I think they'll get it and be delighted to have all that archival reference. I often think that TQS is leaving an historical mark. The BOMs, etc.

Patti

Hi Patti, I've sent it to you and a few others. It was wonderful to have that list, thanks to Debbie's organization skills. I can't wait to get started quilting it now- I thought about using clear monofilament thread, but I found some light tan Aurifil that will be perfect. I wonder what future historians will think when they find a bunch of quilts, all with some notation that they were made by the Sisterhood of the Traveling Triangles in 2011? Kathy

Kathy I just sent you an email requesting the list. So glad to have that done already for me. I'm almost done with my top and for the back, I'm planning to embroider the names and use them in the Ocean Waves quilt pattern. I will post pics when I get a little of it done but it's going to take some time to do all that embroidery. You top looks great!

Patti

Wow, Rosemary! I'm going a different route, I'll be quilting first names and last initials into the quilt. Debbie very kindly supplied me with the Excel file of names and locations, so after a little bit of sorting, excel magic, over to Word, and then back to Excel, I have a file
with names in order by location, with the number of names I can fit on a line. My quilt will have 52 quilting lines, with one reserved for Sisterhood of the Traveling Triangles, The Quilt Show, April 2011. If anyone wants Debbie's Excel file, she has given me the ok to forward it to you. Just e mail me and I'll send it along.
I tried out some sample quilting last night, oh boy was that fun! I just have to keep my wits about me to spell everything correctly.
Here's my quilt top- it measures 44 x 52 inches. I tried various backgrounds and the HST' wanted to be together. When I put them up on the design wall I liked the flow of colors. Kathy

Rosemary, that's so cool!

Patti

HOLEY MOLEY ROSEMARY!! That is amazing!! And your heart motifs are absolutely the perfect lay-out for this project!!
Thanks so much for the picture, and please keep us posted of your progress with the rest of it!

Scoopie wrote: Yes I did, some were easier than others (mine covered the largest space and had to be cropped ) After printing and leaving for an hour or so to dry, I then starched them before cutting them out as I had to cut the diagonal line and I reckoned that that way I could reduce the stretch problems - it worked a treat. Papers were not removed until right before they were stitched, to avoid mix ups.

I am planning a different pattern for the rest of the Hsts but the Sottts names will be incorporated into some Flying Geese borders.

Really nice!!!

Rosemary - Did you copy onto fabric all of our names from the papers, and make new neutral/neutral HSTs for your design? That is way too cool! A true signiture freindship quilt! Very, very nice!

Dawn
In beautiful Northwest Montana

wow rosemary - looking great )

Way-hey!

I've managed to get started on stitching my Bats-R-US together, which will form the centre of the whole exchanges quilt. I had to add in some hst's from the Sottts collection, but kept my selection to only batiks only for consistancy for this part, using the Friendship Chain block.

For all those who like trying to find their squares I've made it easier for you as your name is next to your hst (or on point contact - depending on its location in the 9-patch)

I spent a couple of hours yesterday playing with different background fabrics, I must have had 10 fabrics up there! I took pics with the digital camera because I know that spotlights what works pretty quickly. Light, dark, bright, dull, whatever- it just didn't work. I was working on the Mosaic quilt in Edyta's book. It has pinwheels surrounded by 2 inch strips, to make an 8 inch block, and the alternate block is a 4 inch square surrounded by HST's. The fabric I was using for the 4 inch square is a light warm pink that wasn't right for the HST, so I would have had to take them apart anyway. After playing with possible backgrounds for the 2 inch strips, I played in EQ and couldn't get anywhere either. I've got another idea in EQ that may rein in the riot of color and brightness. They are all taken apart now, so at least that's done! I appreciate the sympathy. This whole thing was a good learning opportunity!

Kathy

Oh Kathy! I hate when that happens!! Before you sew more together, you might want to "audition" other setting fabrics. Lay out some of your HSTs on top of a large piece of possible background and take a picture of it. Try the same thing with several possible fabrics, and take pictures. After you view the photos together, it will probably be easier to make a choice that you will be happy with. There is something about viewing the block from a distance that seems to help. You can also achieve the same results by using a reducing glass (the opposite of a magnifying glass) or an inexpensive "peep-hole" from the hardware store. Those are the little window inserts that you install in a solid door to peep out and see who's knocking! I use one all the time, and keep it close by my design wall, hanging on a ribbon so I don't loose it!

oh kathy
but it's better to undo and change now - if you hear that little voice and don't act to it now - you would probably regret it every time you look at the quilt
lookig forward to what you'll end up with
have fun with the reassembling