work.
is home made chenille bendy?
i just like the way a circle has the arms incorporated (oops they wont work
in chenille, oh well)
and then one half folds back for the collar and front lapel.
if done in summerweight, i could see maybe that bargello done in wedges
would work?
i'm just dream'n at this point.
jeanne

"Polly Esther" wrote...
Of course you can and it will be gorgeous! Jeanne, I think you'd want to
make a test run with something of similar weight. How about a hunk of
fairly hefty denim or maybe an old blanket? That way you'd know if your
interpretation needed to be a little wider or longer or whatever. Please
do it. I can't wait to see. Polly


"nzlstar*" wrote...
i understand bout the sleeves.
as to the stretching... i guess it would have to be sized very carefully
then.
hmmmm, more thunk'n on that i guess.
anything else i'm missing?
jeanne


"Debra" wrote...
If you make it quilted your fabric would not stretch like a knit and
your layers might be thicker than the knitted original. That would
mean you would need to increase the size of the sleeve and the
distance between the sleeves for it to fit properly.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

Yes. Home made chenille is bendy. Polly

"nzlstar*" wrote in message
...
maybe done with some old towels for use around the pool/beach.
it would drape with terrycloth.
how about done in chenille? not that i've ever done any chenille but might
work.
is home made chenille bendy?
i just like the way a circle has the arms incorporated (oops they wont
work in chenille, oh well)
and then one half folds back for the collar and front lapel.
if done in summerweight, i could see maybe that bargello done in wedges
would work?
i'm just dream'n at this point.
jeanne

"Polly Esther" wrote...
Of course you can and it will be gorgeous! Jeanne, I think you'd want to
make a test run with something of similar weight. How about a hunk of
fairly hefty denim or maybe an old blanket? That way you'd know if your
interpretation needed to be a little wider or longer or whatever. Please
do it. I can't wait to see. Polly


"nzlstar*" wrote...
i understand bout the sleeves.
as to the stretching... i guess it would have to be sized very carefully
then.
hmmmm, more thunk'n on that i guess.
anything else i'm missing?
jeanne


"Debra" wrote...
If you make it quilted your fabric would not stretch like a knit and
your layers might be thicker than the knitted original. That would
mean you would need to increase the size of the sleeve and the
distance between the sleeves for it to fit properly.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

nzlstar* wrote:
i thot of that. either just two layers of patchwork design on
top/reversible like a summer weight quilt or if any batting is used
it would have to be extremely lightweight and any quilting would have
to be quite sparsely. too much quilting and it would just not bend at
all. theres more to this than meets the eye. i'm think'n thru it tho.

you might have to experiment, the weight of fabric used for quilts
doesn't drape in the same way that curtain fabric does, so lightness
isn't necessarily the issue, thinking about it, knitted garments are
often much heavier than woven garments, but the construction definitely
plays a part in it.

Anne

Cute! Might be possible, but fiddly. (Wish I could see a front view of the
sweater -almost looks like the front sort of drapes into folds.) One could
just cut an armseye on each side and then add proper fabric sleeves with a
cap to fit well.

The problem is that a quilted piece might be too firm to drape the way it
should. Instead of doing it exactly like this, you might be better off
taking a normal jacket pattern and cutting it out of your quilted piece. You
could easily adapt the pattern to round in the back and come up to a sort of
bolero front. Make a separate shawl collar and quilt that (re-cut after
quilting the top) plus sleeves.
"nzlstar*" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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http://www.elann.com/ShowFreePattern.asp?Id=138024

check the design laid out flat at the bottom of the page.
i wonder if you made the sleeves up separately and sew'd them into the
space between rows....
i guess u'd have to not add too much quilting or place it carefully so the
jacket laid correctly.
hmmmmmmm, might work.
anyone see issues or got anymore ideas on this as a possible quilt jacket?
just thunk'n outloud again.
jeanne
currently eating a late breakfast so brain still somewhat incoherent,
probly this wont work at all