I finished the yo-yos that will be flowers on my next quilt and started making green heart-shaped ones to use as leaves for the flowers. Got 16 of the small size done, and 2 of the larger ones, have to make at least 14 more. I haven't decided for sure whether I will make smaller yellow yoyos for flower centers.

Pat in Rockport, TX, where it's been delightfully cool for the last few days.

Got my "gonna trade it for a ruler rack" quilt all basted yesterday and was gonna start the quilting today. However...I was at the casino from 8am till 7:45pm. I'm done. Maybe tomorrow!
Sherry, pooped out in S MS

In the past few days I have finished quilting the baby quilt, and am in the process of putting on the binding using Sharon Schambers method for scalloped edges. Everthing is coming along well. The strip came out perftect using her fold and cut method. My only difficulty is snipping in the V and sewing the mitre between the scallops. I can sew the first side of the mitre, but am having problem with the back side reverse mitre. All in all it turning really nice. DH said it is up there with one of my best looking quilts. Cheryl

Ntr quilter

I was also thinking that if you put a triangular piece with the point going up wards on both sides of the kalediscope 30 degree wedge you would end up with a ray ( sun ray ) looking piece that would also add interest... I have been playing around with this on my design board. So far fudging as long as you do it on all the strada at the same place ( BEFORE YOU SEW THINGS TOGETHER seems to work..... but as I said this is a work in progress and I am just playing around.


Anna

Today I start the dragon quilt. I am very nervous. This is my first attempt at fabric art. I am going to post a pic of the before drawing if the camera is findable.

Judy Mc, Just got home from the Bucket club. I spent my morning cutting fabric for the Magical Horses by Laurel Burch. The LQS had 15 ladies show up. Really a big success for the first time. Next time, we will have pot luck with finger food for lunch. Now I have a new UFO
Judy in AZ

Lady Rags, thanks so much for the response. I thought that maybe I could use the smaller of the templates for the narrowest strata, and then see if I could get the larger ones out of the widest strata. The templates at the big end of the wedge are really quite large. I will try your idea about placement. I really don't want to add any more fabric to what I have done.

If I cut a 16" square of freezer paper and made my wedges and templates, they would be much smaller. The quilt will be smaller too which isn't really a problem. I so do want to work on this.

I sent a message through TQS to Ricky. John responded and said he was going to forward it to Ricky. Then perhaps I can find out what he says about it. But it's great that you responded with possible solutions. Thanks so much.

Nancy in NC

Kaleidoscope Quilt DVD... you are right Ricky does not mention how to solve the problem.

Mathematically using 40 inch as my WOF I figured the largest a strada template can be is 6.5 inches in length.... So any strada cuts should be smaller than that.


The only ways I figure out out of this delimma is to :

1/ Make duplicate strada .... which requires a bit more fabric.

2/ Be sure you have enough angles to keep the sizes of the strada under the 6.5 inch size... You might have to plan the way you make your cuts to keep the size under that 6.5 inch size.

3/ Change the angles of your strada... I usually make my stradas about 10 inches wide, so a shift in the strada angle allows me to keep the 6 repeats in place. If I have a problem piece I copy the piece on freezer paper and duplicate it 6 times just to check the size and placement. Then I can see the placement a little better.... I only do this when I am stumped big time. Usually angling a strada section more get it to stay on my WOF better.

4 / MY OWN IDEA AND I HAVE YET TO TRY IT OUT..... I AM THINKING YOU COULD Stick in an extra piece of fabric cut identical (x 6) in the middle of the strada sections. This could add a little spice into the design....

I am thinking triangular or wedge shape would do (keeping the point of the triangle going toward the center of the kalidascope.
This would push the stradas to the sides of the 30 degree wedge and make it bigger. As long as each wedge is consistent and you do not go to wild with the triangles it shoudl work at solving the not enough fabric delimma.

I am thinking this may be an advance technique for FUDGING THE KALIDESCOPE TECHNIQUE and there could be a lot of design issues that pop up... You would probably have to see how it looks in your kalidescope at the design wall....


I hope this helps.

Nancy - I haven't seen Ricky's Kaleidoscope DVD but do you have enough fabric to find the exact repeat you are cutting the five from and cut the sixth from that repeat. Or am I completely missing the point which I often do?

Judy, I love the Bucket List Club idea!!! That's really cute!!! I'm seriously looking at all my UFOs and wanting to clear some of them out. I'm working on the July BOM right now and trying to catch up. Judy in Torrance

I did very little sewing last week as I was babysitting my 12 mo DGD and 3yo DGS. I had such a blast but I am exhausted by the end of each day. Today I relaxed and I am almost done with the August BOM. I just have to applique on the little bars on the vase and do the hand embroidery for the baby's breath. (I miss having the little ones around!)

Lorna

Hi all. I think I posted here once before, but not sure. I'm working on the September BOM and have too many UFO's to mention. I started working on a Kool Kaleidoscope after getting Ricky's DVD but my strata are not wide enough. Fabrics now days seem to be narrower than before. I also sometimes buy sale fabric which may be odd lots and they are not as wide either. Nonetheless, I cannot fit 6 templates on the strata. That is the larger templates from the wide portion of the wedge. I have sent a message through TQS which they will forward to Ricky. He mentions twice in the DVD that if you can't fit all six that he has a "tip" later in the program about how to fix that...but I've watched the DVD three times and I can't find the "tip".

I probably will end up making a smaller quilt than he does. If everyone is not familiar with this project, it is really "kool" and very pretty. Lots of people have made them and I guess they didn't have the problem...probably bought more expensive fabric...which I can't afford!

Nancy in NC

I like all of your suggestions. Maybe I will call a friend and see what she's working on. If she's busy I may just go into Austin and go see what JoAnn's has on sale. The 40% off coupon is burning a hole in my pocket and I think today is the last day. If I could get my son to clean up his half of my "art room" as it was supposed to be, that might help too. I will just put on a Happy Face! Thanks y'all.
It's a little windy here but not bad. Wish we would get rain too. We are about 8-10 miles south east of Austin but I don't think we are going to get anything from Ike. Hope all our friends in Texas are safe.
Thanks again for the suggestions!!!

Glad you got the gentle breeze. I wonder how QuilterLynn made out. I imagine she is without power at this time.

I have spent part of the morning searching through my UFO's for a project and was overwhelmed with all of the projects I have to do. I will die before I get them all completed. Of course, it was in the last bin I checked, wouldn't you know. At my LQS we are starting a new club called the Quilters' Bucket List Club. We will meet once a month bringing along a project that we have a pattern for and fabric, but haven't really started yet. In hopes that if we do this, we will complete the project before we die. I have tons of those but this is my DIL's quilt that I will bring tomorrow hopefully finishing it in time for Christmas. Judy in AZ