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Please Help! Lost Pattern!

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SQUEELQuilter
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Please Help! Lost Pattern!

Post by SQUEELQuilter » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:09 pm

A month or so ago I saw an old episode of a Quilt in a Day featuring Eleanor's Boston Common quilt. I took notes about how to make the quilt and now that I am ready to start the notes have disappeared. Does anyone have this pattern or any info about it. All I remember is that I need 8 or 9 fabrics 2/3 yard of each and that they were cut in 2 1/2" (?) strips. I was planning to make this for my mother's birthday in April so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch!

piecemaker1
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Re: Please Help! Lost Pattern!

Post by piecemaker1 » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:49 pm

Hi, I have this book, but I have never made the pattern. Ifyou are using 2/3 yards, it will make a queen size. There are 2 color families and one background that is momochromatic (3 1/2 yards).

Does that help?

SQUEELQuilter
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Re: Please Help! Lost Pattern!

Post by SQUEELQuilter » Fri Feb 15, 2008 2:59 pm

Yes it does. If I'm remembering right, the 2 color families (8 fabs.) are cut in 2 1/2" strips and the background fabric is cut in 2 3/4" is that right? And is this layout for the strips right? Or was there a 2 1/2" background strip between the 2 color families? Thanks so much for your help!
Background (2 3/4)
cf1 fab 1 (2 1/2)
cf1 fab 2 (2 1/2)
cf1 fab 3 (2 1/2)
cf1 fab 4 (2 1/2)
cf2 fab 4 (2 1/2)
cf2 fab 3 (2 1/2)
cf2 fab 2 (2 1/2)
cf2 fab 1 (2 1/2)
Background (2 3/4)

piecemaker1
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Re: Please Help! Lost Pattern!

Post by piecemaker1 » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:09 pm

Yes all the fabrics are cut 2 1/2" except for the monochromatic, which
has some in 2 1/2" and some in 2 3/4".


Background (2 1/2) - (8 strips)
Background (2 3/4)-(16 strips)
In the book she says to mark with pins to designate that this strip (#5) is 1/4" wider than the other strips.

Layout would start with the wider strip
5,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,5




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