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    Claire Hallman's Avatar Claire Hallman is online now Senior Member
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    I just noticed Sandy's Bow Tie scrappy quilt and it is sooo pretty.

    I have three charm packs in the Papillion patterns and would love to make a bow tie quilt from them with some additional background fabric.

    Question for those of you that are experienced quilters, would this work?

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    Default Re: Bow tie from charm pack

    I'm not a very experienced quilter...but it should work fine. You can follow the tutorial for the bow tie quilt and cut the 2 1/2" corner squares from the yardage. Here's a link to the tutorial on YouTube:
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    I agree, Myrna is good!! The way Jenny does the bowtie is a bit different from the one I have posted. (CLARIFICATION - just so you aren't mislead, I did NOT do those blocks - I just joined them all together. Part of them were hand-sewn and part were machine pieced . . . and I bought them at an estate sale).

    Jenny's method makes it easier to do the center piece. If you do them the 'old-fashioned' way you almost have to hand piece part of the block.

    BUT your question is whether you can use the charm packs and I agree they would be great with yardage for the corner blocks.

    We'd love to see how you do! It is a very wonderful block that can be made into many variations depending upon the placement of the blocks as they are pieced together.
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    Default Re: Bow tie from charm pack

    Thanks Sandy....the seamstress in me responded to Claire's question. I'm not very experienced at quilting yet, but I've put together lots of pieces of fabric over the years.
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    Sandy... here's where i stink at quilting...I so LOVE the color and print combining.....but the placement... not so much... that's why i don't do a lot of blocks... i end up sashing.. and going all funky... what other ways are there for design... the slant is not my favorite...
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    Default Re: Bow tie from charm pack

    Thanks folksies as Blondie says. I watched the tutorial and it looks like it would work perfectly. The tute shows a small quilt made for one charm pack and since I have three I will be able to make something lap size which is what I like to do. I tend to manage to finish them that size.;0] I can use the yardage for the binding or sash it maybe. I do like it on the diagonal the way Sandy's is done.

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    Sandy Navas's Avatar Sandy Navas is offline Senior Member
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    Default Re: Bow tie from charm pack

    Quote Originally Posted by GrammaBabs View Post
    Sandy... here's where i stink at quilting...I so LOVE the color and print combining.....but the placement... not so much... that's why i don't do a lot of blocks... i end up sashing.. and going all funky... what other ways are there for design... the slant is not my favorite...
    Love funky quilts.
    Love funky quilters more.
    Be warned. I am BORED.
    This could be dangerous.

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    They are usually 90 degrees.

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    Gramma...I'm not good with combining colors and prints but love playing with placement!!!

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