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From: Patty22
Date: 05-05-2007, 02:04 PM (1 of 19)
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http://swn-archive.sew-whats-up.com/t-21743.html We are up to 10 participants in our Hot Block Swap. Sign-ups will close when we have 16 participants or on May 22, whichever comes first. This should be a fun swap.... and a good activity for those HOT summer nights. Don't think of moonlight dancing with a man awash in an earthy cologne and cool tall drinks on the veranda while the ocean waves talk to the sandy beach below. Do think of letting your creative energies explode while you test your talents in ways you never imagined! Our inspiration for making our blocks for the swap is the painting HOT STILL SCAPE FOR SIX COLORS, 1940 by Stuart Davis. Hope everyone gets jazzed about the swap! Come check us out! Patty
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User: Patty22
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From: Magot
Date: 05-06-2007, 01:42 PM (2 of 19)
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I have cleared my in box a tad now Patty - I am using the painting as a desktop to give me inspiration every now and then - the more you look the more possibilities you see... Roll up roll up - be challenged in a new way and move out of your comfort zones. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
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From: Patty22
Date: 05-17-2007, 10:17 AM (3 of 19)
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Anyone that was interested in doing the Hot Block Swap - the deadline for joining is May 22 and then it will be closed. Be sure to come over to the swap topic and check us out! Patty
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User: Patty22
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From: AdvaP
Date: 05-18-2007, 12:20 PM (4 of 19)
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Patty, I posted also on the Swap thread. I would like to join.
Adva Price
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User: AdvaP
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From: Bama
Date: 05-18-2007, 07:32 PM (5 of 19)
Woooohoooo! Adva is joining!!
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User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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From: AdvaP
Date: 05-19-2007, 12:09 AM (6 of 19)
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Lori, it's been a very long time since i joined swaps. But this one just grabbed me. I love this painting. I hope we can do it justice. I'm very happy to join a swap with some of you that I've 'known' for years 
Adva Price
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User: AdvaP
Member since: 10-15-2000 Total posts: 325
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From: Patty22
Date: 05-19-2007, 08:21 AM (7 of 19)
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Adva, glad you are joining us. I will add you to the list! Hurry up ....... I don't want anyone saying.......gee I wish I would have joined! Kind of like the fabric you saw and decided to buy later...............and it was all gone 
Patty
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User: Patty22
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From: Jeke
Date: 05-19-2007, 11:26 AM (8 of 19)
Sheesh, Patty, I hate it when that happens! It gives me such a headache when I have to pound my head on the wall, too 
Jay
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User: Jeke
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From: Magot
Date: 05-19-2007, 01:07 PM (9 of 19)
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Ideas - I am thinking a red ground with 2 circles, one blue, one half white and half blue. Through this would go a thin strip (1" or so ) of blue and white stripes across one diagonal. It is kind of hard to think how to describe it - would be easier to post a picture.... Either that or a red ground with 3 circles (more balanced with an odd number) each half white and blue, with one corner of the block thin blue and white stripes. Anybody else? How are your plans coming? love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
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From: Patty22
Date: 05-19-2007, 03:31 PM (10 of 19)
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My idea was a square on point within another square....and the inside of the one square was alternating hrt's of red and white strips..... You're right Jan, a picture would be such a better idea.
Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: Pudge99
Date: 05-19-2007, 04:03 PM (11 of 19)
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Well given that I am still a beginner quilter I thought I would stick with a pattern. There are two that I am wavering between. Both have been discussed quite a bit here on the site. One is the dissapearing nine patch the other is the half log cabin. The colors have yet to come to me.
Gina
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From: Patty22
Date: 05-19-2007, 04:25 PM (12 of 19)
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Ohhhhh Gina....the disappearing nine-patch would be a good one! I was making it up from small moda charm packets by taking the 5" square and cutting it into 4 -2 1/2" squares and then using the other squares as a solid moda. It is turning out quite nice..... I'm out of baby quilts and I thought I better have one on hand......... 
Patty
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User: Patty22
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From: Jeke
Date: 05-19-2007, 05:09 PM (13 of 19)
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I'm like you, Gina, I will have to stick to a pattern being rather new to this. Have been searching quite a bit and most of the ones that catch my eye are paper piecing. I have watched a couple of friends do it and pretty much caught on to it so might give it a try with some scraps first. Patty, you are pretty much of an expert. In your opinion is paper piecing difficult once you understand the concept? I have one more week of school left and then I can concentrate on this a little bit more. Am counting down the days to pick up my daughter from Ecuador in June. She wound up in the hospital again about a week ago. Seems to being doing okay today. Sheesh!! Jay
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User: Jeke
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From: siwian
Date: 05-19-2007, 05:55 PM (14 of 19)
| I've been thinking about the kaleidoscope block. I want to use all 6 colors. I have also been toying with making up a design. I'll actually start cutting paper up to check the design next week. I tried to design it using Excel but my pieces wouldn't line up. |
User: siwian
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From: Patty22
Date: 05-19-2007, 06:08 PM (15 of 19)
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Patty, you are pretty much of an expert. In your opinion is paper piecing difficult once you understand the concept? Bwhahahahahahahaha on the expert part. YES...Paper piecing isn't difficult, once you get the concept.... I think the hardest part to understand is getting your piece lined up for sewing the next seam line and making sure it is large enough with extra for the next seam. Since you may not have outside edges with the straight of grain it is sometimes helpful to put a row of stitching in the outside seam allowance (similiar to stay stitching around a neckline so it doesn't stretch before you attach your facing or colar). With all this said - I have only done paper piecing as foundation piecing for a quilt with fabric from silk ties. (Foundation piecing is using muslin rather than a stabilizer you tear away.) There are some amazing designs you can achieve with paper piecing..... Jeke, Hope your daughter mends quickly and I look forward to you being reunited with her. My daughter is driving home from Nebraska as I type this. I am so excited I can't even put it in words. Patty
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User: Patty22
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From: Magot
Date: 05-20-2007, 02:49 AM (16 of 19)
This has got my juices going Patty - think what you could do with a Mondrian? Mosty white, brights primaries of red, blue and yellow, thin black stipes running through the middle......oooooooo.
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Patty22
Date: 05-20-2007, 10:25 AM (17 of 19)
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Jeke....don't know if you have a site for paper piecing, but this one is excellent http://www.quilterscache.com/StartQuiltingPages/startquiltingthree.html I'm sure you will be coming up with your own design in no time if you can't find something you like. Jan..... interesting that you were thinking Mondrian, because my mind drifted a bit there also. The days are slowing ticking away.....anymore free spirits thinking of joining the swap??? Patty
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User: Patty22
Member since: 03-29-2006 Total posts: 1194 |
From: Magot
Date: 05-20-2007, 02:19 PM (18 of 19)
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Have started a new thread Patty (what influences you...)-perhaps we should continue this conversation there. Don't want to usurp your Hot Blocky Goodness.
love and kisses, Jan
Guts-R-Us Cells a Speciality DNA to order. |
User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Jeke
Date: 05-20-2007, 04:53 PM (19 of 19)
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Patty, Thanks for thinking of me. It's that site that started me thinking about paperpiecing. I bought some practice fabric last night. Hope your daughter made it home safely.
Jay
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User: Jeke
Member since: 11-10-2004 Total posts: 232 |
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