tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post6827762905453457379..comments2023-11-03T10:48:37.500-04:00Comments on Lazy Gal Liberated Amish 2010 Get Together: I'm ALMOST ready to beginTonya Ricuccihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10778059489713831067noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-90050294073707228262010-02-04T01:56:08.932-05:002010-02-04T01:56:08.932-05:00Great quilt top, love the pattern and how the bloc...Great quilt top, love the pattern and how the blocks are "floating" on the pretty red background!Marithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652525503548062821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-50561914032458489342010-02-03T17:06:35.605-05:002010-02-03T17:06:35.605-05:00Thanks for the nice compliments, everyone.
The &...Thanks for the nice compliments, everyone. <br /><br />The "yardage" I had made some time ago seemed perfect for this quilt when I measured it (26" long, 49" wide) and did the math. It turned out that the 26"length was exactly what I needed to make one block. The 49" width was also perfectly divisible by the 3.5" strips I needed. It fated to be used in this quilt. When I had to make more string fabric, since I knew what I was going to do with it, I made small pieces, each big enough for 2 or 3 blocks.sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13408822963659450038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-30530442661646914112010-02-03T10:50:00.056-05:002010-02-03T10:50:00.056-05:00I love that expression "string piece yardarge...I love that expression "string piece yardarge!" The red works so wonderful herding all the other fabrics...YankeeQuilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324287185970922332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-90337197076075116652010-02-03T09:37:31.961-05:002010-02-03T09:37:31.961-05:00Wonderful quilt. love that red, the scrappiness AN...Wonderful quilt. love that red, the scrappiness AND the kitty. this IS a great example of how to interpret a classic pattern - thanks for posting it.Tonya Ricuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778059489713831067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-49923966886039648162010-02-03T00:52:02.776-05:002010-02-03T00:52:02.776-05:00Sharon, since I had some string-pieced "yarda...Sharon, since I had some string-pieced "yardage"–which you can see <a href="http://sophiejunction.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-01-26T20%3A52%3A00-05%3A00" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I started with that and rotary cut rectangles, then used a triangle template taped to my ruler to cut the shapes at each end (as a result, I now have a baggie-full of those left-over triangles cut from string "fabric). As it turned out, I had exactly enough string fabric to cut pieces for 14 blocks. I ended up making more because I decided I needed to have a bigger quilt. Since I now knew that I'd be using a red background, my new string "yardage" had far fewer red fabrics in it and I ended up with fewer muddled blocks that blend with the background.<br /><br />Gwen Marston's pattern uses a template and has directions for string piecing pieces stack-n-slash style,using diagonal slashes, so there's more strings that go from thick to thin in her rings.sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13408822963659450038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-88856605978420430132010-02-03T00:43:27.464-05:002010-02-03T00:43:27.464-05:00Kim, my plans are to quilt it in a very traditiona...Kim, my plans are to quilt it in a very traditional way. That was one of the things I liked about Gwen Marston's Liberated Wedding Ring quilt. I'm thinking feather wreaths in the alternate blocks and feathers in the border and probably something a little wonky in the rings themselves.sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13408822963659450038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-41249287607646257082010-02-02T22:31:30.730-05:002010-02-02T22:31:30.730-05:00I love the red....and the cat looks good against t...I love the red....and the cat looks good against the red too!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542316557930857074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-6911651528230020612010-02-02T21:38:47.007-05:002010-02-02T21:38:47.007-05:00Wow, this is stunning with that red! I see you di...Wow, this is stunning with that red! I see you did your piecing a little differently than Gwen M. How did you do it? <br /><br />And I agree, I think this is a good example of an abstraction of a traditional design. It's boiled down to the essence of the traditional Wedding Ring, and that's a good point to ponder! Thanks for sharing!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498453213057487052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-68710547403943331682010-02-02T20:57:05.075-05:002010-02-02T20:57:05.075-05:00I wish my husband would let me put a red quilt on ...I wish my husband would let me put a red quilt on the bed. That is amazing.Jewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15023887380090371582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-30898086609014000042010-02-02T20:52:21.987-05:002010-02-02T20:52:21.987-05:00Love the red!Love the red!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519971608620748480.post-83705053882377092972010-02-02T20:40:09.441-05:002010-02-02T20:40:09.441-05:00Oh thank you! I just love this quilt.....it may b...Oh thank you! I just love this quilt.....it may be my inspiration for my challenge quilt, but I will wait for my book to come before I decide.<br />But this is just lovely!<br />The red is really inviting...have you decide how you will quilt it?<br /><br />Happy sewingKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430521425239584348noreply@blogger.com