I didn't realize that you have only been quilting for three years! You have accomplished so much and are such an inspiration. And if that is one of your crochet projects on the wall, well I am impressed.
Thank you so much! And yes, it is one of my crochet projects--took forever, but I just kept on with one granny square at a time and then one day it was done! 😊
Wow, wow and again wow. You are so patient with how you get through your process! I agree with other comments, logical, mathematical, creative and I add patient. Oh, and a very good communicator :) . You really are a joy to watch. I love how your pattern looked like it curves, once I saw it I couldn't un-see it's, so cool!
I am also a crocheter crossing over into the quilting world. Love how you shared your thought process with us. Had to zoom in when you shared that the quilt behind you was crochet, I assumed it was a quilt. Looking forward to seeing your fabric pull and the finished quilt. Thank you!
I'm so happy to have caught the premiere and chat. Walking through your design process is really cool. I love this and will be making a version of this for myself... actually probably will be making 2. With some pretty layer cakes in my stash, because I'm the queen of precuts.
Your process is interesting to me because it’s so methodical and sensible, yet intuitive. I can’t imagine working in such a way. I’m all intuition; no planning, yet the underlying considerations are very valuable to think about. Thanks for another great video.
The second quilt I made was inspired by an afghan pattern my mom had modified many years ago. She designed hers to cover a queen size bed, but I didn't want to start that big. Yes, I pulled out the graph paper and colored pencils. The design I made was a blue and white checked cat on a yellow background with a blue and white checked border. I started with the cat and worked my way out to the border to ensure a balanced look. Once I figured out how many squares and HSTs I needed, I set about doing the math on the finished size of the quilt and therefore the individual blocks. Instead of doing a 9-patch block, I went with a 4-patch block for all the checkered sections and merged them into bigger blocks for the yellow background. It isn't perfect, but I love how it turned out. The finished size is 48" × 54". I pictured having it draped over me in a cozy chair while reading or doing embroidery. It got washed recently because my 5 month old Mastiff puppy jumped up on the couch with it with dirty paws. I have an Irish chain quilt on my sewing table and 3 other quilts waiting in my head. My quilting really slowed down when I got my puppy. She is being trained to be my service dog, and yes, she really does need to be THAT big to do her job. She is 6 months old now and weighs around 70 pounds.
Love the way you explain all things! I’m sure the quilt will be beautiful when done. If you ever decide to do the same with the blanket behind you, count me in! Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!
Thank you for sharing your design process..can’t wait to see the finished quilt. I also would love to see a video featuring the one on your wall…very original.
Another awesome and inspirational video!! I have only been quilting for 1 year and look forward to watching and rewatching your videos as I always learn something new. I know sometime during the video I will smile and have an occasional outburst of laughter!! Thanks for sharing!!
Wow, not a true lover of math, but understand the concept and could push my self to figure it out... Even the center justified part. I'm a often figuring a sewing project in my head prior to creation . I appreciate the visual stepped out process. Mine is much messier. Looking forward to you bringing this to life.😊😊
Love this! As always, of course. I'm also a slow crocheter, in a way. I don't know if you remember, but when you first showed us the throw you have on the wall behind you, I was excited and saw how to do it. Sooo... I... started it... I crochet reasonably fast as far as hooking a swatch of material. However! There is SO MUCH TIME in between crochet sessions. I only have a few squares. I am re-inspired! And your quilt version is going to be so charming.
There you go again! Outdoing yourself! I have complete confidence in you that this will be a happy little quilt story one day soon. I love the pattern! I hope you Paul and the girls have a very Merry Christmas! ❤🎄
Good job! Thanks for sharing your process! I don't love math, but I don't hate it either. And I agree -- quilting math feels more difficult that it should!😂
This was a really special episode! Thanks for walking us through your design process. Also: I think this quilt will be a GREAT entry into the "great quilt patterns for men's dress shirts" series. I can see this pattern working up so very beautifully as a memory quilt.
I love the quilt! And I love that you show just how much thought goes in to designing a quilt. I am not at all a numbers person, I would need to get help from my number loving,made a career of it daughter 😂😂😂
It will be beautiful. I’m impressed that you drew and colored multiple times. I would have spent twice as much time drawing once, copying, reducing cutting out paper pieces, arranging, and recopying. It seems like my time saving short cuts never actually save time. Your thought process was cool too watch. I’m eager to see the progress of this quilt.
Quilts are such the rage right now, that many knit designs are made to look like quilts. Case in point, Andrea Mowry's "Framed" sweater. It's on my knitlist! I love what you did with the "justified" columns, can't wait to see it come together!!
It is so amazing to me to see how different people think and design. When you first started explaining what you were thinking I was completely on board. And then you didn't like the seismic shift of the small blocks.i also didn't like them. 😂 At that point in the design I would have flipped the design and put the biggest blocks in the center of the quilt and the tiny ones at the edge. But you chose a different path ..one that didn't even occur to me ❤❤❤ very cool.
I WISH I had your creative sense! BRILLIANT IDEA !!! I can not wait to see the finished gift! I've been quilting for many years, and I have incorporated an idea or two of my own along the way. My process, however, seems very scattered. LOL. 😂 I truly enjoy "seeing" your (thinking) process on paper.😊
I found in the Goodwill store the perfect sheet for your baby boy blanket. But it’s white with little cars and tracks _ _ _ _ on it, going all around it. I was the one that needed help with finding good backing sheets at the thrift store. I found this early on in my shirt journey, but not so much later.
That does sound like a perfect backing for my baby quilt! Funny how that happens, sometimes you find all the things at the thrift store...other times, not so much!
Thank you for showing your process. As a beginner scrap quilter, I wouldn't have even known where to begin in trying to plan my own design. I can't wait to see any future videos on making it and the finished quilt.
Thank you, Jammie! I think the design part is just a function of problem solving---so I don't really think of it as "designing my own quilt" even though in the end, that's what happened!🤓👍🏻
Oh how fun! I like a little math, so I would figure out the left and right justified blocks, but then would just sew extra fabric on both sides of the center column, press in half to find the centers, stitch the column together and then cut off the excess from the sides. I have a feeling you will figure out the math for the center column and precisely piece it. This is going to be a beautiful baby quilt! Excellent idea, and the execution will be brilliant - however you do it!
How have you only been quilting for less than three years? And you’ve got a QuiltCon quilt?!!!! Amazing! So fun to see your thinking process, such a creative quilt! 🧵🪡✂️💕
Your way is going to work out perfectly!! I would have cut my solid squares in the varying sizes and bordered them until they were all the same size as the largest square. I don't think it would work though.
Thank you, Lisa! Not sure when I'll actually get started on this one...it will depend on if I have the right fabrics for the background! (and if not, whether or not I can find the right ones at the thrift store! 😘)
Another interesting video... even though you said 9 patch, I was still envisioning solid pieces of fabric with 9 patch math as your guide to square sizes... love the idea of not a white background
Good Morning! I loved watching your design process. I'm more of a fly by the seat of my pants, make it up as I go kind of designer. 🤣 I have actually done the reverse of what you are doing by using a quilt design to create a crochet blanket. My favorite was the "Floating Blocks" illusion afghan I made. I'm looking forward to seeing your finished quilt!
Just a suggestion, I just used a Moda Grey Paper Grunge as my background for a baby quilt and it looked great. Grunge is a color “smeared” with another color. And the Grey paper Grunge is pale grey with a white “smeared”. It’s a newer color that has come out and I bought a full bolt of it at an “End of Bolt” sale at 50% off. And I hope you don’t mind, but I love this pattern and may have to duplicate on a quilt in the near future. 🙄
Ok, so I actually didn't follow a pattern--I totally winged it by watching multiple YT videos and looking at an inspiration photo I found online from a blog somewhere (that I now can't find--the original was blue to green ombre.) All I really remember is starting out with a magic circle of 12 double crochet stitches! 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
So it was my adaptation of a blanket (original was blue to green ombre) that I saw a photo of online somewhere--I've looked and looked to find it so I can credit the original maker and it seems to be gone! So no, not my original design but a modified version. I don't have a pattern for it, and honestly, I'm not skilled enough as a crocheter to even make one! 😱
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Those of us who feel we know you are not surprised that you would end up with a balanced, semetrical design. Love it!
LOL! But for real though! ❤️ I feel seen. 🤓🥰
I didn't realize that you have only been quilting for three years! You have accomplished so much and are such an inspiration. And if that is one of your crochet projects on the wall, well I am impressed.
Thank you so much! And yes, it is one of my crochet projects--took forever, but I just kept on with one granny square at a time and then one day it was done! 😊
For those of us just starting in our quilting journey it is very helpful to see your process and "hear" your thoughts. Thank you.
I love seeing your design process! I do not like math and tend to avoid designing anything! Well done! Can’t wait to see the finished quilt.
Wow, wow and again wow. You are so patient with how you get through your process! I agree with other comments, logical, mathematical, creative and I add patient. Oh, and a very good communicator :) . You really are a joy to watch.
I love how your pattern looked like it curves, once I saw it I couldn't un-see it's, so cool!
I am also a crocheter crossing over into the quilting world. Love how you shared your thought process with us. Had to zoom in when you shared that the quilt behind you was crochet, I assumed it was a quilt. Looking forward to seeing your fabric pull and the finished quilt. Thank you!
Good morning from snowy Michigan 🎄
Love your brain and heart!! I just cut apart two wonderful off white textured xl men’s shirts….2.00 each!❤
Thanks, Sherry! So that means you have more than 2 yards of fabric for $2!! Woot woot!
Ohhh love it! It would be awesome if you made a pattern for it!
A great idea! I can’t wait to see the finished quilt.
I'm so happy to have caught the premiere and chat. Walking through your design process is really cool.
I love this and will be making a version of this for myself... actually probably will be making 2. With some pretty layer cakes in my stash, because I'm the queen of precuts.
So glad you enjoyed it, Linda! You are welcome to copy...and I'd love to see how yours turns out! 🤩❤️
Your process is interesting to me because it’s so methodical and sensible, yet intuitive. I can’t imagine working in such a way. I’m all intuition; no planning, yet the underlying considerations are very valuable to think about. Thanks for another great video.
The second quilt I made was inspired by an afghan pattern my mom had modified many years ago. She designed hers to cover a queen size bed, but I didn't want to start that big. Yes, I pulled out the graph paper and colored pencils. The design I made was a blue and white checked cat on a yellow background with a blue and white checked border. I started with the cat and worked my way out to the border to ensure a balanced look. Once I figured out how many squares and HSTs I needed, I set about doing the math on the finished size of the quilt and therefore the individual blocks. Instead of doing a 9-patch block, I went with a 4-patch block for all the checkered sections and merged them into bigger blocks for the yellow background. It isn't perfect, but I love how it turned out.
The finished size is 48" × 54". I pictured having it draped over me in a cozy chair while reading or doing embroidery. It got washed recently because my 5 month old Mastiff puppy jumped up on the couch with it with dirty paws. I have an Irish chain quilt on my sewing table and 3 other quilts waiting in my head. My quilting really slowed down when I got my puppy. She is being trained to be my service dog, and yes, she really does need to be THAT big to do her job. She is 6 months old now and weighs around 70 pounds.
Wow! That's big puppy!😳🤓
Love the way you explain all things! I’m sure the quilt will be beautiful when done. If you ever decide to do the same with the blanket behind you, count me in! Merry Christmas to you and yours!!!
@@jennypare9564 thank you, Jenny! Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!
Thank you for sharing your design process..can’t wait to see the finished quilt. I also would love to see a video featuring the one on your wall…very original.
Thank you, Denise! Here's the video on the original crochet blanket: ruclips.net/video/DMEAeOrc1Y0/видео.htmlsi=vKvtqnuYbceF8J_N
Another awesome and inspirational video!! I have only been quilting for 1 year and look forward to watching and rewatching your videos as I always learn something new. I know sometime during the video I will smile and have an occasional outburst of laughter!! Thanks for sharing!!
I can’t wait to see your creation!
Wow, not a true lover of math, but understand the concept and could push my self to figure it out... Even the center justified part. I'm a often figuring a sewing project in my head prior to creation . I appreciate the visual stepped out process. Mine is much messier. Looking forward to you bringing this to life.😊😊
Love this! As always, of course.
I'm also a slow crocheter, in a way. I don't know if you remember, but when you first showed us the throw you have on the wall behind you, I was excited and saw how to do it. Sooo... I... started it...
I crochet reasonably fast as far as hooking a swatch of material. However! There is SO MUCH TIME in between crochet sessions. I only have a few squares. I am re-inspired! And your quilt version is going to be so charming.
Love this. I have learned to crochet. This inspires me to try something new
There you go again! Outdoing yourself! I have complete confidence in you that this will be a happy little quilt story one day soon. I love the pattern! I hope you Paul and the girls have a very Merry Christmas! ❤🎄
Thank you, Veronica! And a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!❤️
Good job! Thanks for sharing your process! I don't love math, but I don't hate it either. And I agree -- quilting math feels more difficult that it should!😂
It’s going to be a beautiful quilt.
We appreciate that you work so hard to answer our questions. I hope that you and your family have a Very Merry Christmas!!!! ❤❤❤
Thank you, Dianne! ❤️ And a very Merry Christmas to you and your husband!
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This was a really special episode! Thanks for walking us through your design process. Also: I think this quilt will be a GREAT entry into the "great quilt patterns for men's dress shirts" series. I can see this pattern working up so very beautifully as a memory quilt.
Thank you, Cassafrass! We'll see how it goes...maybe it will be an installment in "Great Quilt Patterns for Men's Dress Shirts" in the future! 🤞🏻🤩🤓
I love the quilt! And I love that you show just how much thought goes in to designing a quilt. I am not at all a numbers person, I would need to get help from my number loving,made a career of it daughter 😂😂😂
Thank you, Tracy! ❤️ We'll see if my math holds...sometimes the actual doesn't exactly match the graphed quilt! 😉
Your mind works in a creative yet logical way. TY for sharing.
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Thanks, Diane!
Always inspiring!!!!
Beautiful idea!
It will be beautiful. I’m impressed that you drew and colored multiple times. I would have spent twice as much time drawing once, copying, reducing cutting out paper pieces, arranging, and recopying. It seems like my time saving short cuts never actually save time. Your thought process was cool too watch. I’m eager to see the progress of this quilt.
Thank you, Dedra! You know I'll document my progress (or lack thereof) here and on IG!
I love the way your brain works. Hoping you will share finished project. Merry Christmas and happy new year
Thank you, Marianne! ❤️ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too!
Wow! Love your processing!
Good morning from cold and snowy Kotzebue Alaska
Wow! That’s some amazing mathing! I love it!😅
Thank you, ma'am!❤️
I love this pattern! ❤🎉❤
Thank you, Glenda! ❤️
Quilts are such the rage right now, that many knit designs are made to look like quilts. Case in point, Andrea Mowry's "Framed" sweater. It's on my knitlist! I love what you did with the "justified" columns, can't wait to see it come together!!
Thank you, Sarah! ❤️ And if "Framed" is on your knitlist, then you are 100 times the knitter that I am---I'm impressed! 🤩
I just love how creative you are and how you share this process with us. Very modern and, well, you make it look simple.
Thank you, Karen! ❤️
I cant wait to see the finished quilt and i hope you do sneak peeks on your progress 😊❤
It is so amazing to me to see how different people think and design. When you first started explaining what you were thinking I was completely on board. And then you didn't like the seismic shift of the small blocks.i also didn't like them. 😂 At that point in the design I would have flipped the design and put the biggest blocks in the center of the quilt and the tiny ones at the edge. But you chose a different path ..one that didn't even occur to me ❤❤❤ very cool.
It's so true, Corey! We all envision different things and I, too, think that's very cool! ❤️
I WISH I had your creative sense! BRILLIANT IDEA !!! I can not wait to see the finished gift! I've been quilting for many years, and I have incorporated an idea or two of my own along the way. My process, however, seems very scattered. LOL. 😂
I truly enjoy "seeing" your (thinking) process on paper.😊
Thank you, Carol Lynn! ❤️
Curves are so easy! Do not be afraid of curves.
I found in the Goodwill store the perfect sheet for your baby boy blanket. But it’s white with little cars and tracks _ _ _ _ on it, going all around it. I was the one that needed help with finding good backing sheets at the thrift store. I found this early on in my shirt journey, but not so much later.
That does sound like a perfect backing for my baby quilt! Funny how that happens, sometimes you find all the things at the thrift store...other times, not so much!
Thank you for showing your process. As a beginner scrap quilter, I wouldn't have even known where to begin in trying to plan my own design. I can't wait to see any future videos on making it and the finished quilt.
Thank you, Jammie! I think the design part is just a function of problem solving---so I don't really think of it as "designing my own quilt" even though in the end, that's what happened!🤓👍🏻
Ingenious brain exercise! I hope to see the application in the finished product at some point!
Thanks, Sylvie! ❤️ You know it will show up on the channel sooner or later!!
Oh how fun! I like a little math, so I would figure out the left and right justified blocks, but then would just sew extra fabric on both sides of the center column, press in half to find the centers, stitch the column together and then cut off the excess from the sides. I have a feeling you will figure out the math for the center column and precisely piece it. This is going to be a beautiful baby quilt! Excellent idea, and the execution will be brilliant - however you do it!
Oh my goodness, thank you, Elaine! ❤️
Personally I loves all the ideas up to your final layout.... I might have to us them as a jumping off point for myself ❤
Thanks, Jenna! ❤️ And I'd love to see what you come up with!
Love the sharing of your design progression
Thank you, Dawn!❤️
How have you only been quilting for less than three years? And you’ve got a QuiltCon quilt?!!!! Amazing! So fun to see your thinking process, such a creative quilt! 🧵🪡✂️💕
This is her second QuiltCon! Her first (last year) was in the style of painter Mark Rothko. She was made to be a quilter!!
@ Wowzers!!!! Love it! 🧵🪡✂️💕
Thank you, Sandra! ❤️ I don't know how it has all come about in 3 years...I guess I just took to quilting like a duck in water!
Thank you, Kathleen! You're too sweet! ❤️
@ The baby Rothko graces the back of my Bertoia bird chair. I love it!
Your way is going to work out perfectly!!
I would have cut my solid squares in the varying sizes and bordered them until they were all the same size as the largest square. I don't think it would work though.
When can we expect to see the actual quilt? I am excited to see it. These videos are very inspiring. Love your style.
Thank you, Lisa! Not sure when I'll actually get started on this one...it will depend on if I have the right fabrics for the background! (and if not, whether or not I can find the right ones at the thrift store! 😘)
Love the process 💕
Another interesting video... even though you said 9 patch, I was still envisioning solid pieces of fabric with 9 patch math as your guide to square sizes... love the idea of not a white background
Thank you, Laura! And it would totally work with solid pieces as well--which I may do if my 9-patches don't turn out like I'm envisioning them! 🤣
Good Morning! I loved watching your design process. I'm more of a fly by the seat of my pants, make it up as I go kind of designer. 🤣 I have actually done the reverse of what you are doing by using a quilt design to create a crochet blanket. My favorite was the "Floating Blocks" illusion afghan I made. I'm looking forward to seeing your finished quilt!
Oh I bet your "floating blocks" crochet blanket is super cool! And thank you! ❤️
I LOVE the pattern!!! I think I'm going to make one too! 💜. Statesville, NC 😊
Oh fun! I'm glad you like it and I'd love to see your version if you do!
Good morning from Durham, NC USA
I like it 👌 Merry Christmas and Blexssingsi the New Year 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you and all the best right back to you, Giselle! ❤️
Just a suggestion, I just used a Moda Grey Paper Grunge as my background for a baby quilt and it looked great. Grunge is a color “smeared” with another color. And the Grey paper Grunge is pale grey with a white “smeared”. It’s a newer color that has come out and I bought a full bolt of it at an “End of Bolt” sale at 50% off. And I hope you don’t mind, but I love this pattern and may have to duplicate on a quilt in the near future. 🙄
Gray paper grunge is a wonderful background fabric.
That is a GREAT suggestion! 🤓👍🏻 And no, I don't mind...take the pattern and run with it!
I love your crocheted blanket I the background. What pattern did you use for your squares?
Ok, so I actually didn't follow a pattern--I totally winged it by watching multiple YT videos and looking at an inspiration photo I found online from a blog somewhere (that I now can't find--the original was blue to green ombre.) All I really remember is starting out with a magic circle of 12 double crochet stitches! 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
I would use graduated square in a square for that effect.
Super smart! Thank you for the suggestion! 🤓👍🏻
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Love the quilt but where is the pattern for the squares on point monochromatic inspiration blanket? Is that your design too? Please post a link!
So it was my adaptation of a blanket (original was blue to green ombre) that I saw a photo of online somewhere--I've looked and looked to find it so I can credit the original maker and it seems to be gone! So no, not my original design but a modified version. I don't have a pattern for it, and honestly, I'm not skilled enough as a crocheter to even make one! 😱
Thank you! Love your channel!
Hmmm… could you have done this with Half Log Cabin?
Perhaps! I think there are probably lots of ways to do it! 🤓👍🏻
I really look forward to each video ..but sometimes i wish Cathy would just 'bottom line it'
Come on, just admit that you like coloring on graph paper.😂😂😂
Guilty as charged!😘
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I see a full fledged pattern writer here! All the math 🧮
Blending colored pencils is a whole other addiction 😂ruclips.net/video/yb0ksgnDWHA/видео.htmlsi=bgm2o1y9qa6ZI0le
Oh mercy. I'd better not watch or I'll be down ANOTHER rabbit hole! 😂😘
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