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curlytop 01-25-2011 01:41 PM

I am planning a quilt for my granddaughter of the states we visited on vacation with her. I'm having trouble locating a Washington, DC block. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Curlytop

nanna-up-north 01-25-2011 01:56 PM

If you can't find a DC block, perhaps you could applique a picture of the white house or some other building that you visited. A map might be another suggestion.

amma 01-25-2011 03:23 PM

How about a court house steps block, to represent the Lincoln Memorial? Or one of the other sites with a lot of steps you may have visited?

BKrenning 01-25-2011 04:22 PM

Here's one but it will cost 99 cents unless you can figure it out. It looks fairly simple: http://www.equiltpatterns.com/quiltp...roducts_id=309

Penny Halgreen has a video of a block she calls, "Washington's Puzzle". Wonky 9 patch is what it looks like: http://www.howtodothings.com/video/w...-quilt-pattern

quilter1943 01-25-2011 04:51 PM

I love the idea of courthouse steps since there are steps up into all of those old buildings.

ghostrider 01-25-2011 05:30 PM

There are traditional blocks with names like Capital Star, National Star, My Country, Old Glory, Union, Union Star, Union Block, Union Square, Washington Star, Washington Pavement, Washington Sidewalk, etc. Any of those might work for you.

curlytop 02-20-2011 07:25 PM

Thanks to all for the great Washington, DC suggestions. Now I have even more to ponder!
Curlytop

wesing 02-20-2011 07:49 PM

If you're feeling adventurous, try putting together a "map" of the DC subway system. My nephew has a T-shirt from the Metro Authority and he loves it.

Darren

roseOfsharon 02-20-2011 07:51 PM

If you have a picture of a place you and she enjoyed seeing, you could print it out on a fabric block. You can get the sheets at Joann's...

hollyberry 02-20-2011 07:53 PM

I am a fan of applique. I did a block in which I appliqued a scene from Arlington Cemetary. There are a lot of landmarks one could applique.


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