tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15197677274952951162024-03-05T21:09:59.152-08:00Sourdough QuiltsMy Method for making scrappy quilts using any fabric available! The more fabrics, the more fun!Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594482061887592710noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519767727495295116.post-11804628641004210312018-01-27T10:55:00.000-08:002018-01-27T10:55:24.670-08:00Scrappy & Happy!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a scrappy, happy quilt top that was given away awhile back. It's just rectangles in rows. Easy, easy! And fun. A great way to use up leftover pieces.</span>Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594482061887592710noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519767727495295116.post-86385829949520728172018-01-26T10:53:00.000-08:002018-01-26T10:53:28.794-08:00The Girls Next Door<h2>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I've been working on a cute, cute, cute quilt called Girl Next Door. It's a pattern by Louise Papas of Amitie Designs, which is Jen Kingwell's company.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was a challenge to get it started since every piece is listed as a template. That's right--no </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rotary cut sizes at all. So I spent awhile measuring all the templates for the girl block and then spent awhile making a test block. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the end, it took me about 3 hours to make the first block because I kept cutting the wrong size patches. But I finally got all the sizes right and whipped through the other 23 blocks, and actually make one extra because they were just so cute and I had already cut an extra dress fabric for previewing so I went ahead and put that one together too. Since I keep an "orphan block" drawer of test blocks anyway, I figured that I would put it to good use somewhere. Maybe in the backing? We'll see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had fun picking the socks and hair fabrics.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This house goes in the middle of the quilt, with all the girls around the house, then a picket fence, and then houses. Fun!</span><br />
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Sharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03594482061887592710noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1519767727495295116.post-88310538430956728022017-01-02T12:25:00.002-08:002017-01-02T12:25:48.876-08:00Looking Out My Window (Quilt)<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I call this quilt "Looking Out My Window". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It just looks to me like windows in a big apartment building.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every time I have a new fabric on the cutting table I cut:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I throw the pieces in the "Windows Quilt" box and when I have a few cut then I pull out the box and whip up a few of the blocks. Then I put it back on the shelf and continue adding more cut pieces over the next few months until I have enough to enjoy a few hours just sewing and catching up on Vikings!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 2-1/2" squares get all mixed up across the quilt so even though you've used the same fabric in the center of one block you can use the rectangles of the same fabric with a different 2-1/2" square and place it somewhere across the quilt and it will not detract from how scrappy it looks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know if I have a single scrappy quilt that does not have duplicates of fabrics. In fact, most of my quilts have fabrics duplicated numerous times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) Decide the "flavor" of the quilt; will it be totally scrappy or will it have a theme like 1930's reproductions or Civil War reproductions, etc.?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thus you have the Sourdough method of making quilts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I usually have 6 to 7 scrappy Sourdough Quilts going at a time. I cut 1-1/2" squares, 2" squares, 2-1/2" squares, etc. as well as strips of varying widths like 1-1/2", 2", 2-1/2", 3-1/2". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also cut larger squares for making 9-patches and half-square triangles. For those, I cut 4-1/2" squares, 5" squares, 5-1/2" squares and 6" squares.</span></div>
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