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Pat Sloan: The Quilter's Alphabet

Well the Honeymoon is over for me and my sashing selecting... it's now time to do it! I am NOT one to take days and days to select fabric. I can't actually remember the last time I've tried so many options and looked at those options for SO MANY Days.  

I'm tired of it.

It's time to Fish or Cut Bait 

Meet the winners.

They are a wiley pair.. that eluded me for days and days. 

Do you want to know why?

Because I'm a skeptic at times.

And I don't take my own advice.

Many of you suggested GREY.

GREY?  REALLY .. GREY with Tan/Red/Black?

All my brain saw was a deadly mix of BLAH

So I wrote a few trusted friends .. so said (of course they said this)

JUST TRY IT!

But I don't HAVE  a lot of small print grey. The print has to be small since the sashings are only 1" finished. 

And most of the grey I have is light

But recently.. on whim (and because it was a great price) I ordered 2 yards of Bella Solid in Etchings Charcoal

Well hello Handsome "Etchings Charcoal Grey"

OH MY... I could barely tell myself that I 'liked it'.. so I let it sit for 2 days

Then I tried red corner stones and didn't care for them... trust me.

I looked in my things and found a Moda goldish/tannish batiks with greys

BINGO!

Here are the three rows that I'll be setting first... click the photo for a larger image.

Next is to try a finished 1 1/4" sashing.. I think I want it a wee bit bigger than 1" 

Our Quilter's Alphabet letters are

G

Gathering

Grain line

Glass-head pins

Guild

H

Hanging sleeve

Hexagons

Hourglass units

WHAT other quilt words

start with an 'G through H'?

 

MY FREE alphabet is HERE 

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PS .. a few people asked me WHAT a Dear Jane quilt is. It is a quilt made in 1863 by Jane A. Stickle. It is in the Bennington Museum in Shelbourne VT, so you can see it.  Brenda Papadakis wrote the book documenting all the blocks. And there is an entire universe of people fascinated enough to make their own versions of the quilt.  Here are the book and the EQ version at my Amazon link

Read about the Original Quilt and all the fun surrounding it HERE ... 

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Pat Sloan: How to decide on the RIGHT fabric option

So I've still not decided.. and you have sent me loads of fantastic comments.  

One idea my friend sent was "there was too much Red" in the blocks for a red sashing. Excellent point.  

So I tried a few light green fabrics. As My original idea was to keep it LIGHT

A really nice print with some little flowers.. 

And a super odd shade of green.. sort of like a muted light celery.. almost into taupe. It actually works really well with the vines in the fabric the 'A' is on.

Until I actually lay out the fabric and put blocks on it, you really can't tell what the fabric will be like. 

CLICK HERE and then HERE for the last 2 posts of photos with sashing options

What do YOU think? 

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Pat Sloan: Sunday Quilts, and behind the scenes on the Radio

I'm really excited to chat with these quilters today, some fun info is going to be revealed! 

 CLICK HERE to catch up on my prior shows!  Just scroll PAST the show description until you hit the "Disco Ball". Once that comes in the player is there! 

If you have questions for my guests put it in the comments! Here is what you can look forward to on my show today!

Guest - I'm delighted to have Cheryl Arkison here to tell us about her second quilt book "A Month of Sundays". Cheryl has also been out and about teaching lately and she is going to share some tips for using Low Volume fabric effectively!

www.cherylarkison.com

Guest - Carolee McMullin is the designer behind "Adorn It" fabrics and patterns. Carolee has long history of designing for the scrap book industry and her wonderful creations have translated well into fabric! 

http://www.adornit.com/

Guest - Ellen Medlock has created a beautiful fantasy of fabrics, patterns and a studio you can visit! I meet Ellen for the first time this spring and I can't wait to find out more about her design process

www.EllenMedlockStudio.com

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