Magic Tiles block pattern

[Marilyn]

I have just fallen in love with the Magic Tiles blocks and quilt seen here
on the newsgroup. Has anyone else done these blocks? I have looked
everywhere on my bookmarked block sites and cannot seem to find it. Can
anyone send me to a web site to obtain the pattern? My fingers are just
"itching" to begin this block!!!
TIA
Marilyn

[Lizzy Taylor]

Google has given me these three among several:

http://www.backporchdyeworks.com/bp/Patterns.asp?Next=31
http://www.quiltersfancy.ca/piecing.html
http://www.kathysquiltshop.com/html/patterns.asp

NAYY

Lizzy

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[taria]

It looks to me that it is the same as the Crazy nine patch shown
in the Nov-Dec 2000 Fons and Porter's For the Love of Quilting Mag.
They still have copies of the mag. available. Looks fun and easy.
HTH, Taria

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[Marilyn]

Thank you, Thank you!!! Once again, this gang has come through!
I really appreciate all the help and have now successfully ordered the
pattern.
Taria-I was really glad to get that website for Fons and Porter-I saw many
back issues there I will be ordering.
Thanks again
Marilyn

[Monique Reed]

Also just like Stack-n-slash. Google on that and you'll get a lot of
hits.

Monique

[Linda Campbell]

For goodness sake!!! Look at the picture!! Take a piece of paper!!! Cut it
into six wonky pieces!!!!!

There!!! There is your pattern!!!!!

Linda and the Gang in SF

[Julia Altshuler]

Boy am I glad someone had the nerve to say that! I thought it but then wondered
if I talking to a real beginner who couldn't see how the block was made. It
does take a bit of practice if you've never used a rotary cutter before. I
wouldn't bother with the paper. I'd layer 6 squares of fabric, make 2 wonky
cuts in one direction and 2 wonky cuts in the other. A little black bias tape
for the grout, and you've got it.

--Lia

[Denise Jameson]

It's a little bit more complicated than that actually. There's a
sequence of sewing of re-stacking of the blocks so that each block
does not have the same fabric in the same area, although each block is
cut the same way.

You can see mine at:

http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=showMyPhoto&albumID=17532131&photoID=21390072&security=pvnVLzSljN

Denise in Ontario, Canada

[shhdesigns]

Sorry I can't help you out, but I can share that a Canadian gal came up with
the idea. I've not done it, but I've had several friends who have taken the
class. It's not as easy as it seems to get the grout to line up correctly,
from the cursing and unfinished pile from one friend.
Good luck with the pattern.

--
Sandi in New Westminster B.C.

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[Linda Campbell]

No, Denise, it isn't. If you want to not duplicate any blocks, then sew the first block and put it on the wall. Look at it.
Now, sew the second block with a change in position. Put it on the wall. Now sew the third block.............well, you get the
idea.

It is soooo wonderful not to be too dependent on what my Grandma would have called, "store-bought nonsense". You can make quilts
without store-bought stuff. And it usually just takes a little bit of nerve, and a little bit of thinking about how to get to
what you want to accomplish.

And it is such a good feeling!!!!! Worth trying it just for that reason alone. Not to mention all the money you save so that
you can buy more stash!!!!!!!! (BG)

Linda and the Gang in SF

[Pat in Virginia]

Marilyn: That 'pattern' is really very similar to the
Stack and Slash AFAIK. Save the money for fabric and
invent as you go, using S&S as a guide. S&S is easy as
pie .... here is the free on line instruction ....
http://www.welshofer.com/WebThreads/excerpts/six/ssgrph.htm
....... you could do that and just add the thin strips
as you go along. I would just insert a flat piping in
each seam. I invented flat piping, BTW, out in
California, in the mid eighties. <LOL>
PAT

[Melissa]

I am such a dork! I started this whole thread and didn't tell you
where to get the pattern!

http://www.lizziefran.com/Books/books_and_patterns.html

This is the cheapest place on the net. $6.49

Melissa in NJ :)

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[Melissa]

It actually is a little harder than that. The pattern actually calls
for 12 different fabrics...not nine. So following the instructions
gets you twelve blocks with no repeats of fabric on any block.
Kathleen Bissett went to the trouble of figuring it all out...why not
use her experience.

Man....
Melissa in NJ

Julia Altshuler <jalts...@attbi.com> wrote in message news:<3D068D72...@attbi.com>...

[Melissa]

> No, Denise, it isn't.

Isn't this post a little harsh? The pattern itself and instructions IS
ACTUALLY more that what you have described on here. Like I said in
another post, there are 12 fabrics used...not just nine. Also bias tap
is not used. Those grout lines are all pieced....which personally I
think looks better than tape. Also there is some shifting and stacking
described in the pattern you're not accounting for. So yes it is more
detailed. I personally love the results.

> It is soooo wonderful not to be too dependent on what my Grandma would have called, "store-bought nonsense". You can make quilts
> without store-bought stuff. And it usually just takes a little bit of nerve, and a little bit of thinking about how to get to
> what you want to accomplish.

Again harsh. Just because someone buys a pattern you seem to be making
them out as bad and lazy and having no quilting nerve. Maybe not all
of us are as creative as others, nor may we have the design time
available to us that others have. Maybe some of us are beginner's and
jsut don't know how to think this pattern out without help. Who knows.
I do know using store bought patterns isn't bad...just different. I
personally love buying patterns. I don't have a lot of time to quilt
to begin with. If my making quilts means I have to follow a pattern to
get it down...by golly I am going to do that and be proud. Just
because I've used a pattern doesn't make the quilt any less mine. And
if you think about it, each pattern started out as someone's personal
design...

> Not to mention all the money you save so that
> you can buy more stash!!!!!!!! (BG)

And if you're a quilter who doesn't quilt without patterns....what
good is a stash.

Melissa in NJ

Linda Campbell <oow...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:<3D070787...@ix.netcom.com>...

[Melissa]

http://community.webshots.com/photo/17532131/21390072pvnVLzSljN

Original link didn't work because it was an edit link, and we're not
the photo owner. So I searched on webshots on "Magic Tiles".

Your quilt is lovely!!! That is the same size I am making...doubling
the blocks! :)

Melissa in NJ

Denise Jameson <den...@canada.com> wrote in message news:<ip6dgug325klhcnn8...@4ax.com>...

[Denise Jameson]

Oooops! Sorry about that bum link and thanks for putting up the
correct one.

Also thanks for the kind words re my quilt. I doubled it up
also...it's too small for a bed quilt otherwise but the original size
is a good lap sized quilt.

Denise

[J Dowdeswell]

All Linda was saying was that it is relatively easy to recreate the
effect without buying the instructions. I think there would be a
number of different ways to get the same look. Some people prefer to
spend the money and follow a pattern, some people prefer to save their
money and work it out for themselves. I guess it all boils down to
which is easier for you!

janice

www.delphinium.co.nz

[AliceW]

I have kept my opinions to myself on this one so far, but I think it's time
to put this one to rest. There is a saying "when the horse is dead, get off
it".

I feel terrible for Marilyn. All she did was ask a question - like all of
us have in the past one time or another. The appropriate response would
have been that there is not a free pattern on line, but here is where you
can purchase it. I've seen this response to queries about Yellow Brick
Road. Some of the responses to this question were unnecessary, and a tad
critical. Whether a quilter chooses to purchase a pattern or design one
themselves is just that - choice. One choice is no better or worse than the
other, or are there really quilt police?

Time to get off the horse, folks.

--
Alice
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/alice-wurpel/quilting.htm

"Melissa" <weedw...@att.net> wrote in message
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: > No, Denise, it isn't.

: > >
: > > Denise in Ontario, Canada

: > > >>

[Marilyn]

Hi again, Im Marilyn and just now had a chance to read all the posts re: my
question on Magic Tiles. Whoa!!!! I really created a buzz! I had no idea
there would be such a big response. Please, no one feel bad for their way
of suggesting ideas on this subject. Yes, I am a relative newbie, no, I
have not yet tried Stash and Slash. I have done most of the few quilts done
so far totally without a pattern as I am mostly interested in the colorplay
of a scrappy quilt and am self taught. However, the mosiac look of the
tiles with the black grouting had me buffaloed, so decided to buy the
pattern. I plan to do this for a friend and want it to turn out really
well. Thanks Melissa....yes, I did find the cheapest one at LizzieFran and
it is on its way to me now.

Anyway, I learned a lot from all the controversy, lol and have now (thanks
to Pat in Virginia) downloaded instructions on Stash and Slash and can
hardly wait to begin. We, myself and other beginners, in our teeny town are
beginning a Quilt Guild this month and are busy gathering all the info we
can, so this has been an educational help to me.

Now, I will see if I can "think up" another "dumb" question, lol.
Marilyn

[nzl*]

here, here or is that hear hear, something like that or
what alice said.
i've always just worked out any patterns for myself, if i can figure it out
in my head, the money i save i can use to purchase more stash, of course the
$6 to $8 is only gonna buy me about a third of a metre but thats better than
a kick up the bum from that horse, lol.
jeanne
nzl*

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[Pat in Virginia]

Hey Marilyn! Have fun with SnS and Magic Tiles and so
on. Good luck with setting up the guild. It may seem
daunting at the outset .... it is not as complicated as
it seems, if the steering committee has reliable
members with some common sense and humor! BTDT.
TTFN, PAT
PS: there are no dumb questions!

Marilyn wrote:
>...cut about success in finding pattern!!

[Linda Campbell]

Well, Marilyn, I am very pleased to see that you did not see my message as
personal criticism of you. Because it wasn't!!

I do get very, very annoyed at the myth that quilters need to buy a pattern
every time they want to make a quilt........no matter how simple the pattern
may be.

And if I helped you tuck the idea away in your head that You can interpret a
pattern for Yourself, I will have succeeded in freeing one more quilter from
"The Myth"!!

Linda and the Gang in SF

[Patti]

Good luck with your new Guild Marilyn
I had no idea what anyone was talking about anyway!!
It's really funny, reading some of the posts, about a pattern I've never
seen but only heard about. I can very rarely reach the sites given, so
I never do find out!! Sometimes I can deduce from answers; but most of
the time I can't. I look forward, therefore, to questions from newbies;
because, although I'm not one, I do get to learn a lot of new things.
So I hope you have some more sizzlers under your belt!!!
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In article <%AON8.3155$tw1.1...@eagle.america.net>, Marilyn
<lik...@scccinternet.com> writes

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[Pat in Virginia]

Some more ... related designs.... HTH/NAYY.
PAT

this forms a star block
http://quilting.about.com/library/weekly/aa001204.htm

this is has thin black 'leading'
http://www.welshofer.com/WebThreads/archives/WT9a.pdf

[kimberlii]

Denise, that is gorgeous! And your other quilts are equally beautiful.

Kim in SW Fl

[Denise Jameson]

Thank you Kim! :-)

Denise

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 20:54:31 GMT, kimb...@mindspring.com (kimberlii)
wrote:

[liddi...@gmail.com]

I believe that Missouri star Quilt company has a video.

[liddi...@gmail.com]

I have tried all the links posted but no luck Are they still good links?

[morning...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:29:04 AM UTC-6, Marilyn wrote:
> I have just fallen in love with the Magic Tiles blocks and quilt seen here
> on the newsgroup. Has anyone else done these blocks? I have looked
> everywhere on my bookmarked block sites and cannot seem to find it. Can
> anyone send me to a web site to obtain the pattern? My fingers are just
> "itching" to begin this block!!!
> TIA
> Marilyn

Hello Marilyn,
I just googled www.magictiles and got a couple sights that says Magic tiles.
Hope this helps.
Sandy$ in Idaho

[morning...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:29:04 AM UTC-6, Marilyn wrote:
> I have just fallen in love with the Magic Tiles blocks and quilt seen here
> on the newsgroup. Has anyone else done these blocks? I have looked
> everywhere on my bookmarked block sites and cannot seem to find it. Can
> anyone send me to a web site to obtain the pattern? My fingers are just
> "itching" to begin this block!!!
> TIA
> Marilyn

Hello Marilyn,

Sorry I forgot a word in my last message. Go to google then to www.magictileblock I found a couple sites for Magic Tiles Block. That stain glass look pretty and challenging too. Good luck.
Sandy$ in Idaho

[Marie]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 07:21:33 -0700 (PDT), morning...@gmail.com
wrote:

Sandy, that's a 2002 post you are responding to, just FYI as you may
not get a response from the poster given the time elapsed.

-Irene

[morning...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:29:04 AM UTC-6, Marilyn wrote:
> I have just fallen in love with the Magic Tiles blocks and quilt seen here
> on the newsgroup. Has anyone else done these blocks? I have looked
> everywhere on my bookmarked block sites and cannot seem to find it. Can
> anyone send me to a web site to obtain the pattern? My fingers are just
> "itching" to begin this block!!!
> TIA
> Marilyn

Hello Marie,
Thanks for the info as I did not notice the date. Wonder how this got in the very front of the newsgroup?
Sandy$