New Project "Road to Ok" Quilt for My Bed (Top Finished!)
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Thank you, Cheryl, you're too kind. Since I had many green and burgandy squares already cut out, that dictated my next border, which is still in progress. How do you like this? I'll do a brighter one with some gold in it next, I think, maybe a plain border then another pieced one.
How much bigger are you going to go?
Could you piece a few smaller squares perhaps?
I think it looks lovely - I'd be so proud to show that off if I had made it!
Could you piece a few smaller squares perhaps?
I think it looks lovely - I'd be so proud to show that off if I had made it!
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This is supposed to be a queen sized bed quilt, so I have a ways to go! I'll do some pieced borders, but not sure exactly what yet. These are "create as you go" types, these medallions.
Have you ever done a, "Round Robin?" That is, in effect, what you are doing.
In a Round Robin, each member of the group begins with the center (the medallion), and then you hand it off to the next member. Each member keeps adding a "round," until everyone has had your quilt (and added to to it). When you get it back, in the end, you have a great surprise! Oh, it is great fun! Some people send scraps of the main or focus fabric to be used, others just add their own.
Your quilt is gonna turn out wonderfully! There's always a reason things happen, and it works out in the end.
In a Round Robin, each member of the group begins with the center (the medallion), and then you hand it off to the next member. Each member keeps adding a "round," until everyone has had your quilt (and added to to it). When you get it back, in the end, you have a great surprise! Oh, it is great fun! Some people send scraps of the main or focus fabric to be used, others just add their own.
Your quilt is gonna turn out wonderfully! There's always a reason things happen, and it works out in the end.
This quilt is going to be stunning!
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Thanks. No, I haven't done a Round Robin, Kathy. This quilt just proves that I can't plan anything. The gears shift without me and all I can do is hold on and make the best of it, LOL. Now, I just have to use borders that insure the quilt will veer away from that Christmas-y look.
Cyn, I love the burgundy and green border. After the gold and then plain border you have already mentioned, what about some of the beautiful blue.
Since the center of the medallion is the burgundy and blue, it might be nice to repeat that little four patch as a border with a thin black border on each side.....thinking
I've been off line for several days and was getting caught up. Once I read that you had already started te medallion, I pigeonholed the suggestion I would have made. I know you don't like to un-sew, but when I put together four blocks that don't match up or become odd sized 4 block units, this is what I do. Maybe file the info for a later project
I take two blocks off the bigger 4 block unit, and replace it with two blocks from another 4 block unit. What I am aiming for is to match the measurements of top and bottom of the whole top and the two sides.
Maybe this will make sense:
_______________________
! ! ! The original blocks were
a ! B ! D ! b ab AB 12 -1-2
_____!_____ !_____ !_____ cd CD 34 -3-4
! ! !
c ! A ! C ! d
_____!_____ !_____ !_____ . : i ii
! ! ! ... :: iii iiii
1 ! 2 ! -3 ! 3
____ !_____ !_____ ! _____
! ! !
-1 ! -2 ! -4 ! 4 Assume that the last
____ ! _____ ! ____ ! _____ twoblocks fits the pattern
! ! !
. ! : ! i ! ii If the AB block fits the
_____! ____ ! _____! _____ CD
! ! ! repeat pattern it could
... ! :: ! iii ! iiii be set as shown. Or
_____! _____!_____ ! _____ turned to fit the repeat.
Some of the odd sized 4 block units may be what you really want, and one 4 block unit may be larger or smaller. By taking the block down to two side by side block units, they can be turned on a flannel board until the sides are within 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch and then pinned and sewn to fudge a fit.
If you discover the difference early enough in the block unit construction, then it can be remedied.
The Road to Oklahoma is a pattern that would yield itself to this kind of correction because of the secondary pattern.
Another method I use is to take a four block unit, turn it on the diagonal or diamond placement and then add a three block unit to the bottom.
Imagine a square around each unit below. This often adjusts the "stretch in a block construction
C 3
A D 4
B 2
Hope these help.
Since the center of the medallion is the burgundy and blue, it might be nice to repeat that little four patch as a border with a thin black border on each side.....thinking
I've been off line for several days and was getting caught up. Once I read that you had already started te medallion, I pigeonholed the suggestion I would have made. I know you don't like to un-sew, but when I put together four blocks that don't match up or become odd sized 4 block units, this is what I do. Maybe file the info for a later project
I take two blocks off the bigger 4 block unit, and replace it with two blocks from another 4 block unit. What I am aiming for is to match the measurements of top and bottom of the whole top and the two sides.
Maybe this will make sense:
_______________________
! ! ! The original blocks were
a ! B ! D ! b ab AB 12 -1-2
_____!_____ !_____ !_____ cd CD 34 -3-4
! ! !
c ! A ! C ! d
_____!_____ !_____ !_____ . : i ii
! ! ! ... :: iii iiii
1 ! 2 ! -3 ! 3
____ !_____ !_____ ! _____
! ! !
-1 ! -2 ! -4 ! 4 Assume that the last
____ ! _____ ! ____ ! _____ twoblocks fits the pattern
! ! !
. ! : ! i ! ii If the AB block fits the
_____! ____ ! _____! _____ CD
! ! ! repeat pattern it could
... ! :: ! iii ! iiii be set as shown. Or
_____! _____!_____ ! _____ turned to fit the repeat.
Some of the odd sized 4 block units may be what you really want, and one 4 block unit may be larger or smaller. By taking the block down to two side by side block units, they can be turned on a flannel board until the sides are within 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch and then pinned and sewn to fudge a fit.
If you discover the difference early enough in the block unit construction, then it can be remedied.
The Road to Oklahoma is a pattern that would yield itself to this kind of correction because of the secondary pattern.
Another method I use is to take a four block unit, turn it on the diagonal or diamond placement and then add a three block unit to the bottom.
Imagine a square around each unit below. This often adjusts the "stretch in a block construction
C 3
A D 4
B 2
Hope these help.
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That's what's great about Round Robin's .... there is no preplanning. It is all instinct (or impulse!) at each round. Another way I like .... turn the middle medallion on point, and see how that looks. Sometimes that works quite well, especially for a rectangular shape verses a square shaped quilt. That's just one way, of course. ETA: Oh yes, you know that ... you did it on your purple / lavender one!
I googled Round Robin (images) .... there are tons of pictures here. Maybe these will help your creative juices flow!
http://images.google.com/images?hl=...esult_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB4QsAQwAw
I googled Round Robin (images) .... there are tons of pictures here. Maybe these will help your creative juices flow!
http://images.google.com/images?hl=...esult_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB4QsAQwAw
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