Christmas wreath and John Deere Quilt fabric

here is the new fabric for the backing of the john deere quilt  the brown will be in the middle and the new pink on all the borders and for the binding...  the wreath is almost finished and then i will send it to mom....

Fabric Wreath

I took your idea and used one yard each of two different Christmas fabrics. I made the strips 7" x 1.75". I love the results, but I bet it would be better if it was evenweave fabric. Please post picture(s) of the one you made.

new John Deere layout

WOW what a difference,..........i personaly like this layout wiht the "large diamonds" showing

layout for john deere

here art two priliminary layouts....no rotating  so all the diaganols all go in the same direction i think she needs to chnage that...and you?

John Deere Suggestion

Here's one way you could layout the J.D. quilt based on the Lime Squares design. Since the blocks are 12" square finished (12.5 raw edges as per directions) the finished area shown here is 48" x 72". If you want it bigger you can then add one or more borders. If you want it smaller, leave off a row of blocks.

Let me know what you think. The color placement here is only a suggestion. Doing "random" is one of the hardest things to do in the program and for me anyhow. So put yours where you want.

A suggestion for our two-year project

If you like the design, print the first one off and try some different colors. I played with a color pallet of black, dark blue, gold, green, light blue and light blue grey. This would make 72" x 72". I can add border(s) also.

Sound of Music

Here's the group challenge project I'm working on. I used some of the painted fabric for the suns and some sky. Got the greens from Ruth's stash. I'm going to use the musical note fabric for the borders. They are currently just up on the design wall not sewed. I thought I would quilt across the design with straight or wavy musical staffs (if that's the right term) with the bright color threads. One line in each color.