SAY WHAT???? :shock:

ClaraLawrence wrote:

I think I just might send some of my HSTs back to Austin with you after sort day and then send some along to Margo...and then you can both make my quilts for me...cool idea, huh?

Here's a great lay-out for HSTs. Of course using different lights and darks will make it look different from this one with the controlled background and matching stars....but still...it's a great lay-out! If not for your exchange HSTs, maybe you are having so much fun you want to make a whole quilt out of your own fabric!

Margo,

Thank you for directing me to the instruction page. I was having trouble trying to figure it out on my own.

My sister is not a quilter, or a member of TQS. You may be right about saving the HSTs for myself.

KimMc wrote:
Kim, you will find instructions for posting photos in the TQS forum here: [url]forum/forum-questions-and-suggestions/4275-tips-for-using-the-tqs-forum[/url]

Also...Is your sister a quilter? A member of TQS?? If so, I'm sure that she would really appreciate getting HSTs from around the world.

If she's not a member of TQS, you might want to make her quilt with other fabric and save these little treasures for a quilt for yourself!

Thank you for posting your ideas, they have really got me excited about the possibilities. I'm considering using my HSTs to make an autograph (or signature) quilt for my sister's wedding. At her reception we had guests sign 3" muslin squares and I haven't figured out exactly how I would like to incorporate these into a quilt. If I use the HSTs then maybe I could put a 1/2" border around each autograph square so that they measure 4" finished. Then maybe I can use the triangles to create a Bear Paw, a Cut Glass Dish, an Indian Plume, a Pieced Star, or even an Ocean Waves pattern. I'm still playing around with ideas. I wish I knew how to post pictures. Does anyone have any ideas on creating a signature quilt with these HSTs?

Here is what I'm playing with. Clara

What do you think about this pattern seen at Fons & Porter Love of Quilting ? Lot of space for freemotion work, and a bit unusual - that's the way I like traditionals.

Margo wrote: Cute!

Here is a block design that would work if you need to add to your HSTs to create a larger quilt!

I have so many UFOs that I want to do something really simple. One of the ladies at my quilting group showed us one she had done with random HSTs like we're getting in this exchange. She simply put them in rows. I'll add some sashing to define blocks of HSTs and make the quilt come out to the right size. It really looked nice and all the different HSTs made it quite interesting. I plan to use it as a regular quilt on our bed or in the camper. We need all the quilts we can get when it's -20 as we're out hunting in the mountains!

I have a Mac and use the bootcamp included to partition the hard drive. For me it works just fine but other complain about having to restart the computer to switch sides. There are other programs like parallel that allow you to run both at the same time. Yahoo has a group for Mac users with tons of information. leafy wrote:

Margo wrote:

Thanks Margo! Apparently I was up way past my bedtime and my math brain had already gone to bed
Lena R

LenaR wrote:
No, Lena. I used the 2" finished HSTs like we are exchanging through TQS.

There are 10 rows X 2" = 20"
There are 10 columns X 2" = 20"

100 two inch FINISHED HST yields one pieced block that measures 20" X 20" - finished size.