![]() ![]() ![]() The old-fashioned, nostalgic feeling of times past that the fabric has. I knew I wanted it very geometric and masculine looking. Then I doodle on graph paper and try to come up with a balanced design using uneven numbers of panels to make it interesting. I begin with knowing about how big I want the quilt to end up. I'm not sure there is a real answer to that. I'm always asked how I come up with a design. I used just one panel in my design, but if you purchased three, you could put train engines in all the large rectangles and use a continuous row of trains in the top and bottom borders. I was delighted that this one was printed pretty straight. The challenge of working with a panel, any panel, is that they aren't always printed straight on the grain of the fabric and so I almost always need to add a fabric "frame" it to correct that. Talk to us about working with the panel for your design. Rainer," which is in Washington state where I live.Īnd thirdly, I have fond memories of riding on an open box train in the mountains of Santa Cruz, CA, when I was a child. Also, I loved the print that had nostalgic brochures on them. Three reasons: While I was growing up, my dad was a model train enthusiast. What drew you to the Locomotion collection? We asked Lori to share a bit with us about her design. Lori's quilt works for a train-obsessed child, or a young-at-heart train fan, and big pieces means it sews together quickly. "All Aboard!" designed by Lori Hein and machine quilted by Laurie Burgessįeatured in Quilt magazine June/July 2013 Have you seen Lori Hein's "All Aboard!" design? It's featured in the June/July issue of Quilt magazine. Add in vintage train images, quilt-friendly coordinates, and a huge panel design, and we think you'll agree that our " Locomotion" collection is a hit! The romance of trains-steam engines, sleeper cars, cross-country travel-speaks to most of us in some way. You don't have to be a 2-year-old boy to catch the train obsession. ![]()
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