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   starzoe | Apr 20, 2008 09:48pm | #1

   I think it is called chenille. I've seen jackets using this technique and believe they were what was highlighted in the Threads issue. It was in issue #67.

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   sewingsurvivor | Apr 20, 2008 10:30pm | #3

   Thanks for the info,  I checked issue #67 but I didn't see what you are talking about.

    

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   sewelegant | Apr 20, 2008 10:14pm | #2

   I am not a quilter, but it sounds like Seminole piecing.  Several years ago it was very popular and Nancy Zieman had several patterns using that technique to embellish some of her clothing.

   http://www2.austin.cc.tx.us/hannigan/Presentations/NSFMar1398/bookmark.html

   Edited 4/20/2008 3:21 pm by sewelegant

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   sewingsurvivor | Apr 20, 2008 10:43pm | #4

   Thanks for the help!

    

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   katina | Apr 21, 2008 09:38am | #5

   Is this what you're looking for?

   http://www.amazon.com/Simply-Seminole-Techniques-Designs-Making/dp/0844226475

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   bevaau | Apr 21, 2008 10:20am | #6

   Sounds a bit like Ricky Timms Convergence Quilts but I am not sure they were ever featured in Threads.
   BevA

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   LindaG | Apr 22, 2008 04:04am | #7

   Yes, I have made quilts like this. The book I used was called "Quilting for People Who Don't Have Time to Quilt" by Marti Mitchell.I believe the technique is called strip quilting. For a checkerboard, cut strips of fabric perhaps 1.5 inches wide (for a 1" checkerboard -- your choice of size, just add the seam allowances. The strips are sewn together along the long sides to form a striped piece of cloth, alternating dark and light. After pressing seams, cut across the length of the newly made piece the same width as the original strips so that you create a little strip that is 1.5 inches wide. To assemble the checkerboard, take one dark/light cross cut piece and sew it to another one, matching the seam lines.There is a way to sew the strips in a tube and then open them selectively to create a color variation, but it is more than I can explain!Linda

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   sewingsurvivor | Apr 23, 2008 12:11am | #8

   thanks for the help,  maybe I can find the book.....

    

    

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   genevieve | Apr 23, 2008 03:48am | #9

   Yes, I have that technique - kindly scanned for me by a UK Gatherings member, when I asked about it last year. If you email me: [email protected] I will forward the pages as an attachment.  I'm dleighted to pass on the gift that another sewing colleague gave to me.  regards genevieve.