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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Winner of a Modern Quilt Relish Pattern, and another Giveaway

Marny here....a couple of posts ago the scraps from making Leftovers were challenging me.  The project is developing.  Design choices are being dictated by available scraps and limited time for hemming and hawing.
Sack of evenly cut strips too good to toss.

So far a rhythm is developing, background strip, two of the above scraps sewn together and seamed randomly to the background, a unit made from the original scraps, and again two of the narrow scraps sewn together and added on.  Repeat.

The strong verticals have taken over the original random scraps, but we will see where it ends up.   I will keep picking it up and adding to it over the next week.  It is my current productive procrastination method--you know, doing "something" but not the "thing" you should be doing.

Busy times for Modern Quilt Relish right now.  New patterns are being designed, trunk shows are being developed, and lots of preparations are underway for Spring Market in Salt Lake City.

The winner from last week's post is Janice.  Congratulations!  (Please email us at modernquiltrelish@gmail.com with your choice.)  The question we posed was what is your least favorite color to quilt with?  Interesting that two mentioned orange and one bright blue with bright yellow.  Where do our color biases come from?  Sometimes I end up using my least favorite color (orange) or my least favorite fabrics and they are the perfect addition to the quilt/composition. Funny, life is like that too!

So here is this week's giveaway question.  You need to comment with a response to the question to enter.  We will send you the pattern of your choice if you win.  

What size quilt do you most often make?  Queen, throw, baby, wall hanging, table runner, etc.  Just let us know.  

Till Tuesday.

13 comments:

  1. Love where this one is going! Definitely know what you mean about working, but not what you should be doing :)

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  2. I like to make a quilt big enough that it can be snuggled with on the couch. Somewhere in the range of 55" x 70" -ish. I should probably mention that I've only made two quilts though!

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  3. I try to make small quilts, but it seems that I end up making large quilts. Most of the time its at least a twin size.

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  4. Sofa quilt I guess it would be called a throw is the most common size. But I have made my share of king/queen quilts. Irene

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  5. I would say I usually make Twin or larger for myself and throw or smaller for gifts.

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  6. right now seems they are all queen size! (but we now have 2 grandbabys on the way! so i have a couple baby quilts in my future)

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  7. I always seem to start out with the intention of creating a throw or lap quilt but somehow I end up wanting to add more fabrics or even out the colors or give it an extra row or or or or... and they seem to end up closer to full size or queen size quilts. It's a problem.

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  8. I love making baby quilt or small throws because I can quilt on my home machine. I hope in time to be able to quilt larger quilts as I get in more practice.

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  9. For holiday gifts I made a couple of flannel throw size quilts. And several tablerunners as gifts. Then I caught the "bag" bug and have made 25 + little bags and coin purses. I am looking forward to making Brioche and Baguette as a gift soon---in aquas and soft greens. It will be a queen size. It's fun to have so many choices.

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  10. I am busy right now working on seven quilts for graduation gifts and all are throw or lap size (68 x 68) - the perfect size for a dorm room or sofa. I have made my share of larger ones, too - but the smaller size go together much faster!

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  11. Queen sized bed quilts is what I normally make.

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  12. Lately I've been making lots of smaller projects--table runners, candlemats, small wall hangings, but still making some larger quilts as well. Mostly I'm wanting that instant gratification!
    Kris G.

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  13. My favorite size is 70 x 90 or 80 x 80. Really, though, any size gives me satisfaction, because I construct many crib- and baby-sized quilts also.

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