kids' quilts - Page 3

> Ok ladies and gents, I have, what seems to me, a rather silly
> question. I had started an Ariel quilt (as in the little mermaid,
> Disney version) a while back and am now stuck. I cut scenes from a
> fabric with all over print (on a rock, swimming, etc) and was framing
> them with a mint green. I'm stuck...I didn't draft out what I was
> going to do with those blocks, so I was hoping you could point me to a
> resource that will help me figure out a good layout for blocks of
> different sizes. Yes, I should know this by now since I started
> quilting in 2003, but I don't think I've actually done a quilt/quilt
> top/basic block for nearly 2 years now....but I cull ideas from this
> group every day!!
>
> The other question I have is for the "companion" quilt to
> Ariel...well, they don't really go together, but Ariel is for a little
> girl and the Superhero one is for her brother.....anyway...
>
> I have fabrics of Batman, Spiderman, I think Superman as well as red,
> blue, and yellow, but what block or layout to use is escaping me. I
> don't want something too childish for this one because he is in
> kindergarten and strongly against anything "baby" (much like my own
> kindergarten child).
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions and help. I feel so out of the
> loop here and have already set a goal for myself for next year - quilt
> block a day...going to get one of those desk calendars and fabrics
> that will go with the MBR (once it's painted), and just start making
> block for a new quilt.....maybe this will get me back into the
> quilting groove.
>
> Larisa, up to her eyeballs in Halloween costuming right now, but needs
> a "simple" distraction...on with straight lines and no notches or dots
> to match up

> I've got "Clever Quilts" by Susan Teegarden Dissmore, which describes
> itself as 'making the most of panels, borders and Theme Prints' which I
> have found really useful. As well as suggested layouts it gives
> suggestions for fillers.
> I liked it so much I bought "Encore Clever Quilts".
> I did Kia's Forest Quilt using her Snowflakes layout and border prints,
> and someone else (can't recall who) did a lovely "Q is for Quilting" using
> cartoonish baby faces blocks. I still have a lot of the Forest fabric, so
> perhaps will do another one using a different layout to use it up. Forest
> quilt is on the 2nd page of my Flickr album.
> Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallyattheseaside/
> off kilter quilter@somwherequiet.net wrote:
>> Ok ladies and gents, I have, what seems to me, a rather silly
>> question. I had started an Ariel quilt (as in the little mermaid,
>> Disney version) a while back and am now stuck. I cut scenes from a
>> fabric with all over print (on a rock, swimming, etc) and was framing
>> them with a mint green. I'm stuck...I didn't draft out what I was
>> going to do with those blocks, so I was hoping you could point me to a
>> resource that will help me figure out a good layout for blocks of
>> different sizes. Yes, I should know this by now since I started
>> quilting in 2003, but I don't think I've actually done a quilt/quilt
>> top/basic block for nearly 2 years now....but I cull ideas from this
>> group every day!!
>> The other question I have is for the "companion" quilt to
>> Ariel...well, they don't really go together, but Ariel is for a little
>> girl and the Superhero one is for her brother.....anyway...
>> I have fabrics of Batman, Spiderman, I think Superman as well as red,
>> blue, and yellow, but what block or layout to use is escaping me. I
>> don't want something too childish for this one because he is in
>> kindergarten and strongly against anything "baby" (much like my own
>> kindergarten child).
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions and help. I feel so out of the
>> loop here and have already set a goal for myself for next year - quilt
>> block a day...going to get one of those desk calendars and fabrics
>> that will go with the MBR (once it's painted), and just start making
>> block for a new quilt.....maybe this will get me back into the
>> quilting groove.
>> Larisa, up to her eyeballs in Halloween costuming right now, but needs
>> a "simple" distraction...on with straight lines and no notches or dots
>> to match up

I just love that quilt >g<

>I did a baby quilt from the "Clever Quilts" book. It has some really
>good ideas for layouts. Hope you don't get ads but I haven't had time
>to move all the pics, yet.
>http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2926462460101860075rKHpDq

>I did a baby quilt from the "Clever Quilts" book. It has some really good
>ideas for layouts. Hope you don't get ads but I haven't had time to move
>all the pics, yet.
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2926462460101860075rKHpDq
> --
> Donna in NE La.
> kd maine 77 at yahoo dot com
>> I've got "Clever Quilts" by Susan Teegarden Dissmore, which describes
>> itself as 'making the most of panels, borders and Theme Prints' which I
>> have found really useful. As well as suggested layouts it gives
>> suggestions for fillers.
>> I liked it so much I bought "Encore Clever Quilts".
>> I did Kia's Forest Quilt using her Snowflakes layout and border prints,
>> and someone else (can't recall who) did a lovely "Q is for Quilting"
>> using cartoonish baby faces blocks. I still have a lot of the Forest
>> fabric, so perhaps will do another one using a different layout to use it
>> up. Forest quilt is on the 2nd page of my Flickr album.
>> Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallyattheseaside/
>> off kilter quilter@somwherequiet.net wrote:
>>> Ok ladies and gents, I have, what seems to me, a rather silly
>>> question. I had started an Ariel quilt (as in the little mermaid,
>>> Disney version) a while back and am now stuck. I cut scenes from a
>>> fabric with all over print (on a rock, swimming, etc) and was framing
>>> them with a mint green. I'm stuck...I didn't draft out what I was
>>> going to do with those blocks, so I was hoping you could point me to a
>>> resource that will help me figure out a good layout for blocks of
>>> different sizes. Yes, I should know this by now since I started
>>> quilting in 2003, but I don't think I've actually done a quilt/quilt
>>> top/basic block for nearly 2 years now....but I cull ideas from this
>>> group every day!!
>>> The other question I have is for the "companion" quilt to
>>> Ariel...well, they don't really go together, but Ariel is for a little
>>> girl and the Superhero one is for her brother.....anyway...
>>> I have fabrics of Batman, Spiderman, I think Superman as well as red,
>>> blue, and yellow, but what block or layout to use is escaping me. I
>>> don't want something too childish for this one because he is in
>>> kindergarten and strongly against anything "baby" (much like my own
>>> kindergarten child).
>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions and help. I feel so out of the
>>> loop here and have already set a goal for myself for next year - quilt
>>> block a day...going to get one of those desk calendars and fabrics
>>> that will go with the MBR (once it's painted), and just start making
>>> block for a new quilt.....maybe this will get me back into the
>>> quilting groove.
>>> Larisa, up to her eyeballs in Halloween costuming right now, but needs
>>> a "simple" distraction...on with straight lines and no notches or dots
>>> to match up
>

>I did a baby quilt from the "Clever Quilts" book. It has some really good
>ideas for layouts. Hope you don't get ads but I haven't had time to move
>all the pics, yet.
> http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2926462460101860075rKHpDq
> --
> Donna in NE La.