Quick and Easy?

[pat on the green]

This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover.

I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at
all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7
and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother.
However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick
and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and
easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have
time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used
to do that anyway >gg<) set of gifts.

What idea would be your favourite?

Thank for comments,

Pat on the Green

[Bobbie Sews More]

"pat on the green" wrote in message news:***@giganews.com...

This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover.

I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at
all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7
and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother.
However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick
and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and
easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have
time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used
to do that anyway >gg<) set of gifts.

What idea would be your favourite?

Thank for comments,

Pat on the Green

I believe that first I would think that if they are in the same room I would
make something similar, but in a different main color. Maybe the girls
would like quilts using the same color, but in a different simple design for
a border so they can tell them apart. (almost the same, but a little
different.) The left overs in fabric could be in a border for the baby,
using a blue color for a solid center. That is the first thing that comes
to mind. Hope it helps.
Barbara in rainy SC


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[pat on the green]

Post by Bobbie Sews More
I believe that first I would think that if they are in the same room I
would make something similar, but in a different main color. Maybe the
girls would like quilts using the same color, but in a different simple
design for a border so they can tell them apart. (almost the same, but
a little different.) The left overs in fabric could be in a border for
the baby, using a blue color for a solid center. That is the first
thing that comes to mind. Hope it helps.
Barbara in rainy SC

Thanks very much for this, Barbara. They both like pink, so that will
have to be there >g< but I can put in some shades of green and
purple/lilac. I like the idea of different (and obvious) main colours.

This idea of three little quilts is really getting hold of me now - and
I do have a lot of fabric I can use. I mostly collect for individual
projects, so I can look in my fabric drawers and know I can use
virtually anything!

This is now such fun!

Pat on the green

[Debbi in SO CA]

Post by pat on the green
This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover.
I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at
all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7
and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother.
However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick
and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and
easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have
time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used
to do that anyway >gg<) set of gifts.
What idea would be your favourite?
Thank for comments,
Pat on the Green

5 minute block quilts by Suzanne McNeill. They go together VERY quickly and depending on how you lay them out everyone looks very different so the kids don't all think they have the same quilt.

Debbi in SO CA

[pat on the green]

Post by Debbi in SO CA
5 minute block quilts by Suzanne McNeill. They go together VERY quickly and depending on how you lay them out everyone looks very different so the kids don't all think they have the same quilt.
Debbi in SO CA

Thanks very much for this idea Debbie. I will look the pattern up -
with my coffee in a minute! I will change the colours slightly -
trouble is both little girls like pink >gg<. Baby boy has no preference!

Pat on the green

[pat on the green]

OK. I have looked up the 5-minute pattern online, and the various
combinations that can be made with the same block. This will now be in
my top 3 >g<.
Thanks very much everyone.

Pat on the green
.

Post by Debbi in SO CA
5 minute block quilts by Suzanne McNeill. They go together VERY
quickly and depending on how you lay them out everyone looks very
different so the kids don't all think they have the same quilt.
Debbi in SO CA

[NightMist]

Post by pat on the green
This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover.
I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at
all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7
and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother.
However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick
and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and
easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have
time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used
to do that anyway >gg<) set of gifts.
What idea would be your favourite?

I generally fall back onto central star patterns for fast and easy.
There is a great deal of versatility in those.
You can run the gamut from making your big diamonds out of little
diamonds or blocks (easily strip pieced) to making them just single
pieces each.
For three quilts in a short time, I would probably make them stripey.
You can make your stripes as wide as suits your inclinations, and run
them in whatever direction suits your fancy.
Doing something like a large single central liberty star, which is stripey
to begin with, for the cot quilt, and maybe amish spinning stars or a
star of bethlehem variation in coordinating colors for the other two,
would be the sort of direction I would go. Fast, easy, but not so simple
as to be mind numbing.
YMMV, as I'm sure you must have a fairly simple or simplifiable central
motif that you favor that could work similarly.

NightMist

[pat on the green]

Post by NightMist
I generally fall back onto central star patterns for fast and easy.
There is a great deal of versatility in those.
You can run the gamut from making your big diamonds out of little
diamonds or blocks (easily strip pieced) to making them just single
pieces each.
For three quilts in a short time, I would probably make them stripey.
You can make your stripes as wide as suits your inclinations, and run
them in whatever direction suits your fancy.
Doing something like a large single central liberty star, which is stripey
to begin with, for the cot quilt, and maybe amish spinning stars or a
star of bethlehem variation in coordinating colors for the other two,
would be the sort of direction I would go. Fast, easy, but not so simple
as to be mind numbing.
YMMV, as I'm sure you must have a fairly simple or simplifiable central
motif that you favor that could work similarly.
NightMist

Thanks very much for this NM. I hadn't thought at all of a central
motif - sort of like a medallion quilt I guess.
I will do a little work on this and see how I get on. Maybe I could use
Brian's suggestion of Rail Fence for one of the borders.
This has been a very fruitful question.
Thank you for your contribution.
How nice it will be to work on a quilt whose design is from my friends
on RCTQ - at last!

Pat on the green

[Brian]

Post by pat on the green
This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover.
I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at
all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7
and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother.
However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick
and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and
easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have
time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used
to do that anyway >gg<) set of gifts.
What idea would be your favourite?

I don't have any specific suggestions, but once I made a baby quilt that
was a fence rail quilt, but I "specialized" it by making the blocks have
stripes in the progression of: white, yellow, green, purple, brown, with
the edging being black, in fact I think I have said something about this
quilt before. The colors are the progression of belts in the karate
school I was in at the time, which granted, was an interest of the
parent's and not an interest of the child's yet.

I am not saying to make a "belt quilt" but perhaps you could make a quilt
that is a quick and easy pattern that reflects the girl's interests,
though I can't give any specific suggestions since I do not know the
girls interests.

In the case of the baby brother, who presumably does not have any
interests perhaps you could get some printable fabric sheets and make an
alphabet quilt.

Perhaps you could do the girls quilts this way as well, just changing the
pictures that you print on the individual squares.

Doing this might make the quilts fairly expensive, but you know the old
saying in project management: "Fast, Good, or Cheap, to pick any two."

One time I posted to a different group about this quilt, I know it was a
different group because I tried to explain how to make a fence-rail
quilt, which I would not do on this group since I am pretty sure that
pretty much everyone here should know what one is.

Well, anyway, perhaps I should have just linked to a picture of what a
fence rail is.

Brian Chrstiansen

[pat on the green]

Post by Brian
I don't have any specific suggestions, but once I made a baby quilt that
was a fence rail quilt, but I "specialized" it by making the blocks have
stripes in the progression of: white, yellow, green, purple, brown, with
the edging being black, in fact I think I have said something about this
quilt before. The colors are the progression of belts in the karate
school I was in at the time, which granted, was an interest of the
parent's and not an interest of the child's yet.
I am not saying to make a "belt quilt" but perhaps you could make a quilt
that is a quick and easy pattern that reflects the girl's interests,
though I can't give any specific suggestions since I do not know the
girls interests.
In the case of the baby brother, who presumably does not have any
interests perhaps you could get some printable fabric sheets and make an
alphabet quilt.
Perhaps you could do the girls quilts this way as well, just changing the
pictures that you print on the individual squares.
Doing this might make the quilts fairly expensive, but you know the old
saying in project management: "Fast, Good, or Cheap, to pick any two."
One time I posted to a different group about this quilt, I know it was a
different group because I tried to explain how to make a fence-rail
quilt, which I would not do on this group since I am pretty sure that
pretty much everyone here should know what one is.
Well, anyway, perhaps I should have just linked to a picture of what a
fence rail is.
Brian Chrstiansen

Thanks very much for reminding me of Rail Fence. I had thought strips
might be quickest, but had completely forgotten this one.
I'm not sure when this will all come about, as they haven't quite
decided when to go back to their country of origin; but I am fond of
them and want to do something they can take with them, when they do go.
So, if I have pattern and more or less fabric ready, I should be able
to do it all as soon as I hear they are going.
Thanks Brian

Pat on the green

[Lizzy Taylor]

Post by pat on the green
This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover.
I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at
all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7
and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother.
However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick
and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and
easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have
time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used
to do that anyway >gg<) set of gifts.
What idea would be your favourite?

Hi Pat,

How wonderful to have a quilting discussion here again!

If you have a good focus fabric how about Warm Wishes?
Bed size: http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/details.html?idx=5185_
Cot size: http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/details.html?idx=5215

This is the one I made for my dad:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lizzyastro/5761393272/in/set-72157602094781864

Looking forward to seeing what you decide on and the finished quilts.

Lizzy

[Julia in MN]

My go-to pattern for something quick, especially for children, is "Warm
Wishes". This pattern started as a free project Linus pattern on
quiltmaker.com. It is now a free bed size pattern at
<http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/details.html?idx=5185_>. It's easy
to modify the block size and number of blocks. It adapts well to kid's
novelty prints. Sometimes I use borders, sometimes not. I've got
pictures of some I've made on my website (which has not been updated for
several years, unfortunately).
http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/default.html

Julia in MN

Post by pat on the green
This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover.
I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at
all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7
and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother.
However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick
and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and
easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have
time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used
to do that anyway >gg<) set of gifts.
What idea would be your favourite?
Thank for comments,
Pat on the Green

[pat on the green]

Thanks very much for this, Julia. I enjoyed myself browsing your
website for a little while!
Problem, for Warm Wishes, is that I have so few patterned fabrics any
more. Yes, I could buy some with a childlike theme; but I thought this
was an opportunity to use up quite a lot of my stash - albeit mostly
pink! I have made a couple of Warm Wishes (before my not buying any
more patterned fabric phase!).

As I said, if and when I get the three quilts finished (the girls are in
proper beds now, so a bit larger quilts are needed).

One mistake I won't do again is to do a nice panel and then enlarge it
with various borders. I did that once and it looks dreadful. One of my
plans for this year has been to take it apart, and convert it into a
wallhanging, where the bargello centre won't be swamped by silly
borders, quite obviously put there to enlarge the thing ....Now, this
isn't always a bad idea, if the borders are planned; but mine was a case
of 'now what?'.....

Pat on the green
.

Post by Julia in MN
My go-to pattern for something quick, especially for children, is "Warm
Wishes". This pattern started as a free project Linus pattern on
quiltmaker.com. It is now a free bed size pattern at
<http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/details.html?idx=5185_>. It's easy
to modify the block size and number of blocks. It adapts well to kid's
novelty prints. Sometimes I use borders, sometimes not. I've got
pictures of some I've made on my website (which has not been updated for
several years, unfortunately).
http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/default.html
Julia in MN

[s***@comcast.net]

My 7 year old niece loves purple and butterflies, both of which I just found at an estate sale. I made the butterfly material the central focus of a Warm Wishes block. I used purple, bright green and black, which were all in the butterfly fabric, as the extra colors needed for the striped blocks. It came out really cute and was super easy to make. I hadn't told her I was making it and it was all folded up under something else on my sewing table. She came over for a visit and immediately ran over to the as yet unfinished quilt and started patting it, but said nothing about it. She's not a girly girl, she's a soccer star and a tomboy and has never, ever shown any interest in my sewing room. An hour or so later, she was patting it again but still said nothing. When it was time for her to go home she shyly asked me if this quilt could be for her when it was finished. I told her that I had made it specifically for her and she got all teary eyed. She now has fallen in love with sewing and made a cute flannel baby huggy for her brand new baby brother. She wanted it to make noise when he played with it so she put a noisy crinkly piece of cellophane between the layers. Her older sister has been sewing at my house for years, but I think I've roped in another one.

Warm Wishes is super easy. Denise in NH

[pat on the green]

Thanks Denise - it is good of you to make a suggestion. I really don't
want to buy any more fabric (you know the high prices we have to pay
over here!) and must use the plains and tone on tones that I have. I
think they will be stripey ones of some sort - possibly with a different
centre, as NM suggested. We'll have to see what time I have when I get
back from my holiday in June.
Pat on the green
.

Post by s***@comcast.net
My 7 year old niece loves purple and butterflies, both of which I just found at an estate sale. I made the butterfly material the central focus of a Warm Wishes block. I used purple, bright green and black, which were all in the butterfly fabric, as the extra colors needed for the striped blocks. It came out really cute and was super easy to make. I hadn't told her I was making it and it was all folded up under something else on my sewing table. She came over for a visit and immediately ran over to the as yet unfinished quilt and started patting it, but said nothing about it. She's not a girly girl, she's a soccer star and a tomboy and has never, ever shown any interest in my sewing room. An hour or so later, she was patting it again but still said nothing. When it was time for her to go home she shyly asked me if this quilt could be for her when it was finished. I told her that I had made it specifically for her and she got all teary eyed. She now has fallen in love with s

ewing and made a cute flannel baby huggy for her brand new baby brother. She wanted it to make noise when he played with it so she put a noisy crinkly piece of cellophane between the layers. Her older sister has been sewing at my house for years, but I think I've roped in another one.

Post by s***@comcast.net
Warm Wishes is super easy. Denise in NH

[m***@gmail.com]

What about just doing squares or rectangles/squares together which would be a no brainer and quick to do. You could graph out a simple quilt of your own design. A 4 patch, then a print square the size of the 4 patch, so every other square different but in the same color scheme. Just a couple of thoughts.
Sandy$

[pat on the green]

Post by m***@gmail.com
What about just doing squares or rectangles/squares together which would be a no brainer and quick to do. You could graph out a simple quilt of your own design. A 4 patch, then a print square the size of the 4 patch, so every other square different but in the same color scheme. Just a couple of thoughts.
Sandy$

Ah-Ha! Something different - squares. I had wondered about doing some
half-square triangle squares. So maybe I could do a combination of just
square/rectangles, some with simple pattern, some plain, with a border -
even sashing. If I knew whether/when the family might be going, it
would be less of a time factor. I'm imagining something like them
saying 'well, we're going back to Poland next month!! I don't mind if I
finish before they go - even a lot - or if they don't go >g<
Looking out at the weeds in my garden, I'll have to wait for there to be
a few rainy days! Mind you, it is so dry, that I can't get the weeds
out at the moment. England in April - a drought??? How can that be?

Thanks for the suggestion Sandy.

Pat on the green

[Dreamweaver/Jeri Jo Redman]

Post by pat on the green

Post by m***@gmail.com
What about just doing squares or rectangles/squares together
which would be a no brainer and quick to do. You could graph out a
simple quilt of your own design. A 4 patch, then a print square the
size of the 4 patch, so every other square different but in the same
color scheme. Just a couple of thoughts.
Sandy$

Ah-Ha! Something different - squares. I had wondered about doing some
half-square triangle squares. So maybe I could do a combination of just
square/rectangles, some with simple pattern, some plain, with a border -
even sashing. If I knew whether/when the family might be going, it
would be less of a time factor. I'm imagining something like them
saying 'well, we're going back to Poland next month!! I don't mind if I
finish before they go - even a lot - or if they don't go >g<
Looking out at the weeds in my garden, I'll have to wait for there to be
a few rainy days! Mind you, it is so dry, that I can't get the weeds
out at the moment. England in April - a drought??? How can that be?
Thanks for the suggestion Sandy.
Pat on the green

My favorite pattern for a quickie quilt is Railfence. Especially if it's
a scrappy and I don't care what lands where.

[m***@gmail.com]

Hello Pat on the Green,
I have also made string quilts to use up all my left over fabrics. It does make a very pretty quilt. I used white sashing between blocks and have gone as small as 6 inches. You would have to use a foundation block to have something to sew the strips to. Hope you find something you like.
Sandy$

[d***@yahoo.com]

Post by pat on the green
This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover.
I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at
all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7
and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother.
However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick
and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and
easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have
time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used
to do that anyway >gg<) set of gifts.
What idea would be your favourite?
Thank for comments,
Pat on the Green

I know I am a bit late but I like Chinese Coins. I can be a good way to use left over strips in you have some in the right colours.

Dee in Oz

[pat on the green]

Post by d***@yahoo.com
I know I am a bit late but I like Chinese Coins. I can be a good way to use left over strips in you have some in the right colours.
Dee in Oz

Thanks Dee. I haven't actually 'plumped' finally for the three
patterns; but I'm very much drawn to Chinese Coins. I did make one once
and it was well received and looked good. Whatever I do I will have to
cut all the pieces: I have given away all my scraps and even strip
pieces! Never mind. I went through fabric yesterday - and have a huge
pile on my table at the moment.

I appreciate everyone's ideas - it focussed my mind wonderfully! I am
energised to get going. A friend said yesterday that she thought I
could make a top in a day. I was going to do single bed size; but she,
and another friend, pointed out that doing a smaller, square quilt would
be more useful for the children than a bed quilt. So, the girls will
get one about 40" square and I'll do a smaller one for baby.

I only have a notional deadline, which I am determined will not become
an absolute! I want to have no stress with these - just to see if I can >g<

Pat on the green

[Nann]

If you want simple and have mostly tone-on-tones, then a "modern" theme may be the way to go. What pops into my head is a large Carpenter's Star. If you make the HSTs to finish at 5" then one big block is 40". If the blocks finish at 6" then one big block is 48". Add multiple borders to reach desired size.

Nann

Post by pat on the green
What idea would be your favourite?
Thank for comments,
Pat on the Green

[pat on the green]

Wow! I just looked up Carpenter's Star. It will be perfect. I had
decided to do the baby's quilt with half-square triangles, and I had a
sheet of ways to put them together: I was going to choose two of these.
It will be much better to have an actual quilt pattern which will be
just as easy (if not easier than those I was looking at). I think I will
do it exactly as on the pattern I happened on first, which has two
pieced borders to create a rectangle; or, I might do a single square
and tell Mum it can be used as a play 'mat'.

Thanks ever so much Nann.

I have to say I have been blown away by all your ideas, and I'm so
grateful to you for the responses. As many of you know, I have not been
'quick and easy' in the past; but this family situation is making time
of the essence. I got out a pile of fabrics on Tuesday! I am trying to
decide between three for the two girls (I never did have many pinks!).

I will make a basic Polish flag (without the coat of arms), for the
labels, as red and white will not go with anything else that I am using
at all!

I am so enthusiastic for this. I really have missed the 'energy' that
comes from the quilts themselves and the ideas etc. A small group of
quilting friends (not a group as such, just four individuals) have been
working on me for months to get going again.

I found an image of a Warm Wishes in my mail yesterday which was made
with tone on tones - very different from what is usually seen, but I
like it a lot and might do that for one of the girls.

Maybe I'm back on track >g< (after five years???)

Pat on the green
.

Post by Nann
If you want simple and have mostly tone-on-tones, then a "modern" theme may be the way to go. What pops into my head is a large Carpenter's Star. If you make the HSTs to finish at 5" then one big block is 40". If the blocks finish at 6" then one big block is 48". Add multiple borders to reach desired size.
Nann

Post by pat on the green
What idea would be your favourite?
Thank for comments,
Pat on the Green

[g***@gmail.com]

Pat, I agree with you.
It's been great to see ideas from so many people. I'll wager that many of us use this thread to start a project!] And it's great to see familiar names posting! It's shows this group still exists in this form.

I can access only through Google groups, so the email at my name is not the correct one to use.

Ginger in CA

Post by pat on the green
Wow! I just looked up Carpenter's Star. It will be perfect. I had
decided to do the baby's quilt with half-square triangles, and I had a
sheet of ways to put them together: I was going to choose two of these.
It will be much better to have an actual quilt pattern which will be
just as easy (if not easier than those I was looking at). I think I will
do it exactly as on the pattern I happened on first, which has two
pieced borders to create a rectangle; or, I might do a single square
and tell Mum it can be used as a play 'mat'.
Thanks ever so much Nann.
I have to say I have been blown away by all your ideas, and I'm so
grateful to you for the responses. As many of you know, I have not been
'quick and easy' in the past; but this family situation is making time
of the essence. I got out a pile of fabrics on Tuesday! I am trying to
decide between three for the two girls (I never did have many pinks!).
I will make a basic Polish flag (without the coat of arms), for the
labels, as red and white will not go with anything else that I am using
at all!
I am so enthusiastic for this. I really have missed the 'energy' that
comes from the quilts themselves and the ideas etc. A small group of
quilting friends (not a group as such, just four individuals) have been
working on me for months to get going again.
I found an image of a Warm Wishes in my mail yesterday which was made
with tone on tones - very different from what is usually seen, but I
like it a lot and might do that for one of the girls.
Maybe I'm back on track >g< (after five years???)
Pat on the green
.

Post by Nann
If you want simple and have mostly tone-on-tones, then a "modern" theme may be the way to go. What pops into my head is a large Carpenter's Star. If you make the HSTs to finish at 5" then one big block is 40". If the blocks finish at 6" then one big block is 48". Add multiple borders to reach desired size.
Nann

Post by pat on the green
What idea would be your favourite?
Thank for comments,
Pat on the Green

[Dreamweaver/Jeri Jo Redman]

On 5/1/2015 7:30 AM, ***@gmail.com wrote:


Ginger Hi! Have you tried Thunderbird? I hate google, but Thunderbird
works well.

[Louise Nieland]

I agree with JJ. I've used Thunderbird for several years and really like
it - I can use all my various email addresses and get my newsgroups on
it. I recently learned that my Internet provider is going to discontinue
newsgroups, so I signed up for AIOE, and it's worked great. Much easier
than getting my newsgroups through Google.

Louise in Iowa

Post by Dreamweaver/Jeri Jo Redman
Ginger Hi! Have you tried Thunderbird? I hate google, but Thunderbird
works well.

[AllisonH]

And I'll agree as well. I have both AIOE and thunderbird. I like how
easy it is to follow threads - just like a conversation.

Allison in Montreal

Post by Louise Nieland
I agree with JJ. I've used Thunderbird for several years and really like
it - I can use all my various email addresses and get my newsgroups on
it. I recently learned that my Internet provider is going to discontinue
newsgroups, so I signed up for AIOE, and it's worked great. Much easier
than getting my newsgroups through Google.
Louise in Iowa

Post by Dreamweaver/Jeri Jo Redman
Ginger Hi! Have you tried Thunderbird? I hate google, but Thunderbird
works well.

[AllisonH]

Disappearing nine patch is my easiest pattern. You can arrange the
blocks differently to change the look. You could mix and match colours
to make them coordinate but still unique.

Allison

Post by pat on the green
This is the first 'thread' I have started since the changeover.
I am envisaging a scenario (the exact circumstances don't matter at
all), when I would dearly love to make small bed quilts for two girls (7
and 4) and a cot quilt for the new baby brother.
However, if I do embark on this project, I really need something quick
and easy. Some of you might remember that I don't usually do quick and
easy! But, if I let this idea take hold of me, I am not going to have
time for a specially designed and exotically quilted -(not that I used
to do that anyway >gg<) set of gifts.
What idea would be your favourite?
Thank for comments,
Pat on the Green

[pat on the green]

Thanks very much Allison. As I have just a short time, I had to decide
a bit quickly. I actually did the cutting just yesterday! I am doing a
Warm Wishes, Trip around the world (straight, not on point), and a
single block of Carpenter's Star which is almost all half-square
triangles with a few plain squares (in blue and yellow for the new baby
boy). My drawer of pink fabric is now virtually empty >g< the girls
both love pink!

Pat on the green
.

Post by AllisonH
Disappearing nine patch is my easiest pattern. You can arrange the
blocks differently to change the look. You could mix and match colours
to make them coordinate but still unique.
Allison