This is my Trip Around the World, ala Bonnie (www.quiltville.com) - in progress. Since this photo I have finished piecing all the sections together and now am wondering about a border... Hummm.... I know this is a terrible photo and I will try to take a better one later, but was anxious to write a bit on my blog and I like to post a photo with my text. So, here it is.Anyway, a few thoughts about this pattern... I love the technique! The pattern used 5 fabrics - 4 of them were 1 yard cuts with about 3" left over. The 5th fabric was less than 1 yard, but I am not sure how much less. Somewhere along the way I went wrong with the pressing directions, so had to repress some rows as I sewed. This was really no big deal and in the end I got almost all my seams going the right way - butting up against each other. Because I LOVE scrap quilts - well, it was hard to do a quilt with 5 fabrics, but this is certainly not the patterns fault. It was a quick and easy pattern that I am happy to recommend. So, if you have 5 fabrics (1 yard pieces) in your stash and you like how they go together, this is a great pattern! And the good news for the "scrapper" in me - I got some usable strings to toss into the empty plastic tote for scraps!
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This is going to be beautiful, Evelyn. Another of Bonnie's patterns that will work well to use up some of my larger pieces. Once the holidays are past I plan to get started on some serious stash reduction. And Bonnie's patterns wil be showing up a lot on my blog!
nice! this pattern is also on my to do list...for perhaps 2006 lol.
It looks great Evelyn! Have you thought of joining the stash quilts webring? I think you'd have alot of fun with it! You can find the info here: http://judylaquidara.com/stashquilts.html
It's a sister ring to Quilt Mavericks and they are looking for more members!
Bonnie
Nice quilt! (I blogged about my Trip Around the World yesterday!)
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