Our job is to turn these 10 quilt blocks into a twin size quilt which will be donated to the Austin Children's Shelter. We can do this by making additional quilt blocks, adding negative space, or a combination of the two. The quilt must be machine quilted, bound, washed, and shipped to Austin before QuiltCon--the due date is February 1, 2013.
How can you help?
- Be a part of the group that will be piecing the top and backing.
- Donate your fabric scraps! We need to provide all the materials to complete the quilt. If you have solid scraps in the colors of the QuiltCon logo (plus gray and white) or larger pieces for the backing, we would love to put them to good use.
- Share your ideas for piecing the top by leaving a comment on this post, in our facebook group, or in our flickr group. Nine of the blocks measure 12.5" square and one block is 12.5" x 5.75". The completed quilt will need to be no smaller than 68" x 88" and no larger than 72" x 92".
In playing with some possible layouts I realized how bad I am at this!
Have you thought of rotating the blocks so the strips go vertical, it looks like there are lg. no. of strips in blocks, med. no. of strips in blocks and few/one strip in blocks. kind of like stalactites and stalagmites.
ReplyDeleteWhat about something like this? http://www.etsy.com/listing/99209902/modern-city-quilt-in-doublequeen-bedding?utm_campaign=Share&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_source=Pinterest
ReplyDeleteThat is a great layout--I would have no idea how to start putting it together, though! Hopefully some members with some piecing know-how will be helping out.
DeleteWhat about seting them on a diagonal with 3 2 3 forming a center piece with a border around the edges? Will the Omaha MQG always meet on Tuesday nights? Myself and at least one other homeschooling mom are unable to attend because all the homeschool extracurriculars seem to meet on Tuesday nights...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the quilt suggestion! Our meetings are always held the first Tuesday of the month. In January our meeting will be held on another day (still to be determined) because the first Tuesday falls on New Year's Day--maybe you'll be able to attend that meeting?
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