View entire thread: Newbie
Posted by Patti on Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:15 AM    Post subject: Re: newbie



Welcome to you Sharon Yes, the method of completing individual blocks and sewing them together is quite a well-known
one. There are several books on the subject. The ones I know of (without hunting too far in my pieces of paper with
notes on!) are by Georgia Bonesteel. The one I have is called 'Lap Quilting Lives'; but I'm sure there is an earlier
one. There are several methods of joining the blocks - there is no single correct way. I hope you'll get lots of help
with online sites, from folk here, and have a great time making your first quilt. Start simple and small, and you have
far less chance of getting frustrated. Have fun. .. In message
<zuGrg.4792$ye3.153@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>, Sharon & Jack <rottnkids@earthlink.net> writes
[quote:cbc3611d3c]Hi - my name is Sharon, and I've never made a quilt. My SIL and I tried, several years ago - a BOM,
with no sewing. Instead, you fused a "picture", then outlined everything with a blanket stitch. Well, by the
time we got the thing fused, I needed a hammer and pliers to get a needle through the fused layers. That ended our
attempt at quilting. I've acquired a several books on quilting over the years, and always drool over the pictures, but
never go any further, for several reasons, primarily health - I can't do a lot of hand work. But, the other day I saw
an article about making blocks and completing them individually - right through the backing, and then assembling the
quilt. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry or something, because I don't have any idea where I saw it. Now the big
question - does anyone recall seeing anything like this? Thanks (and I'm not usually this ditzy, honest) Sharon
[/quote:cbc3611d3c] -- Best Regards pat on the hill

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View entire thread: never tell a quilter.....
Posted by Sharon Harper on Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:49 PM    Post subject: never tell a quilter.....

it's too expensive. A new rug that is. While shopping for DD1s new bedroom suite I found what I thought was a quilt
being used as a rug which would have tied her new stuff in with her old stuff perfectly. At a cost of $300 it was a
bit too pricey (even if he did say it was made of leather - I would have said cheap suede). It was white background
with appliqued blue and chocolate circles. Fairly simple design, just need to find the time to dig through stash to
find appropriate colours and then find time to make it. I have 3 weeks til furniture arrives.....and about 7 weeks
until christmas!! And yes I'm still working on the nightmare quilt and can see the end. Who knows - it could be done
by Christmas too!!! But I ain't tellin y'all which year - ROFLOL! -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down
Under) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes awhile to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker)

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View entire thread: cookie idea
Posted by Susan Laity Price on Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:50 PM    Post subject: Re: cookie idea

The cutest "quilt cookies" I have seen were simple square sugar cookies. Dough had been shaped into a long
tube but square instead of round. Once cookie dough was cold it would slice easily. After cookies were baked they were
frosted to look like different patchwork patterns. The colors were better than you would achieve with colored dough and
you could have more variety. Frosting would be a fun project to do with a friend or two. Working together in the kitchen
is like sitting around the quilt frame. Susan

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View entire thread: cookie idea
Posted by Julia in MN on Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:25 PM    Post subject: Re: cookie idea

You can also paint the designs on unbaked cookies. There are several ways to make paint: - Combine an egg yolk with 1/4
teaspoon water; stir until smooth. Stir in food coloring. - Add food coloring to a small amount of evaporated milk. -
Mix dry powdered milk with water to a paint-like consistency and add food coloring. - Mix cornstarch and water to a
paint-like consistency and add food coloring. Use a paintbrush to paint designs on unbaked cookies. The egg yolk paint
gives brighter, clearer colors, with a bit of a yellow cast. The milk paint colors will be somewhat softer. I have used
both the egg yolk and the powdered milk paint with regular liquid food coloring. I suppose you could get more intense
colors with paste food coloring, like cake decorators use. Julia in MN Susan Laity Price wrote: [quote:fc44d2f271]The
cutest "quilt cookies" I have seen were simple square sugar cookies. Dough had been shaped into a long tube
but square instead of round. Once cookie dough was cold it would slice easily. After cookies were baked they were
frosted to look like different patchwork patterns. The colors were better than you would achieve with colored dough and
you could have more variety. Frosting would be a fun project to do with a friend or two. Working together in the kitchen
is like sitting around the quilt frame. Susan [/quote:fc44d2f271] -- This message has been scanned for viruses by
Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/

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View entire thread: Midget block series
Posted by Roberta Zollner on Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:16 PM    Post subject: Re: Midget block series

Fun project! Relatively painless too. It's great having something to sew just for fun and sanity, with no pressure. My
sanity project during our last move was to start at the beginning of the Better Homes & Gardens 501 Blocks book.
Made about 90 4.5" blocks out of the Scrap Basket. DH commented that he now understood my patchwork obsession: it
gave me an illusion of being able to control something. Perceptive man! Anyhow, they are on the WIP shelf and
occasionally get added to. Currently, setting 8 X 11 of these blocks would give me a baby-size quilt. I'm waiting for
the odds to improve! Roberta in D "KI Graham" <kigraham@shaw.ca> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:jmZRg.33527$1T2.21378@pd7urf2no... [quote:ef8e0a2cf6]Like I needed another project, but this one sucked me
in...surely even I can keep up with one 4 1/2" block a week: http://sentimentalstitches.net/ Click on Free stuff,
then midget blocks. I'm afraid she's fooling us with the simple ones first, but so far so good, I've got the first two
done. -- Kim Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN PATCHWORK [/quote:ef8e0a2cf6]

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View entire thread: Midget block series
Posted by Kay Ahr on Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:49 AM    Post subject: Re: Midget block series

Too cute!! Might not get to it til next summer though. 187 blocks? Gosh, all the blocks won't even be out by then.
There are some other beautiful freebie there too. I wanted to Quilt Pink on September 30 -- there's a nice pink lap
quilt. Thanks, Kay Ahr in NV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KI Graham wrote: Like I needed another project, but
this one sucked me in...surely even I can keep up with one 4 1/2" block a week: http://sentimentalstitches.net/
Click on Free stuff, then midget blocks. I'm afraid she's fooling us with the simple ones first, but so far so good,
I've got the first two done. -- Kim Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN PATCHWORK

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View entire thread: Midget block series
Posted by Carolyn McCarty on Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:12 AM    Post subject: Re: Midget block series

Thank you, Kim, for sharing! Added to my favorites. I think these would make a super sampler quilt. -- Carolyn in
The Old Pueblo If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty
If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer.
--Carolyn McCarty "KI Graham" <kigraham@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:jmZRg.33527$1T2.21378@pd7urf2no... [quote:ad778f9ca5]Like I needed another project, but this one sucked me
in...surely even I can keep up with one 4 1/2" block a week: http://sentimentalstitches.net/ Click on Free stuff,
then midget blocks. I'm afraid she's fooling us with the simple ones first, but so far so good, I've got the first two
done. -- Kim Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN PATCHWORK [/quote:ad778f9ca5]

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View entire thread: Aye, brainstorm and Moti'ated a Bit, gar!
Posted by frood on Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:06 AM    Post subject: Re: Aye, brainstorm and Moti'ated a Bit, gar!

Just exactly where is this cursed cupboard that is givin' ye trouble? -- Capn Grainne O'Malley the Drunken Tongue Talk
Like a Pirate Day, Sept. 19, 2006 http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm Un-STUFF
email address to reply "~Captain Elizabeth the Orange~" <koffeekupz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ZYLPg.21548$bf5.9571@edtnps90... [quote:2af62f6c28]Arrr, does fabric just reproduce for the fun o' it? Me put what
Me thought was a small amount o' Fq's int' my cupboard and today when I went t' add just the couple more that Me had
picked up, I didn't have room for them? How on earth did a few pieces o' fabric turn int' a whole cupboard full? Odd....
eerie... Cool!! I actually had some time t' sort a bit o' my fabric and t' get somewhat o' an idea o' whar t' begin in
my sewin' area again. But I cant begin anythin' big untill after I get my Air Cadet AGM done at the end o' this month.
Leadin' up t' it is a mountain o' paperwork and more than a few headaches. I do howe'er have a brainstorm for my oldest
son's Christmas present. He was de'astated that he was not goin' t' be home for Halloween *yes Halloween is far more
celebrated in our house than e'en Christmas* so I figured that since I have a fairly large amount o' haunted fabrics, Me
can make him a Hallowquilt for Christmas, argh! Nothin' fancy, just simple and effecti'e. Me am crossin' my fin'ers
that I will have time. I Know that he will get what it means t' get a black and orange scary quilt for Christmas, I just
hope his girlfriend understands? Lol Happy Tlapd t' all o' you! ~Captain Elizabeth the Orange~ aka: ~KK in BC~
[/quote:2af62f6c28]

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View entire thread: Aye, brainstorm and Moti'ated a Bit, gar!
Posted by ~Captain Elizabeth the Or on Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:18 AM    Post subject: Aye, brainstorm and Moti'ated a Bit, gar!

Arrr, does fabric just reproduce for the fun o' it? Me put what Me thought was a small amount o' Fq's int' my cupboard
and today when I went t' add just the couple more that Me had picked up, I didn't have room for them? How on earth did a
few pieces o' fabric turn int' a whole cupboard full? Odd.... eerie... Cool!! I actually had some time t' sort a bit o'
my fabric and t' get somewhat o' an idea o' whar t' begin in my sewin' area again. But I cant begin anythin' big untill
after I get my Air Cadet AGM done at the end o' this month. Leadin' up t' it is a mountain o' paperwork and more than a
few headaches. I do howe'er have a brainstorm for my oldest son's Christmas present. He was de'astated that he was not
goin' t' be home for Halloween *yes Halloween is far more celebrated in our house than e'en Christmas* so I figured that
since I have a fairly large amount o' haunted fabrics, Me can make him a Hallowquilt for Christmas, argh! Nothin'
fancy, just simple and effecti'e. Me am crossin' my fin'ers that I will have time. I Know that he will get what it means
t' get a black and orange scary quilt for Christmas, I just hope his girlfriend understands? Lol Happy Tlapd t' all o'
you! ~Captain Elizabeth the Orange~ aka: ~KK in BC~

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View entire thread: OT Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Posted by Polly Esther on Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:15 AM    Post subject: Re: OT Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Well, then, dear friend, one day we'll find a way to let you sign our hug. Meanwhile do chime in when other hug calls
present themselves. I print hug announcements and keep them here in front of me. I try to respond just as quickly as
possible. Hugs blocks can run from a simple signed blank all the way to a ridiculous grinning gator. You wouldn't
believe the racket going on here. The neighbors haven't complained. They especially love the hug. Polly
"KJ" <KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote in message news:0UsIg.156814$1i1.59464@attbi_s72...
[quote:43f4fe9f05]Polly, I've only participated in a couple hugs.....my intentions are always good but my follow through
is lousy. Your post has reinforced my resolution to be better about this....it's more than a quilt, isn't it? I wish
my name was on YOUR hug....you mean a lot to me. KJ [/quote:43f4fe9f05]

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View entire thread: OT Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Posted by Taria on Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:57 AM    Post subject: Re: OT Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

I do better when I have a closer time limit than a longer one. For some reason if I have too much time I put it off. I
haven't gotten any requests in a while. Have I missed any Karen? Taria Polly Esther wrote: [quote:a65ab53bd2]Well,
then, dear friend, one day we'll find a way to let you sign our hug. Meanwhile do chime in when other hug calls present
themselves. I print hug announcements and keep them here in front of me. I try to respond just as quickly as possible.
Hugs blocks can run from a simple signed blank all the way to a ridiculous grinning gator. You wouldn't believe the
racket going on here. The neighbors haven't complained. They especially love the hug. Polly "KJ"
<KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote in message news:0UsIg.156814$1i1.59464@attbi_s72... Polly, I've only participated
in a couple hugs.....my intentions are always good but my follow through is lousy. Your post has reinforced my
resolution to be better about this....it's more than a quilt, isn't it? I wish my name was on YOUR hug....you mean a
lot to me. KJ [/quote:a65ab53bd2]

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View entire thread: Signed blocks and photo transfers....recommendations?
Posted by Roberta Zollner on Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:15 PM    Post subject: Re: Signed blocks and photo transfers....recommendations?

Just a thought -was the fabric pre-washed? (The fabric where the ink faded.) Seems like some of the ink would only
penetrate the sizing, which would disappear with the first wash. I also iron permanent ink to set. Roberta in D
"Tricia" <cricket527@e-garfield.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1156271021.855187.188070@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:a79e03a68f]Hi! Hopping straight to the questions I
have -- explanation of why follows for those interested in reading the rest of the message -- 1. What is *the* way to
set pigma pen ink? Do I need to prep the material (most likely simple muslin) etc? I have been using these same pigma
pens on HUG blocks for ages and have just "ironed" the blocks to "heat set" the ink previously.
However, in trying something out a few weeks ago, I ironed the inked fabric, let it cool, and then vigorously handwashed
it in hot water with dish soap and noticed fading in the writing. HELP! 2. I am a complete novice in phototransferring
(in this case, color photos). How is it done? What are the best recommended products to use? Is a particular type of
printer better to do it with? What do I tell the people at a copy place if I need to have them do it? Again, the
mostly like fabric to receive the transfer is basic muslin. Okay, those are the questions and what follows is now the
Explanation: Recently confronted with two of my 6 cousins marrying (one last weekend, at the last minute practically,
and the other in next few weeks) I had to come up with *something* to do as a wedding gift that I could continue on as
the others come to that event in their lives (I'm the oldest of that generation on that side of the family and heavens
to betsy if the gifts aren't pretty level and the age span goes on and on, etc. anyway, trust me when I say I *had* to
choose to do something consistent). My idea (already in motion so no going back) is to have the interested guests write
a short message to the bride and groom, pass it on to me, and then I re-write the messages on fabric and create, as I
put it in my explanation to the guests, a quilted gift of love (worded such because the amount of messages will vary
widely among the different cousins' weddings and thus the quilted gifts of love could range from wall hangings to full
quilts, etc). I typed and copied forms up, pre-addressed envelopes with my address, etc. At last weekend's wedding I
got the groom's sister to assist by handing out information to the guests who were't in my family because I knew none of
those people. I'm not even trying to keep this a secret from the cousins because that would just be more hassle than it
is worth. This past wedding was very small (*maybe* 45 people), the next one is probably going to be very large
comparably (I've heard upwards of 200 invitees). I've given the guests a one-month-from-the-wedding deadline to return
the things to me. I figure this way, my pigma pens stay safe, I'm not carting around fabric, etc. to all these events
-- and I can space out the messages as appropriate at the time of construction instead of being stuck with a set pre-cut
square of fabric. I want to make sure it will be something that LASTS with the messages on it but can still be cleaned.
(embroidery not an option) The recent wedding will most likely be a wall hanging. To the best of my knowledge, I was
the only person properly positioned to get a picture of the newly married couple coming "back up the aisle"
(outdoor wedding but still, the portion of the ceremony that would have been considered that) and I want to use one of
them (digital currently) as the center of their WH and have the messages written around the photo. Even the person
videotaping the wedding wasn't able to catch that as I was -- he was behind them. The upcoming wedding will probably
result in either multiple WHs or an actual quilt (heaven help me, a project as yet unattempted by me) and probably no
pictures transferred (too large a project as it is) So, that's why I needed to ask those questions.....the final gifts
in all cases are intended to be basic muslin (for photos, messages, etc. as deemed appropriate) and the other fabrics
involved for sashing or relief will be the couple's wedding colors. As I get into construction (after these other
questions/issues are taken care of) you'll be hearing from me with questions about batting, backing, etc. TIA, Tricia
[/quote:a79e03a68f]

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View entire thread: Signed blocks and photo transfers....recommendations?
Posted by Tricia on Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:23 PM    Post subject: Signed blocks and photo transfers....recommendations?

Hi! Hopping straight to the questions I have -- explanation of why follows for those interested in reading the rest of
the message -- 1. What is *the* way to set pigma pen ink? Do I need to prep the material (most likely simple muslin)
etc? I have been using these same pigma pens on HUG blocks for ages and have just "ironed" the blocks to
"heat set" the ink previously. However, in trying something out a few weeks ago, I ironed the inked fabric,
let it cool, and then vigorously handwashed it in hot water with dish soap and noticed fading in the writing. HELP! 2.
I am a complete novice in phototransferring (in this case, color photos). How is it done? What are the best
recommended products to use? Is a particular type of printer better to do it with? What do I tell the people at a copy
place if I need to have them do it? Again, the mostly like fabric to receive the transfer is basic muslin. Okay, those
are the questions and what follows is now the Explanation: Recently confronted with two of my 6 cousins marrying (one
last weekend, at the last minute practically, and the other in next few weeks) I had to come up with *something* to do
as a wedding gift that I could continue on as the others come to that event in their lives (I'm the oldest of that
generation on that side of the family and heavens to betsy if the gifts aren't pretty level and the age span goes on and
on, etc. anyway, trust me when I say I *had* to choose to do something consistent). My idea (already in motion so no
going back) is to have the interested guests write a short message to the bride and groom, pass it on to me, and then I
re-write the messages on fabric and create, as I put it in my explanation to the guests, a quilted gift of love (worded
such because the amount of messages will vary widely among the different cousins' weddings and thus the quilted gifts of
love could range from wall hangings to full quilts, etc). I typed and copied forms up, pre-addressed envelopes with my
address, etc. At last weekend's wedding I got the groom's sister to assist by handing out information to the guests who
were't in my family because I knew none of those people. I'm not even trying to keep this a secret from the cousins
because that would just be more hassle than it is worth. This past wedding was very small (*maybe* 45 people), the next
one is probably going to be very large comparably (I've heard upwards of 200 invitees). I've given the guests a one-
month-from-the-wedding deadline to return the things to me. I figure this way, my pigma pens stay safe, I'm not carting
around fabric, etc. to all these events -- and I can space out the messages as appropriate at the time of construction
instead of being stuck with a set pre-cut square of fabric. I want to make sure it will be something that LASTS with
the messages on it but can still be cleaned. (embroidery not an option) The recent wedding will most likely be a wall
hanging. To the best of my knowledge, I was the only person properly positioned to get a picture of the newly married
couple coming "back up the aisle" (outdoor wedding but still, the portion of the ceremony that would have been
considered that) and I want to use one of them (digital currently) as the center of their WH and have the messages
written around the photo. Even the person videotaping the wedding wasn't able to catch that as I was -- he was behind
them. The upcoming wedding will probably result in either multiple WHs or an actual quilt (heaven help me, a project as
yet unattempted by me) and probably no pictures transferred (too large a project as it is) So, that's why I needed to
ask those questions.....the final gifts in all cases are intended to be basic muslin (for photos, messages, etc. as
deemed appropriate) and the other fabrics involved for sashing or relief will be the couple's wedding colors. As I get
into construction (after these other questions/issues are taken care of) you'll be hearing from me with questions about
batting, backing, etc. TIA, Tricia

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View entire thread: Done [for now anyway]
Posted by KI Graham on Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:51 PM    Post subject: Done [for now anyway]

I've officially finished the Shepherd's Light series: the last of the instructions [plus photos of my finished top] are
available today. Check out the new photos of Sampler of Psalms quilts in the gallery as well. For now, anyway, that's
it for Quilter's Neighbourhood: I don't intend to begin any new series any time soon, although I will continue to add
photos as they come. I'll be doing some housekeeping too -- the Neighbourhood is pushing size limits for the servers,
so it's time to remove some older files. On the other hand, I realize that it's been 8 or 9 YEARS since I uploaded
the Countdown to Christmas mystery...I have a new simple mystery quilt percolating in my brain. If you're interested,
drop me a line. In the meantime, stay tuned! -- Kim Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE
WORD IN PATCHWORK

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View entire thread: pin cushions and thread grabbers
Posted by Sandy Ellison on Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:10 AM    Post subject: Re: pin cushions and thread grabbers

Howdy! Congrats on solving a couple of problems, Pol. I keep a piece of masking tape on the edge of the quilt hoop
when handquilting. Makes it easy to pick up stray hairs, loose threads and snips, bits of lint, keeps the quilt top
cleaner while I'm working on it. It's these simple tips that are so helpful. ;-) Ragmop/Sandy -- I should invest in
masking tape stock <g> On 10/26/06 6:20 PM, in article gpb0h.19617$UG4.13310@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net,
"polly esther" <misterclean@mindspring.com> wrote: [quote:c7396a897b]Yeeeha. Finally I have grandly
solved two needs. I like to have a pin cushion on the top of the arm of my SM to hold just a few pins, one or two
needles and the poker. Here's what works and beautifully: You can take the double-faced sticky strip that 3M makes for
holding their hooks, apply one side to the SM and apply a length of velcro to the other sticky side of the strip. Don't
use the hook. Attach the other side of the velcro strip to a pin cushion. Mine is a very simple little pillow made
from blanket fleece. The pin cushion will stay put and can easily be removed if the SM wants to climb in its travel case
for a trip. The 3M sticky strip won't cause magnetic harm to your SM and is possible to remove. It is even possible to
remove without damaging your fingers and nose if you follow the directions. (Ask Charlotte about that one.) Now for
grabbing snipped threads - I also put a 3M strip on the left end of the SM. I attached a rough piece of velcro to the
remaining sticky side of that one. I can simply pat a piece of scrap batting on it. Cut threads like to cling to
batting. The threads wipe off easily enough when you have a fair-sized rat's nest or you can just replace the batting
with a new scrap. No afiliation. Always hopeful. Thank you all very much for your contributions to these solutions.
How sweet it is. Polly [/quote:c7396a897b]

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View entire thread: help.. baby quilt
Posted by Hanne Gottliebsen on Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:15 PM    Post subject: Re: help.. baby quilt

pomodoro wrote: [quote:138a58bfee]HI all.. I need advice!!! I have to make a quilt for a "next baby", for one
of my friend. It will be a small quilt, for his (yes, it's a boy) little bed. The baby will born in the end of december,
or first days in january... I have not too much time!! ANd I haven't yet decided whitch subject... Have you some baby
quilt photos to see? I need inspiration!!! Animals in appliquè? or paper piecing? or traditional blocks? help please!!!
bye, Nico [/quote:138a58bfee] Just a bunch of pics: http://www.gottliebsen.dk/Pics/tangokat_front.jpg (That was my
first quilt, btw) http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~hago/Pics/Quilts/mathildes1.jpg
http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~hago/Pics/Quilts/frederiks.jpg http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~hago/Pics/Quilts/esben.jpg
http://www.gottliebsen.dk/Pics/menageri.jpg http://www.gottliebsen.dk/Pics/plys_for.jpg
http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~hago/Pics/Quilts/hannahs_ark.jpg (Using a fabric book panel) All very simple patterns, but
good fun. Hanne in London

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View entire thread: help.. baby quilt
Posted by Roberta Zollner on Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:04 PM    Post subject: Re: help.. baby quilt

One of my baby quilts, the one that got probably the most enthusiastic response, was a simple Friendship Star. This is
basically a 9-patch with 5 plain squares and 4 half-square triangle squares, which make a 4-pointed star. For the
center of each block, I used a little printed teddy bear. Half the blocks had one background color and half a
contrasting color. The star points were cream. IIRC it was 20 blocks set 4 X 5, and the blocks were 6.5". Plus a
narrow inner border and wider outer border. But of course you could make your blocks bigger or use more of them.
Roberta in D "pomodoro" <tomatta@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1161769736.373070.242740@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... HI all.. I need advice!!! I have to make a quilt for a
"next baby", for one of my friend. It will be a small quilt, for his (yes, it's a boy) little bed. The baby
will born in the end of december, or first days in january... I have not too much time!! ANd I haven't yet decided
whitch subject... Have you some baby quilt photos to see? I need inspiration!!! Animals in appliquè? or paper piecing?
or traditional blocks? help please!!! bye, Nico

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View entire thread: help.. baby quilt
Posted by Sandy Foster on Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:52 PM    Post subject: Re: help.. baby quilt

In article <1161769736.373070.242740@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, "pomodoro"
<tomatta@gmail.com> wrote: [quote:fc9b63a7c1]HI all.. I need advice!!! I have to make a quilt for a "next
baby", for one of my friend. It will be a small quilt, for his (yes, it's a boy) little bed. The baby will born in
the end of december, or first days in january... I have not too much time!! ANd I haven't yet decided whitch subject...
Have you some baby quilt photos to see? I need inspiration!!! Animals in appliquè? or paper piecing? or traditional
blocks? help please!!! bye, Nico [/quote:fc9b63a7c1] Nico, I've made a few, which you can see at
<http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/baby.html>. Disregard the first one, since it was a time-consuming piece.
However, the others weren't bad. Pick a simple pattern (4-patch? 9-patch? The baby will love it!) and do it all by
machine. It should go quickly, since it doesn't have to be large. Best of luck! -- 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

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Posted by pomodoro on Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:10 PM    Post subject: Re: help.. baby quilt

Yes, I know this simple but amazing block, I did a baby quilt with it, one of my firsts quilts.. in cream and pastels
colours.. it was so sweet!!! :0)) nico

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View entire thread: Fabric Gal notes: can anyone figure out what I meant?
Posted by nzlstar* on Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:00 AM    Post subject: Re: Fabric Gal notes: can anyone figure out what I meant?

check www.applewd.com the august block is still online for free download. that explains what it sounds to me like you're
doing. i could be wrong but worth a wee check. increase the view to 400%, yes 4 hundred, so you can see how the lines
across work. its simple when you see how it works. hope that helps. cheers from the sunny south pacific winter, jeanne
-- san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz nzlstar on yahoo msg'r nzlstar on webshots gen.gen.co.nz "kratersge"
wrote... [quote:3e4800c3aa]I took notes during the Eleanor Burns show so I could do a scrappy Fabric Gal quilt, but I
can't make any sense of these instructions that I took down... "Cut strips 2.5 & 3.5 inches.Use 4 sets of 2
colors. Make a kind of wonky 4patch, then do the half triangle things with the resulting 4.5 by 5.5 rectangles, ending
up with 2 block. Set like pinwheels." I think I get the 4-patch part; but then how should I cut it to "do
the half triangle things"?? I think if I could figure out how to cut the four-patch I could get the rest.. It
seemed so clear at the time. :-( I rememver that you end up with 2 blocks that have reverse color values from each
other; but I can't figure out that d** cut! susan kraterfield see my quilts: members.cox.net/kratersge
[/quote:3e4800c3aa]

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View entire thread: Quilts show up in the most unusual places
Posted by Debra on Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:20 PM    Post subject: Quilts show up in the most unusual places

I went to a wedding last week and there was a vintage friendship quilt hanging in the fellowship hall's hallway. It was
very nicely framed and under glass so it couldn't be damaged by anyone passing by, and it was in a shady spot to avoid
sun damage. The blocks were 12 inch album blocks done in all solids and set in a simple straight setting. All the
blocks were signed with embroidery stitches and a few had little embroidered motifs (tiny birds or a small flower) added
to the signature piece. I never did find a date on the quilt, but it was a nice surprise in my day. Debra in VA See my
quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

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Posted by frood on Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:09 PM    Post subject: Re: Quilts show up in the most unusual places

My mother's church just celebrated their Centennial, and had a quilt made by one of the members to commemmorate it. I
saw it in-progress, and it was really cool! My mom had dug up old pictures of pastors and the church itself from years
and years ago, and each was photo-transferred to cloth, and added around the border of the quilt. I can't wait to see
the finished product hanging in the church when I go to Indy this Christmas! -- Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm De-STUFF email address to reply "Debra"
<debnbilll@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:sgeva2t3fvf8plcocmcisi0egfi7peb7m3@4ax.com...
[quote:708efd75f0]I went to a wedding last week and there was a vintage friendship quilt hanging in the fellowship
hall's hallway. It was very nicely framed and under glass so it couldn't be damaged by anyone passing by, and it was in
a shady spot to avoid sun damage. The blocks were 12 inch album blocks done in all solids and set in a simple straight
setting. All the blocks were signed with embroidery stitches and a few had little embroidered motifs (tiny birds or a
small flower) added to the signature piece. I never did find a date on the quilt, but it was a nice surprise in my day.
Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere[/quote:708efd75f0]

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Posted by Jan on Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:21 PM    Post subject: Re: Quilts show up in the most unusual places

Debra <debnbilll@worldnet.att.net> wrote in news:sgeva2t3fvf8plcocmcisi0egfi7peb7m3@4ax.com: [quote:0b629f1269]I
went to a wedding last week and there was a vintage friendship quilt hanging in the fellowship hall's hallway. It was
very nicely framed and under glass so it couldn't be damaged by anyone passing by, and it was in a shady spot to avoid
sun damage. The blocks were 12 inch album blocks done in all solids and set in a simple straight setting. All the
blocks were signed with embroidery stitches and a few had little embroidered motifs (tiny birds or a small flower) added
to the signature piece. I never did find a date on the quilt, but it was a nice surprise in my day. Debra in VA See my
quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere [/quote:0b629f1269] Now how cool is that!!! :-) -- Jan RCTQ
Coffee Diva

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View entire thread: Resizing blocks
Posted by nzlstar* on Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:02 PM    Post subject: Re: Resizing blocks

found the pattern online and read thru it. they 'trim' the sqs back to 6". how about 4 x 2.5=10 plus an extra half
inch for trimming(10.5inch start), just in case your hst isnt poifect. then trim as they did. should work from my
reading of the pattern. http://www.mccallsquilting.com/golden/mg29_pattern/ delectable mountains is a fav of mine too,
it has so many possible layouts and variations for a simple block. tho that is often the case. simple lends itself to
more possible end results. varying the size, colour and which way it lays gives you much to play with. if you've got EQ
you can play with it there both with size and fabrics/colours, even your own fabrics could be scanned in, tho you can
also add new colourways with the fabrics already in EQ, which is often easier and just as useful. have fun. jeanne --
san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz nzlstar on yahoo msg'r http://community.webshots.com/user/nzlstar
http://www.frappr.com/rctq Put yourself on the RCTQ map!!! http://www.gen.gen.nz/ "Leanne" wrote...
[quote:977eb68204]Help! I'd really like some assistance.... I'd like to make a quilt using a "whirligig"
blocks pattern (or, as I have seen it before, called delectable mountains). The pattern in the Feb. 2003 issue of
McCall's Quilting (page 53) calls for 6.5 inch squares sewed into half square triangles and cut into 1.5 inch strips. I
seem to have seen this in a large size... I'd like to be able to cut four stips that were 2.5 inches wide. I suppose
there's some mathematical formula for making those blocks bigger but it certainly is over my head! Can anyone tell me
how much larger to make the two blocks? I think this is just a nifty pattern using high contrast fabrics and my
daughter is asking for a quilt of 30's fabrics so this would be just the ticket. THANKS! [/quote:977eb68204]

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View entire thread: FA: The 16 Inch Square #1 by Yvonne Amico, 1980 TPB
Posted by Number1Fred on Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:48 PM    Post subject: FA: The 16 Inch Square #1 by Yvonne Amico, 1980 TPB

The 16 Inch Square Pattern Booklet 1 A Collection of Quilting Patterns Scaled for the 16 Inch Square Block by Yvonne L.
Amico This book is a collection of patterns ready for tracing and scaled to finish 16 inches square. The blocks are
selected from several different quilt categories and are designed to be compatible with one another. They range from
simple techniques to more complicated designs for the expert quilter. The patterns are generally arranged in order of
difficulty or amount of time required for cutting and piecing. Hard to find. Yvonne L. Amico, Greensboro NC, 1980, 24
pages, 8 3/8" x 11", trade paperback with two-staple binding, illustrated.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=001&item=110022522705 Auction closes 8/23/06.

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View entire thread: november
Posted by Vikki In WA State on Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:09 AM    Post subject: Re: november

not sure how I sent this. sorry -- Vikki in WA State "Vikki In WA State" <palnpartneratsawdotnet>
wrote in message news:juadnUxed9wsY9rYnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d@scnresearch.com... [quote:91e2c7e721] From: "Dannielle"
<dbeitzell@yahoo.com Subject: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for November Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:32 AM Happy
Halloween! *BOO!* I'm heading off on vacation in the morning, so I thought I'd better get these posted before I leave!
Maybe when I get back I'll get photos of mine and get them to Teri to post! Enjoy! Dannielle How this BOM works is I
will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced.
It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month.
You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a
quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will
then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the
previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper
pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is
available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how
the schedule breaks down: =============================================================== April 2006 - March 2007:
Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt
(quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates
the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the
number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are
challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would
be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some
of them may have four. Finished blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a
very large THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. October 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SpinningFourPatchBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/HuntersStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://www.quilt-design.com/BOM/patnov983.htm
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. November 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareswithinSquaresBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BlazingStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt126/ *Please remember
to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the
same size. [/quote:91e2c7e721]

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Posted by Vikki In WA State on Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:01 AM    Post subject: november

From: "Dannielle" <dbeitzell@yahoo.com> Subject: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for November Date: Tuesday, October
31, 2006 5:32 AM Happy Halloween! *BOO!* I'm heading off on vacation in the morning, so I thought I'd better get
these posted before I leave! Maybe when I get back I'll get photos of mine and get them to Teri to post! Enjoy!
Dannielle How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced,
one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own
pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will
have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need
to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block
patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the
blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be
whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006
through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down: ===============================================================
April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007:
Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site
(www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and
they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our
difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and
these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have
three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished blocks can be seen at
http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the
gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper
Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. October 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SpinningFourPatchBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/HuntersStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://www.quilt-design.com/BOM/patnov983.htm
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. November 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareswithinSquaresBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BlazingStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt126/ *Please remember
to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the
same size.

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Posted by Roberta Zollner on Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:16 PM    Post subject: Re: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for November

Thanks! Have a good trip! Roberta in D "Dannielle" <dbeitzell@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1162301539.230352.55410@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... Happy Halloween! *BOO!* I'm heading off on vacation in
the morning, so I thought I'd better get these posted before I leave! Maybe when I get back I'll get photos of mine and
get them to Teri to post! Enjoy! Dannielle How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the
beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you
would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail
them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not
mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ
BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide
to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size
whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you
so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down:
=============================================================== April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007:
Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.)
- Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her
block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I
will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I
also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not
the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished
blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri
for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. October 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SpinningFourPatchBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/HuntersStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://www.quilt-design.com/BOM/patnov983.htm
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. November 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareswithinSquaresBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BlazingStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt126/ *Please remember
to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the
same size.

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Posted by Dannielle on Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:32 PM    Post subject: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for November

Happy Halloween! *BOO!* I'm heading off on vacation in the morning, so I thought I'd better get these posted before I
leave! Maybe when I get back I'll get photos of mine and get them to Teri to post! Enjoy! Dannielle How this BOM
works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one
paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course
of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks
to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this
gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will
also include the previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced
blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can
find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007.
This is how the schedule breaks down: ==============================================================April 2006 - March
2007: Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt
(quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates
the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the
number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are
challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would
be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some
of them may have four. Finished blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a
very large THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. October 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SpinningFourPatchBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/HuntersStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://www.quilt-design.com/BOM/patnov983.htm
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. November 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareswithinSquaresBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BlazingStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt126/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size.

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Posted by Kate G. on Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:42 AM    Post subject: Re: September BOM!

You are right... BOM is block of the month. Each person does their own thing. In their own fabrics. In their own
time. They don't send or receive anything. The patterns (traditional pieced, appliqué and paper pieced). You can do
all... some or any combination. No penalties for not finishing if life interrupts. It is a "cyber" group
project in that pictures are shared and conversations are shared... and in the end you have a quilt that commemorates
your 2006-07 participation in RCTQ. If you scroll down in the posts.... you can see the links to all previous BOMS for
the year. So if you have the time and the inclination ... you can join in at any time! Hope that makes sense! Kate
in MI "Jacqueline" <coldiron46@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:n95ff29bpicjtrbtmuft73c2vl10p90e3i@4ax.com... [quote:d01aff8b10]OK I may have been here almost a month now but
what is a BOM? Oh I bet it is a block of the month, am I right, does it cost anything to join in, what if something
happens and I can't do one or get behind or for some odd reason have to quit, say my dad gets worse? Jacqueline On 31
Aug 2006 12:46:46 -0700, cappy.phillips@uspto.gov wrote: While I have a moment of breathing room, and I'm thinking
about it, I thought I'd put them up! September's patterns are at the end of the message... Enjoy! Posting for
Danielle: How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced,
one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own
pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will
have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need
to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block
patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the
blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be
whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006
through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down: ===============================================================
April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007:
Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site
(www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and
they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our
difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and
these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have
three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished blocks can be seen at
http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the
gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper
Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. Jacqueline http://www.mountain-breeze.com Recipes and other fun things[/quote:d01aff8b10]

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Posted by Jacqueline on Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:07 AM    Post subject: Re: September BOM!

OK I may have been here almost a month now but what is a BOM? Oh I bet it is a block of the month, am I right, does
it cost anything to join in, what if something happens and I can't do one or get behind or for some odd reason have to
quit, say my dad gets worse? Jacqueline On 31 Aug 2006 12:46:46 -0700, cappy.phillips@uspto.gov wrote:
[quote:6761b18cc1]While I have a moment of breathing room, and I'm thinking about it, I thought I'd put them up!
September's patterns are at the end of the message... Enjoy! Posting for Danielle: How this BOM works is I will post
block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up
to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You
keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt.
You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then
have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous
months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced
blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is available.
Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the
schedule breaks down: =============================================================== April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly
blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting,
binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level
of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of
pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not
overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try
(well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have
four. Finished blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK
YOU! to Teri for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. [/quote:6761b18cc1] Jacqueline http://www.mountain-breeze.com Recipes and other fun
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Posted by Donna in NE La. on Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:13 PM    Post subject: Re: September BOM!

Thanks, Dannielle! How's the baby? -- Donna in NE La. <cappy.phillips@uspto.gov> wrote in message
news:1157053606.359901.143450@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com... While I have a moment of breathing room, and I'm thinking
about it, I thought I'd put them up! September's patterns are at the end of the message... Enjoy! Posting for
Danielle: How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced,
one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own
pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will
have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need
to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block
patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the
blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be
whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006
through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down: ===============================================================
April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007:
Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site
(www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and
they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our
difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and
these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have
three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished blocks can be seen at
http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the
gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper
Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size.

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Posted by Patti on Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:50 PM    Post subject: Re: September BOM!

Thanks Cappy. In message <1157053606.359901.143450@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>, cappy.phillips@uspto.gov
writes [quote:14e49f2fdf]While I have a moment of breathing room, and I'm thinking about it, I thought I'd put them up!
September's patterns are at the end of the message... Enjoy! Posting for Danielle: How this BOM works is I will post
block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up
to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You
keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt.
You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then
have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous
months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced
blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is available.
Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the
schedule breaks down: =============================================================== April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly
blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting,
binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level
of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of
pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not
overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try
(well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have
four. Finished blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK
YOU! to Teri for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. [/quote:14e49f2fdf] -- Best Regards pat on the hill

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Posted by Anonymous on Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:46 PM    Post subject: September BOM!

While I have a moment of breathing room, and I'm thinking about it, I thought I'd put them up! September's patterns are
at the end of the message... Enjoy! Posting for Danielle: How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month
near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or
ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You
do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt.
You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own
2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so
if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be
12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size
up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down:
==============================================================April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007:
Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.)
- Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her
block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I
will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I
also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not
the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished
blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri
for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size.

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Posted by unclbennie on Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:37 AM    Post subject: Re: OT: lost my QI

Leslie, thanks for thoughts. Someday I might get another dog, but right now its just to painful. Good luck with your
Missy and love her and spoil her during the time she has left ( I know you will). Karen aka queen of the sky aka
unclbennie Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote: [quote:57cb00542d]Karen- I am sooooo sorry you lost your precious
Rusty. It's heartbreaking to lose a beloved pet. I have lost so many over the past 40 years- some after a long and
happy life and some after just a short time. I can't live without dogs in my house. Their happy faces and wagging
tails to greet me every morning, their snuggles in bed while I read, their bouncing happiness while playing a simple
game of fetch, their complete joy at being fed every day and their willingness to love me no matter what are something I
need in my life. I hope someday you will reconsider and adopt another loving furbaby. It really *is* worth the joy...
even knowing that their sweet lives just aren't ever long enough for us humans. Sympathetic hugs, Leslie & The
Furbabies in MO.- where my beloved Missy has terminal cancer and my heart breaks every time I look at her just knowing
what's coming- soon unclbennie wrote: My poor little Rusty pup that I just got in June has crossed the rainbow bridge.
It appears that he had a brain tumor, had grand mal seizures that we couldn't get under control and I had to make the
hard decision to let him go. I only had him two months but he went everywhere with me and I wll miss him horribly. I
will really miss him on the morning runs. No more dogs for me, can't do this again. So, I'm going to make a quilt and
call it rusty, I have some rust colored material that has gold thread running through it, wasn't sure what to do with
it, but now I know. Karen aka queen of the sky aka unclbennie[/quote:57cb00542d]

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View entire thread: OT: lost my QI
Posted by Leslie & The Furbabies in on Sun Aug 06, 2006 10:00 PM    Post subject: Re: OT: lost my QI

Karen- I am sooooo sorry you lost your precious Rusty. It's heartbreaking to lose a beloved pet. I have lost so many
over the past 40 years- some after a long and happy life and some after just a short time. I can't live without dogs in
my house. Their happy faces and wagging tails to greet me every morning, their snuggles in bed while I read, their
bouncing happiness while playing a simple game of fetch, their complete joy at being fed every day and their willingness
to love me no matter what are something I need in my life. I hope someday you will reconsider and adopt another loving
furbaby. It really *is* worth the joy... even knowing that their sweet lives just aren't ever long enough for us
humans. Sympathetic hugs, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.- where my beloved Missy has terminal cancer and my heart
breaks every time I look at her just knowing what's coming- soon unclbennie wrote: [quote:34199f18ea]My poor little
Rusty pup that I just got in June has crossed the rainbow bridge. It appears that he had a brain tumor, had grand mal
seizures that we couldn't get under control and I had to make the hard decision to let him go. I only had him two
months but he went everywhere with me and I wll miss him horribly. I will really miss him on the morning runs. No more
dogs for me, can't do this again. So, I'm going to make a quilt and call it rusty, I have some rust colored material
that has gold thread running through it, wasn't sure what to do with it, but now I know. Karen aka queen of the sky aka
unclbennie[/quote:34199f18ea]

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View entire thread: scallop border help
Posted by Sandy Ellison on Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:15 PM    Post subject: Re: scallop border help

Howdy! A piece of that solid color (purple, green, pink) connects to that Dresden plate petal to match the other
side, square them off/make a nice straight edge there so you can insert the corner piece. Then a yellow fat ice cream
cone for that corner would finish it and make it coordinate back to those yellow centers in the full plates. Doesn't
matter if the yellow matches what's already there; it's such a scrappy border that being a little "off" on the
color would work just fine. Marissa, you've come this far in making this old top "authentic", you can do
this simple bit of border. Good luck! Ragmop/Sandy On 7/21/06 9:25 AM, in article e9qo4c$c29$1@news.tamu.edu,
"monique" <monique@mail.bio.tamu.edu> wrote: [quote:f89344843e]Ah! Nice photo and nice quilt. For the
corner, you need a piece shaped like a fat ice cream cone. You could make them out of the muslin and it would be
perfect. Monique in TX[/quote:f89344843e]

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View entire thread: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for July
Posted by Terbear on Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:06 PM    Post subject: Re: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for July

Thanks Danielle, Can't wait to get started! for those that would like to have their blocks posted in the gallery, please
e-mail them to teri@terbear.com Thanks Teri -- Terbear~Curator of the HUG Gallery~
http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/HUGS Teri's quilts~ http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/Tquilts "Dannielle"
<dbeitzell@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1151665267.956508.273330@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... Happy 4th of
July to those of you who celebrate it! I'm thinking that some of you in the US will be enjoying a long weekend for the
holiday and might be wanting something to do! How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the
beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you
would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail
them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not
mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ
BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide
to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size
whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you
so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down:
=============================================================== April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007:
Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.)
- Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her
block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I
will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I
also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not
the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished
blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri
for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size.

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Posted by Donna in NE La. on Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:31 PM    Post subject: Re: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for July

Thanks, Dannielle! -- Donna in NE La. "Patti" <Patti@quik.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1retYqDrSUpEJAOc@quik.clara.co.uk... [quote:862e014c05]Thanks very much Danielle. . In message
<1151665267.956508.273330@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, Dannielle <dbeitzell@yahoo.com> writes Happy 4th of
July to those of you who celebrate it! I'm thinking that some of you in the US will be enjoying a long weekend for the
holiday and might be wanting something to do! How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the
beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you
would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail
them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not
mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ
BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide
to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size
whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you
so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down:
=============================================================== April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007:
Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.)
- Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her
block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I
will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I
also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not
the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished
blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri
for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle July 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html
Paper Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. -- Best Regards pat on the
hill[/quote:862e014c05]

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Posted by Patti on Fri Jun 30, 2006 4:35 PM    Post subject: Re: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for July

Thanks very much Danielle. .. In message <1151665267.956508.273330@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, Dannielle
<dbeitzell@yahoo.com> writes [quote:e252384f00]Happy 4th of July to those of you who celebrate it! I'm thinking
that some of you in the US will be enjoying a long weekend for the holiday and might be wanting something to do! How
this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué
and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over
the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have
twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to
give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block
patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the
blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be
whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006
through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down: ===============================================================
April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007:
Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site
(www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and
they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our
difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and
these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have
three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished blocks can be seen at
http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the
gallery! Dannielle July 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. [/quote:e252384f00] -- Best
Regards pat on the hill

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Posted by Dannielle on Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:01 PM    Post subject: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for July

Happy 4th of July to those of you who celebrate it! I'm thinking that some of you in the US will be enjoying a long
weekend for the holiday and might be wanting something to do! How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each
month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one
(or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks.
You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the
quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then have your very
own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well
so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be
12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size
up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down:
==============================================================April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007:
Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.)
- Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her
block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I
will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I
also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not
the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished
blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri
for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size.

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View entire thread: Aaaaargh! Bad Quilting Day Question
Posted by René on Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:54 PM    Post subject: Re: Aaaaargh! Bad Quilting Day Question

I'm assuming that the snowball blocks are the "simple" blocks. If you feel compelled to re-do anything,
those would be the ones to work on. But I like the idea of leaving them "as is" and laying all the blocks out
as previously planned. Does the difference look good? Does it now have a "star" block effect? If so, I'd
just leave them and acknowledge that you designed your own quilt pattern and give it with pride. If you really can't
stand it, make new snowball blocks. Put aside the other ones for another quilt. I have dozens of half-finished
projects that changed mid-stream and now need a re-design. I can't stand to toss them, but know that they'll
eventually come to some good, even if it's just for a picnic-on-the-ground quilt or for the new puppy. Good luck with
whatever you decide to do! René <countryone77@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1162312478.317447.63080@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... [quote:1b253c1c68]I tried to post this about 15-minutes
ago, but an error occurred when I clicked the "Post Message" button. Hopefully, the original posing will not
show up. I am making a snowball/9-patch quilt using finished 9-inch blocks. I designed the simple quilt in EQ5, mostly
to make it easier to play with colors. When I sewed the snowball blocks, I used the simple method of cutting small
squares for each corner, sewing on the diagonal, and removing the excess triangle from the seam allowance side. My LQS
recommended leaving the background fabric intact, which I did (though it seems a bit heavy to me with those corners left
in). My trouble started when I cut those corner squares using the rotary cutting instructions in EQ5, which should only
have been used if I cut those squares in half on the diagonal and then sewed them to the 9-1/2" square. That is, I
cut the corner squares 3-7/8", when I should have cut them 3-1/2". Unfortunately, I completed all of the
snowball blocks before I realized that there was a problem, so now the snowball block corners are too big to meet the
9-patch block points. I see two solutions to the problem: 1) Remove the existing triangles from the snowball blocks and
replace them with the correctly sized ones. This would entail a long trip to my LQS to purchase more of the same fabric
(presuming they have some more). It would also take extra time to redo those corners, which could be a problem due to a
time constraint. 2) Just accept that I have a new design, which has small jags in the corner designs where the blocks
meet. If it were not for the time constraint, I would lean toward fixing it (I'm a bit of a perfectionist). What do
you think? Thanks, Bev in TX [/quote:1b253c1c68]

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Posted by Roberta Zollner on Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:05 PM    Post subject: Re: Aaaaargh! Bad Quilting Day Question

I'd be inclined to fix them. Don't re-do your existing blocks, just buy enough fabric to do both background and
corners. So if the store doesn't have exactly the same, you might be able to find a similar fabric that would blend
well and add interest to your quilt. You can surely find some other quilt to use up the "odd" snowballs.
Roberta in D <countryone77@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1162312478.317447.63080@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... [quote:9ab0f2859f]I tried to post this about 15-minutes
ago, but an error occurred when I clicked the "Post Message" button. Hopefully, the original posing will not
show up. I am making a snowball/9-patch quilt using finished 9-inch blocks. I designed the simple quilt in EQ5, mostly
to make it easier to play with colors. When I sewed the snowball blocks, I used the simple method of cutting small
squares for each corner, sewing on the diagonal, and removing the excess triangle from the seam allowance side. My LQS
recommended leaving the background fabric intact, which I did (though it seems a bit heavy to me with those corners left
in). My trouble started when I cut those corner squares using the rotary cutting instructions in EQ5, which should only
have been used if I cut those squares in half on the diagonal and then sewed them to the 9-1/2" square. That is, I
cut the corner squares 3-7/8", when I should have cut them 3-1/2". Unfortunately, I completed all of the
snowball blocks before I realized that there was a problem, so now the snowball block corners are too big to meet the
9-patch block points. I see two solutions to the problem: 1) Remove the existing triangles from the snowball blocks and
replace them with the correctly sized ones. This would entail a long trip to my LQS to purchase more of the same fabric
(presuming they have some more). It would also take extra time to redo those corners, which could be a problem due to a
time constraint. 2) Just accept that I have a new design, which has small jags in the corner designs where the blocks
meet. If it were not for the time constraint, I would lean toward fixing it (I'm a bit of a perfectionist). What do
you think? Thanks, Bev in TX [/quote:9ab0f2859f]

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Posted by Trixie on Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:20 AM    Post subject: Re: Aaaaargh! Bad Quilting Day Question

I did that once, decided to just leave them, and the pattern looks great! Trixie <countryone77@yahoo.com> wrote
in message news:1162312478.317447.63080@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... [quote:994c3a2fc8]I tried to post this about
15-minutes ago, but an error occurred when I clicked the "Post Message" button. Hopefully, the original
posing will not show up. I am making a snowball/9-patch quilt using finished 9-inch blocks. I designed the simple
quilt in EQ5, mostly to make it easier to play with colors. When I sewed the snowball blocks, I used the simple method
of cutting small squares for each corner, sewing on the diagonal, and removing the excess triangle from the seam
allowance side. My LQS recommended leaving the background fabric intact, which I did (though it seems a bit heavy to me
with those corners left in). My trouble started when I cut those corner squares using the rotary cutting instructions
in EQ5, which should only have been used if I cut those squares in half on the diagonal and then sewed them to the
9-1/2" square. That is, I cut the corner squares 3-7/8", when I should have cut them 3-1/2".
Unfortunately, I completed all of the snowball blocks before I realized that there was a problem, so now the snowball
block corners are too big to meet the 9-patch block points. I see two solutions to the problem: 1) Remove the existing