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Posted by CATS on February 28, 2007, 2:31 pm
I made the sky from blocks the size of the nine-patch blocks
in the stairs, so they were quite big. I don't think I ever
made the EXACT pattern. I just sized the blocks to what I
wanted, and on one larger version I had seven cat
silhouettes. There is a great web site that has lots of
them -
http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/graphics.htm
- and I liked to use different ones for a bit of variety.
One silhouette I did on a couple of quilts was of a cat
walking towards the right, and I put it at the bottom left
corner and cut off, as if the cat was walking "off stage".
Another was of a cat stretching upwards as if reaching or
sharpening claws, right in the centre at the bottom as if in
front of the stairway reaching up. Picking the cats for
each quilt was always fun.
BTW - depending on the size of your xmas tree quilt a good
source for decorations is the flashy little earrings and
brooches they have in the discount shops around Christmas.
You can pick them up for next to nothing right after
Christmas in the sales. We bought up the whole lot here
last year, ready for next year lol
This year I am making a mini version of the wall hanging and
I have a set of pewter bracelet charms representing the 12
days of Christmas to use on it. I plan to use glass beads
for lights, and string very small beads for garlands.
--
Cheryl & the Cats in OZ
o o o o
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: CATS wrote:
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: > I agree there are many seams that could be eliminated
from
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: > some of the blocks, but if you are making a scrappy
quilt
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: > from HSTs that have been sewn from scraps over a long
: > period, the HSTs are already made. I trim scraps to
squares
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: > now and make HSTs by using them (one light with one dark
at
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: > random) for my sew-on/sew-off pieces. They can really
add
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: > up over a month or so.
: >
: > All seams are not bad lol and I would rather chain
piece
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: > HSTs than FG blocks.
: >
: > And while I would not add seams to a block, there is
: > something very "nice" about a quilt that has an even
seam
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: > distribution too. I have made this quilt
: > http://www.mccallsquilting.com/golden/mg01_pattern/
: > (or variations) more times than I care to remember for
: > animal welfare fundraisers, and I always piece the sky
: > section to help keep the finished top flat. Without
some
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: > seams the sky tends to balloon, and the use of different
sky
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: > fabrics looks good to boot.
: Thanks for the hint on the Stairway to Heaven. I now have
all the
: fabric, but would never have thought about piecing the
sky. Do you do
: HSTs or square blocks like the left side of the quilt?
:
: Have all the fabric ready for your Christmas Tree
Wallhanging too, but
: at the moment the Starry Starry blocks are getting in the
way a bit. I
: thought I'd better do them now so I won't be in a mad rush
later. I even
: have a collection of tiny ornaments and mini sways of
bells to put on
: it. Just have to make the tree by next Christmas!
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: Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
: http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin
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> (Clicking on any block brings up a larger image.)
> All the blocks consist of sixteen squares made of half-square triangles.
> This would be great in any two colors with sashing of one of the
> colors. Just speed-piece the triangle pairs and away you