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    Louise is offline Senior Member
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    I bought 4 jelly rolls of dogwood trails and 2layer cakes I would like to make a queen size guilt for our bed I am fairly new to quilting any pattern suggestions?

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    Judy~Ann's Avatar Judy~Ann is offline Senior Member
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    If you are looking for a simple quilt pattern you could use Jenny's tutorial for

    1. Disappearing 9 patch http://quiltingtutorials.com/all/dis...lock-tutorial/

    2. http://quiltingtutorials.com/all/jel...ly-roll-quilt/

    I am making a queen size quilt too, and I asked for suggestions here also.
    The ladies had a good idea, and I've decided to make a sampler quilt. I'm making eight different blocks and putting them together with sashing and two borders. It's a big project but I'm excited to get started. Please let me know what you decide to do with your gorgeous Dogwood Trails fabric (I have a jelly and 2 charm packs and some yardage from that line)

    Good luck honey
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    I would cut the layer cake into 4 charms (quartered) and I would take the jelly roll, lay it out and frame the charms with the jelly roll strips (a different one from charm). It would take 4 jelly rolls and 1 layer cake to make this. It is a M*QC pattern. Jenny had an epiphany one night while sleeping and came up with this pattern. How cute is that? I'm making the twin size quilt from my jelly roll and charm pack from M*QC named Riley Blake designs "Scooter". This is for a crib quilt that will fit a twin bed when done with the crib. It will be nice and warm and big if mom needs to go outside (niece lives in Seattle). I'm anxious to get started but have to wait for my jelly roll. Talked to Alan (Jenny's son) and he is ordering a fabric that I want to use as backing that is part of this series. How nice is that? You might even find this site when you search the jelly roll tutorials. Good luck!!
    Piece and blessings, Vicki

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    I'm making a Dogwood Trail quilt for April, that's the month the dogwoods bloom in Missouri! Plus it was my late husband's favorite tree, and our anniversary was in April. I'll think of his arms wrapped around me when I sleep snuggled under it. I am going to do some combination of D9P and sashing and borders. We'll need to share pictures when we are done walking down the Dogwood Trail!

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    I don't mean to rain on your party, but I wouldn't tackle a queen size until I had a fair amount of experience. I'd also want to have a burning desire to make a particular pattern, because that's going to be a very big investment of time, and a fair amount of money. I'd hate to get halfway into it and decide it's not really what I had in mind. A queen size will cost quite a bit to have quilted, and machine quilting it yourself will involve a huge amount of wrestling.

    So now that I've shared these not-so-encouraging thoughts, i'd suggest trying a large lap size quilt as a dry run. If you love it, then use it at the foot of the bedsize you make afterwards. If you're not so crazy about it, you can give it as a gift or donate it.

    In the meantime, look through all the quilts and patterns at www.etsy.com and through the jellyroll and layercake books locally or on Amazon to get a feel for the kind of pattern that works best with those cuts.

    Or you can take all of this with a grain of salt because I started quilting about 8 years ago and STILL haven't tackled a bed size quilt. Might have something to do with being ADHD.........

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    If you want to make a queen sized quilt as your first quilt, go for it. The first one I ever made was a queen sized bedspread and I was about 13. I hand quilted it.

    As long as you are an experienced enough sewer and can keep your seam allowances consistent, then the size of your quilt top doesn't matter. A queen sized quilt will cost you right around $200.00 at MSQC if you have them quilt it. I don't machine quilt large quilts because I don't have the room around my machine to do it.

    I'd watch most of the tutorials that Jenny has done to get an idea of what pattern to make. The one that JimsQueenie suggested would look good in the Dogwood fabrics.
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    My second quilt was a king size quilt, my third a full. I found a pattern I loved and went for it. Good luck and have fun!
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    My first quilt was a twin and second was a full. I know you can do it! Good luck!

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    I'm a beginning quilter and I've made 7 queen quilts in the past 6 months, plus 6 lap quilts and three twins. So, why limit yourself? I do stitch in the ditch but one day I'll get brave enough to FMQ. Piecing is a lot more fun for me than quilting, so I take the esy way out. You can do it!

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    Thanks for the encouragement i have made a twin size quilt was thinking maybe a split rail or 3 dudes with a layer cake deviding the dudes block by cutting the layer cake in triangles so it would be a dudes block then a block of triangles what do you all think? As for quilting I will send it out as this is too big and i dont have the room to quilt it i dont want to sound snooty but as empty nesters with only one child my husband and i work full time so i have plenty of disposable income to have it quilted.

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