Using leftover fabric.

Well I have finished my woodworking stuff and have returned to
quilting with a full head of steam. I was trying to come up with a
plan to use up all of the small lots of fabric from the various quilts
that I have produced recently. Boy, did I come up with a doozy. In one
of my books I spied a quilt called a 1000 piece quilt form the mid
1800's and decided that would be just the ticket. I proceeded to cut
up into 2" squares most of the leftover fabric and then divided those
into 1-1/2" triangles which will finish out to 1" squares when paired
with contrasting fabric of like dimension. Just off hand I decided to
see how many of these squares would produce the 6' x 6' quilt I had
imagined. The multiples worked out to 5184 squares made up of 15
various two color, combinations. I figure it will take me at least 1
month, or more, to do those into a finished top. My god that is a lot
of piecing. Does anybody else do that many pieces for a quilt? Or, am
I the only one with the lack of common sense about what constitutes a
reasonable amount of work to finish a top? I am going to take it slow
and easy and not get to impatient to see and end to this thing. In the
past I have been able to finish a top in about a week or so. Not this
one, though. All bets are off. If you get a posting from my wife about
my being admitted to the insane asylum, don't be to surprised.

John

You are more ambitious than I

--
Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948
"John" wrote in message
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: Well I have finished my woodworking stuff and have returned to
: quilting with a full head of steam. I was trying to come up with a
: plan to use up all of the small lots of fabric from the various quilts
: that I have produced recently. Boy, did I come up with a doozy. In one
: of my books I spied a quilt called a 1000 piece quilt form the mid
: 1800's and decided that would be just the ticket. I proceeded to cut
: up into 2" squares most of the leftover fabric and then divided those
: into 1-1/2" triangles which will finish out to 1" squares when paired
: with contrasting fabric of like dimension. Just off hand I decided to
: see how many of these squares would produce the 6' x 6' quilt I had
: imagined. The multiples worked out to 5184 squares made up of 15
: various two color, combinations. I figure it will take me at least 1
: month, or more, to do those into a finished top. My god that is a lot
: of piecing. Does anybody else do that many pieces for a quilt? Or, am
: I the only one with the lack of common sense about what constitutes a
: reasonable amount of work to finish a top? I am going to take it slow
: and easy and not get to impatient to see and end to this thing. In the
: past I have been able to finish a top in about a week or so. Not this
: one, though. All bets are off. If you get a posting from my wife about
: my being admitted to the insane asylum, don't be to surprised.
:
: John
:

On Mar 17, 4:13 pm, "Polly Esther" wrote:
We will visit you at the asylum, John, and bring you some crayons. Do you
think you would prefer primaries or fluorescents? Never mind. We'll ask
your wife; that is, of course, if her cell phone works okay on the cruise
lines. Polly

"John" wrote in message

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Well I have finished my woodworking stuff and have returned to
quilting with a full head of steam. I was trying to come up with a
plan to use up all of the small lots of fabric from the various quilts
that I have produced recently. Boy, did I come up with a doozy. In one
of my books I spied a quilt called a 1000 piece quilt form the mid
1800's and decided that would be just the ticket. I proceeded to cut
up into 2" squares most of the leftover fabric and then divided those
into 1-1/2" triangles which will finish out to 1" squares when paired
with contrasting fabric of like dimension. Just off hand I decided to
see how many of these squares would produce the 6' x 6' quilt I had
imagined. The multiples worked out to 5184 squares made up of 15
various two color, combinations. I figure it will take me at least 1
month, or more, to do those into a finished top. My god that is a lot
of piecing. Does anybody else do that many pieces for a quilt? Or, am
I the only one with the lack of common sense about what constitutes a
reasonable amount of work to finish a top? I am going to take it slow
and easy and not get to impatient to see and end to this thing. In the
past I have been able to finish a top in about a week or so. Not this
one, though. All bets are off. If you get a posting from my wife about
my being admitted to the insane asylum, don't be to surprised.

John

Yes, she shall be known as "Off Shore Flo", the sailors delight.

John

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
...
We will visit you at the asylum, John, and bring you some crayons. Do you
think you would prefer primaries or fluorescents? Never mind. We'll ask
your wife; that is, of course, if her cell phone works okay on the cruise
lines. Polly

I'll bring construction paper and paste.......the Elmer's School stuff, of
course, it's OK to eat.

Val

We will visit you at the asylum, John, and bring you some crayons. Do you
think you would prefer primaries or fluorescents? Never mind. We'll ask
your wife; that is, of course, if her cell phone works okay on the cruise
lines. Polly

"John" wrote in message
oups.com...
Well I have finished my woodworking stuff and have returned to
quilting with a full head of steam. I was trying to come up with a
plan to use up all of the small lots of fabric from the various quilts
that I have produced recently. Boy, did I come up with a doozy. In one
of my books I spied a quilt called a 1000 piece quilt form the mid
1800's and decided that would be just the ticket. I proceeded to cut
up into 2" squares most of the leftover fabric and then divided those
into 1-1/2" triangles which will finish out to 1" squares when paired
with contrasting fabric of like dimension. Just off hand I decided to
see how many of these squares would produce the 6' x 6' quilt I had
imagined. The multiples worked out to 5184 squares made up of 15
various two color, combinations. I figure it will take me at least 1
month, or more, to do those into a finished top. My god that is a lot
of piecing. Does anybody else do that many pieces for a quilt? Or, am
I the only one with the lack of common sense about what constitutes a
reasonable amount of work to finish a top? I am going to take it slow
and easy and not get to impatient to see and end to this thing. In the
past I have been able to finish a top in about a week or so. Not this
one, though. All bets are off. If you get a posting from my wife about
my being admitted to the insane asylum, don't be to surprised.

John

At the Houston IQF, some quilters from Japan displayed quilts made with 1/4"
hexagons that measured as much as 150" by 150" square. They were quite
spectacular. No way I'd ever have the patience to do that; it wore me out
just thinking about it.

--
Valerie in FL
My quilts: http://community.webshots.com/user/vjkahler


"John" wrote in message
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gentle snip

The multiples worked out to 5184 squares made up of 15
various two color, combinations. I figure it will take me at least 1
month, or more, to do those into a finished top. My god that is a lot
of piecing. Does anybody else do that many pieces for a quilt? Or, am
I the only one with the lack of common sense about what constitutes a
reasonable amount of work to finish a top? I am going to take it slow
and easy and not get to impatient to see and end to this thing. In the
past I have been able to finish a top in about a week or so. Not this
one, though. All bets are off. If you get a posting from my wife about
my being admitted to the insane asylum, don't be to surprised.

John

My DH says to tell you Med Central is just up the road. Good luck. I can't
imagine doing all that.
Gen
http://community.webshots.com/user/Coren920

"John" wrote in message
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All bets are off. If you get a posting from my wife about
my being admitted to the insane asylum, don't be to surprised.

John

I am currently piecing a top which will contain a total of 5832
pieces, and doing it 100% by hand. (The only 'modern' thing I do with
quilting is using a rotary cutter.) I will also do all the quilting
and binding by hand. If you're a crazy person, I suppose that I am,
too. However, there are probably quite a few of us out there, so
don't worry about it!

And wasn't there a guy in the 1930's who made a quilt with about 150,000
pieces in it? It was in QNM a few years back...

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps

http://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/
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"Valerie in FL" wrote in message
...
At the Houston IQF, some quilters from Japan displayed quilts made with
1/4" hexagons that measured as much as 150" by 150" square. They were
quite spectacular. No way I'd ever have the patience to do that; it wore
me out just thinking about it.

--
Valerie in FL
My quilts: http://community.webshots.com/user/vjkahler


"John" wrote in message
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gentle snip

The multiples worked out to 5184 squares made up of 15
various two color, combinations. I figure it will take me at least 1
month, or more, to do those into a finished top. My god that is a lot
of piecing. Does anybody else do that many pieces for a quilt? Or, am
I the only one with the lack of common sense about what constitutes a
reasonable amount of work to finish a top? I am going to take it slow
and easy and not get to impatient to see and end to this thing. In the
past I have been able to finish a top in about a week or so. Not this
one, though. All bets are off. If you get a posting from my wife about
my being admitted to the insane asylum, don't be to surprised.

John

John, I have one block, a diamond, finished size 4" point to point short
ways, and 7" point to point long ways that has 45 pieces in it.
My "Dear Jane" quilt has way more than 5,000 pieces in it, and will
finish about 80"+ x80"+. (50 some odd of those pieces are the solid
fabric triangles in the borders, and 4 are the border strips.........
the smallest pieces are half square triangles that finish at about 1/4"
on the short sides.)

There are many, many quilts made with thousands of tiny pieces.
If you search for "Grace McCance Snyder" you can see pictures of a quilt
that she made. The name of the quilt is "Petit Point Baskets" and it has
85,789 pieces. All done by hand. It is absolutely amazing. So is her
story, told by (I believe) one of her daughters or granddaughters.
(Pioneer Girl, Life on the Prairie)

Have fun and think about a lot of the history behind quilts made with
tiny scraps and such. VBG

Pati, in Phx


John wrote:

Well I have finished my woodworking stuff and have returned to
quilting with a full head of steam. I was trying to come up with a
plan to use up all of the small lots of fabric from the various quilts
that I have produced recently. Boy, did I come up with a doozy. In one
of my books I spied a quilt called a 1000 piece quilt form the mid
1800's and decided that would be just the ticket. I proceeded to cut
up into 2" squares most of the leftover fabric and then divided those
into 1-1/2" triangles which will finish out to 1" squares when paired
with contrasting fabric of like dimension. Just off hand I decided to
see how many of these squares would produce the 6' x 6' quilt I had
imagined. The multiples worked out to 5184 squares made up of 15
various two color, combinations. I figure it will take me at least 1
month, or more, to do those into a finished top. My god that is a lot
of piecing. Does anybody else do that many pieces for a quilt? Or, am
I the only one with the lack of common sense about what constitutes a
reasonable amount of work to finish a top? I am going to take it slow
and easy and not get to impatient to see and end to this thing. In the
past I have been able to finish a top in about a week or so. Not this
one, though. All bets are off. If you get a posting from my wife about
my being admitted to the insane asylum, don't be to surprised.

John