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October 15th 04, 11:31 PM
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another PIQF story
I also live within driving distance of the Santa Clara Convention
center. Actually, I live about 30 minutes away. So, for a class that starts at 9:00 am, what's a good time to leave home? 7:20 am, right. I got just about the best parking spot because the only people who were there before me were the caterers and a couple of convention center workers! I took a class with Alice Kolb called Scrappy Strings on Thursday. For a "traditional" quilter who agonizes over square squares, perfectly coordinating colors and matching points, this is a very liberating class! The directions before class said to bring 2 or 3 13" squares of muslin, about 1/4 yard of a focus fabric, about 15-20 strips of coordinating fabrics from 1.5" to 3" wide and four pieces of coordinating fabrics about 8" x 12". All those "abouts" about drove me nuts! I agonized over the 8"x12" rectangles; couldn't bring myself to cut the strips less than 3" wide "just in case". Talk about compulsive! You start with a 4 sided piece of your focus fabric from 2" to 4" on a side *but* no right angles! Working on a 13" square of foundation you add strips of coordinating fabric, of varying widths, in either a courthouse steps or a log cabin pattern. AND she wanted us to sometimes put the strips down at an angle to the ones that were already there! That, I couldn't do. So I fudged a bit by cutting some of my strips at an angle first :-). When the foundation is almost covered, add triangles -- of different sizes!! -- to finish the corners. Everything is catty wampus and nothing matches up and it looks MAH-velous! See what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...00856534djdEGg Alice had some examples she had made and if you plan the fabrics at the corners and set the blocks on point, a lovely, sparkly, uneven star pattern comes up as a secondary. She is better know for her embellishments and crazy quilting and she gave us lots of tips and pointers about ways to embellish these blocks. I really love this technique although I think thinner strips will look better and am going to try some more. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply 
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#2
October 15th 04, 11:38 PM
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Great blocks!!!
-- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 wrote in message ... I also live within driving distance of the Santa Clara Convention center. Actually, I live about 30 minutes away. So, for a class that starts at 9:00 am, what's a good time to leave home? 7:20 am, right. I got just about the best parking spot because the only people who were there before me were the caterers and a couple of convention center workers! I took a class with Alice Kolb called Scrappy Strings on Thursday. For a "traditional" quilter who agonizes over square squares, perfectly coordinating colors and matching points, this is a very liberating class! The directions before class said to bring 2 or 3 13" squares of muslin, about 1/4 yard of a focus fabric, about 15-20 strips of coordinating fabrics from 1.5" to 3" wide and four pieces of coordinating fabrics about 8" x 12". All those "abouts" about drove me nuts! I agonized over the 8"x12" rectangles; couldn't bring myself to cut the strips less than 3" wide "just in case". Talk about compulsive! You start with a 4 sided piece of your focus fabric from 2" to 4" on a side *but* no right angles! Working on a 13" square of foundation you add strips of coordinating fabric, of varying widths, in either a courthouse steps or a log cabin pattern. AND she wanted us to sometimes put the strips down at an angle to the ones that were already there! That, I couldn't do. So I fudged a bit by cutting some of my strips at an angle first :-). When the foundation is almost covered, add triangles -- of different sizes!! -- to finish the corners. Everything is catty wampus and nothing matches up and it looks MAH-velous! See what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...00856534djdEGg Alice had some examples she had made and if you plan the fabrics at the corners and set the blocks on point, a lovely, sparkly, uneven star pattern comes up as a secondary. She is better know for her embellishments and crazy quilting and she gave us lots of tips and pointers about ways to embellish these blocks. I really love this technique although I think thinner strips will look better and am going to try some more. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply
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October 16th 04, 01:16 AM
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Thanks Mary. It was such fun, not worrying about matching points. I could
really get into this :-) -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm maryd wrote: Great blocks!!! -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 wrote in message ... I also live within driving distance of the Santa Clara Convention center. Actually, I live about 30 minutes away. So, for a class that starts at 9:00 am, what's a good time to leave home? 7:20 am, right. I got just about the best parking spot because the only people who were there before me were the caterers and a couple of convention center workers! I took a class with Alice Kolb called Scrappy Strings on Thursday. For a "traditional" quilter who agonizes over square squares, perfectly coordinating colors and matching points, this is a very liberating class! The directions before class said to bring 2 or 3 13" squares of muslin, about 1/4 yard of a focus fabric, about 15-20 strips of coordinating fabrics from 1.5" to 3" wide and four pieces of coordinating fabrics about 8" x 12". All those "abouts" about drove me nuts! I agonized over the 8"x12" rectangles; couldn't bring myself to cut the strips less than 3" wide "just in case". Talk about compulsive! You start with a 4 sided piece of your focus fabric from 2" to 4" on a side *but* no right angles! Working on a 13" square of foundation you add strips of coordinating fabric, of varying widths, in either a courthouse steps or a log cabin pattern. AND she wanted us to sometimes put the strips down at an angle to the ones that were already there! That, I couldn't do. So I fudged a bit by cutting some of my strips at an angle first :-). When the foundation is almost covered, add triangles -- of different sizes!! -- to finish the corners. Everything is catty wampus and nothing matches up and it looks MAH-velous! See what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...00856534djdEGg Alice had some examples she had made and if you plan the fabrics at the corners and set the blocks on point, a lovely, sparkly, uneven star pattern comes up as a secondary. She is better know for her embellishments and crazy quilting and she gave us lots of tips and pointers about ways to embellish these blocks. I really love this technique although I think thinner strips will look better and am going to try some more. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply remove NOSPAM to reply
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October 16th 04, 01:31 AM
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making some scrappy blocks similar to this is definitely on my list of to do
once I finish Christmas gifts. -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 wrote in message ... Thanks Mary. It was such fun, not worrying about matching points. I could really get into this :-) -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm maryd wrote: Great blocks!!! -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 wrote in message ... I also live within driving distance of the Santa Clara Convention center. Actually, I live about 30 minutes away. So, for a class that starts at 9:00 am, what's a good time to leave home? 7:20 am, right. I got just about the best parking spot because the only people who were there before me were the caterers and a couple of convention center workers! I took a class with Alice Kolb called Scrappy Strings on Thursday. For a "traditional" quilter who agonizes over square squares, perfectly coordinating colors and matching points, this is a very liberating class! The directions before class said to bring 2 or 3 13" squares of muslin, about 1/4 yard of a focus fabric, about 15-20 strips of coordinating fabrics from 1.5" to 3" wide and four pieces of coordinating fabrics about 8" x 12". All those "abouts" about drove me nuts! I agonized over the 8"x12" rectangles; couldn't bring myself to cut the strips less than 3" wide "just in case". Talk about compulsive! You start with a 4 sided piece of your focus fabric from 2" to 4" on a side *but* no right angles! Working on a 13" square of foundation you add strips of coordinating fabric, of varying widths, in either a courthouse steps or a log cabin pattern. AND she wanted us to sometimes put the strips down at an angle to the ones that were already there! That, I couldn't do. So I fudged a bit by cutting some of my strips at an angle first :-). When the foundation is almost covered, add triangles -- of different sizes!! -- to finish the corners. Everything is catty wampus and nothing matches up and it looks MAH-velous! See what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...00856534djdEGg Alice had some examples she had made and if you plan the fabrics at the corners and set the blocks on point, a lovely, sparkly, uneven star pattern comes up as a secondary. She is better know for her embellishments and crazy quilting and she gave us lots of tips and pointers about ways to embellish these blocks. I really love this technique although I think thinner strips will look better and am going to try some more. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply remove NOSPAM to reply
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October 16th 04, 02:12 AM
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Love it!!
Donna wrote in message ... I also live within driving distance of the Santa Clara Convention center. Actually, I live about 30 minutes away. So, for a class that starts at 9:00 am, what's a good time to leave home? 7:20 am, right. I got just about the best parking spot because the only people who were there before me were the caterers and a couple of convention center workers! I took a class with Alice Kolb called Scrappy Strings on Thursday. For a "traditional" quilter who agonizes over square squares, perfectly coordinating colors and matching points, this is a very liberating class! The directions before class said to bring 2 or 3 13" squares of muslin, about 1/4 yard of a focus fabric, about 15-20 strips of coordinating fabrics from 1.5" to 3" wide and four pieces of coordinating fabrics about 8" x 12". All those "abouts" about drove me nuts! I agonized over the 8"x12" rectangles; couldn't bring myself to cut the strips less than 3" wide "just in case". Talk about compulsive! You start with a 4 sided piece of your focus fabric from 2" to 4" on a side *but* no right angles! Working on a 13" square of foundation you add strips of coordinating fabric, of varying widths, in either a courthouse steps or a log cabin pattern. AND she wanted us to sometimes put the strips down at an angle to the ones that were already there! That, I couldn't do. So I fudged a bit by cutting some of my strips at an angle first :-). When the foundation is almost covered, add triangles -- of different sizes!! -- to finish the corners. Everything is catty wampus and nothing matches up and it looks MAH-velous! See what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...00856534djdEGg Alice had some examples she had made and if you plan the fabrics at the corners and set the blocks on point, a lovely, sparkly, uneven star pattern comes up as a secondary. She is better know for her embellishments and crazy quilting and she gave us lots of tips and pointers about ways to embellish these blocks. I really love this technique although I think thinner strips will look better and am going to try some more. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply
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October 16th 04, 02:50 AM
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In article ,
wrote: I also live within driving distance of the Santa Clara Convention center. Actually, I live about 30 minutes away. So, for a class that starts at 9:00 am, what's a good time to leave home? 7:20 am, right. I got just about the best parking spot because the only people who were there before me were the caterers and a couple of convention center workers! I took a class with Alice Kolb called Scrappy Strings on Thursday. For a "traditional" quilter who agonizes over square squares, perfectly coordinating colors and matching points, this is a very liberating class! The directions before class said to bring 2 or 3 13" squares of muslin, about 1/4 yard of a focus fabric, about 15-20 strips of coordinating fabrics from 1.5" to 3" wide and four pieces of coordinating fabrics about 8" x 12". All those "abouts" about drove me nuts! I agonized over the 8"x12" rectangles; couldn't bring myself to cut the strips less than 3" wide "just in case". Talk about compulsive! You start with a 4 sided piece of your focus fabric from 2" to 4" on a side *but* no right angles! Working on a 13" square of foundation you add strips of coordinating fabric, of varying widths, in either a courthouse steps or a log cabin pattern. AND she wanted us to sometimes put the strips down at an angle to the ones that were already there! That, I couldn't do. So I fudged a bit by cutting some of my strips at an angle first :-). When the foundation is almost covered, add triangles -- of different sizes!! -- to finish the corners. Everything is catty wampus and nothing matches up and it looks MAH-velous! See what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...00856534djdEGg Alice had some examples she had made and if you plan the fabrics at the corners and set the blocks on point, a lovely, sparkly, uneven star pattern comes up as a secondary. She is better know for her embellishments and crazy quilting and she gave us lots of tips and pointers about ways to embellish these blocks. I really love this technique although I think thinner strips will look better and am going to try some more. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply What fun this sounds! I'd have had as much trouble as you did, since I also like to plan, but sometimes this sort of thing is just what we need to let loose.  -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1
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October 16th 04, 08:04 AM
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Verrrrry interesting!
I would have found it difficult, too g but the result really does look attractive. I have tried working with a non-square quadrilateral in the centre - but all my surrounding strips were the same!! I think I'm too old for liberating g Are you going to try to make those secondary stars? .. In article , writes I also live within driving distance of the Santa Clara Convention center. Actually, I live about 30 minutes away. So, for a class that starts at 9:00 am, what's a good time to leave home? 7:20 am, right. I got just about the best parking spot because the only people who were there before me were the caterers and a couple of convention center workers! I took a class with Alice Kolb called Scrappy Strings on Thursday. For a "traditional" quilter who agonizes over square squares, perfectly coordinating colors and matching points, this is a very liberating class! The directions before class said to bring 2 or 3 13" squares of muslin, about 1/4 yard of a focus fabric, about 15-20 strips of coordinating fabrics from 1.5" to 3" wide and four pieces of coordinating fabrics about 8" x 12". All those "abouts" about drove me nuts! I agonized over the 8"x12" rectangles; couldn't bring myself to cut the strips less than 3" wide "just in case". Talk about compulsive! You start with a 4 sided piece of your focus fabric from 2" to 4" on a side *but* no right angles! Working on a 13" square of foundation you add strips of coordinating fabric, of varying widths, in either a courthouse steps or a log cabin pattern. AND she wanted us to sometimes put the strips down at an angle to the ones that were already there! That, I couldn't do. So I fudged a bit by cutting some of my strips at an angle first :-). When the foundation is almost covered, add triangles -- of different sizes!! -- to finish the corners. Everything is catty wampus and nothing matches up and it looks MAH-velous! See what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...00856534djdEGg Alice had some examples she had made and if you plan the fabrics at the corners and set the blocks on point, a lovely, sparkly, uneven star pattern comes up as a secondary. She is better know for her embellishments and crazy quilting and she gave us lots of tips and pointers about ways to embellish these blocks. I really love this technique although I think thinner strips will look better and am going to try some more. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply -- Best Regards pat on the hill
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October 16th 04, 04:55 PM
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No, unfortunately. I can't make it Saturday night:-( Next year I will plan
PIQF weekend better, for sure. I do have a Saturday afternoon hand quilting class to go to and my 2 DDs are going to join me Sunday for a bit of stroll, drool, and shop :-) -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm Marcella Tracy Peek wrote: Sounds like a neat class! Thanks for the report. Are you going to show off your project at Show and Tell Saturday night? marcella In article , wrote: I also live within driving distance of the Santa Clara Convention center. Actually, I live about 30 minutes away. So, for a class that starts at 9:00 am, what's a good time to leave home? 7:20 am, right. I got just about the best parking spot because the only people who were there before me were the caterers and a couple of convention center workers! I took a class with Alice Kolb called Scrappy Strings on Thursday. For a "traditional" quilter who agonizes over square squares, perfectly coordinating colors and matching points, this is a very liberating class! The directions before class said to bring 2 or 3 13" squares of muslin, about 1/4 yard of a focus fabric, about 15-20 strips of coordinating fabrics from 1.5" to 3" wide and four pieces of coordinating fabrics about 8" x 12". All those "abouts" about drove me nuts! I agonized over the 8"x12" rectangles; couldn't bring myself to cut the strips less than 3" wide "just in case". Talk about compulsive! You start with a 4 sided piece of your focus fabric from 2" to 4" on a side *but* no right angles! Working on a 13" square of foundation you add strips of coordinating fabric, of varying widths, in either a courthouse steps or a log cabin pattern. AND she wanted us to sometimes put the strips down at an angle to the ones that were already there! That, I couldn't do. So I fudged a bit by cutting some of my strips at an angle first :-). When the foundation is almost covered, add triangles -- of different sizes!! -- to finish the corners. Everything is catty wampus and nothing matches up and it looks MAH-velous! See what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...00856534djdEGg Alice had some examples she had made and if you plan the fabrics at the corners and set the blocks on point, a lovely, sparkly, uneven star pattern comes up as a secondary. She is better know for her embellishments and crazy quilting and she gave us lots of tips and pointers about ways to embellish these blocks. I really love this technique although I think thinner strips will look better and am going to try some more. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply remove NOSPAM to reply
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October 16th 04, 04:56 PM
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Thanks :-)
-- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm Donna wrote: Love it!! Donna wrote in message ... I also live within driving distance of the Santa Clara Convention center. Actually, I live about 30 minutes away. So, for a class that starts at 9:00 am, what's a good time to leave home? 7:20 am, right. I got just about the best parking spot because the only people who were there before me were the caterers and a couple of convention center workers! I took a class with Alice Kolb called Scrappy Strings on Thursday. For a "traditional" quilter who agonizes over square squares, perfectly coordinating colors and matching points, this is a very liberating class! The directions before class said to bring 2 or 3 13" squares of muslin, about 1/4 yard of a focus fabric, about 15-20 strips of coordinating fabrics from 1.5" to 3" wide and four pieces of coordinating fabrics about 8" x 12". All those "abouts" about drove me nuts! I agonized over the 8"x12" rectangles; couldn't bring myself to cut the strips less than 3" wide "just in case". Talk about compulsive! You start with a 4 sided piece of your focus fabric from 2" to 4" on a side *but* no right angles! Working on a 13" square of foundation you add strips of coordinating fabric, of varying widths, in either a courthouse steps or a log cabin pattern. AND she wanted us to sometimes put the strips down at an angle to the ones that were already there! That, I couldn't do. So I fudged a bit by cutting some of my strips at an angle first :-). When the foundation is almost covered, add triangles -- of different sizes!! -- to finish the corners. Everything is catty wampus and nothing matches up and it looks MAH-velous! See what I mean: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...00856534djdEGg Alice had some examples she had made and if you plan the fabrics at the corners and set the blocks on point, a lovely, sparkly, uneven star pattern comes up as a secondary. She is better know for her embellishments and crazy quilting and she gave us lots of tips and pointers about ways to embellish these blocks. I really love this technique although I think thinner strips will look better and am going to try some more. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm remove NOSPAM to reply remove NOSPAM to reply
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