MickeyM, DonalD, Alice

Many of my patterns are not reachable any more because Dropbox made my public folder private. :( :( :(

I will move the patterns to Google Drive and they will be soon available again.

Sorry for the issue, it is outside my control.

If in a hurry to get a pattern, please email me at tweloq [at] gmail [dot] com and I will try to send you the PDF via email.

You can find the tested blocks in the linky party below.

The UNTESTED ones are:

Alice in Wonderland:

• Mad Hatter
• Cheshire Cat
• Gwen Stefani's Alice
• Mad Hatter (Tim Burton)
• White Rabbit
• Singing Alice

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and friends:

• Donald Duck (several patterns)
• Daisy Duck (several patterns)
• Gladstone Gander
• Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck
• Fethry Duck
• Scrooge McDuck (several patterns)
• Mickey Mouse
• Minnie Mouse

The Link party is closed to others, I am the only one that can add links, and I will use it to keep track of the tested blocks! :)

An InLinkz Link-up

Quilt layouts:

 

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It's a long post, so here is where you find what :)

1. Warnings, disclaimers and general comments
2. Alice in Wonderland
    * Inspiration and history of the designs
    * Construction
    * Technical information about the patterns
    * Blocks
3. Topolino
    * Inspiration and history of the designs
    * Construction
    * Technical information about the patterns
    * Blocks

4. Link party with prizes

WARNINGS, disclaimers and general comments:
Let me list all the possible problems/issues that you may have with my patterns... I want to motivate my choice so you understand where I stand :) but I am always open to change my mind and my patterns to help people that are not comfortable with the way I do things ;)

1. ALL the patterns are UNTESTED... I will test them all eventually, because I want those quilts for myself :) but I cannot guarantee there won't be mistake or changes along the way... if you are uncomfortable with that, just wait for the official release of the block;

2. I have no schedule for when the blocks will be pieced/corrected/released... it's going to be an on-going project that will go on until it's done ;)

3. also the embroidery blocks/text are untested. Which means that I may need to change the font of the quotes if I don't like how they look when I stitch them... you may try one and see if it works for you. If not, just let me know, I can change them quite easily

4. most of the blocks are composed of many pieces and small pieces... that's just because I care more about the final detailed design than the amount of work/time that it takes to put it together :)<u>&nbsp;many small pieces does NOT mean that they are difficult</u>! quite the opposite for me... many pieces are composed of a couple of seams... they are just many because of the way they have to get together...&nbsp;<u>and if I (a less than one-year old sewing person, that before that didn't even know what a quilt is) tell you that you can do it, you can trust me :)</u>

5. many pieces for each block means that it may take some time to put each block together... but that's not a problem for me... because&nbsp;<u>quilting is not a speed sport</u>, at least not for me ;) I am not a big fan of assembly line, chain piecing, and similar things... I know they help to get quilt done fast... but I prefer to do it little by little and take my time for each block... this means that I may not be able to meet "Christmas deadlines" but that's ok for me ;)

6. don't ask me about fabric requirements... I have no idea :) I can just tell you that most of the blocks are 10'' finished square blocks (except few that have different measures, and are written in each pattern) or 12'' high rectangles. In Alice's quilt, each block has a 3'' finished border (where I embroider the quote) which you may not want. Topolino's quilt has sashing around the blocks that allow them to align and form rows. I have no measures for those, I will add borders as it fits along the way :).
So I can just tell you that the rough size of the finished quilts will be 60''x85'' (with all the borders I want to put), but any specific fabric calculation is up to you. I never do those calculations: I work with what I have in my stash and when I need a specific color I go shopping for that :)

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Alice in Wonderland

Inspiration and history of the designs
I always like anything that has to do with Alice in Wonderland. So I wanted to include many different things in the quilt to reflect that. So I included references to:
1. the original book from Lewis Carroll (all quotes + blocks 7 and 8 inspired from the original illustrations by John Tenniel)
2. the 1951 Disney movie (most of the blocks)
3.Tim Burton's movie (blocks 1 and 9)
4. Gwen Stefani's Alice inspired video (block 6)
5. the gothic videogame American McGee's Alice (viewing discretion is advised, extra bonus block)

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Construction
Each block is a 10'' square (finished, 10.5'' unfinished) surrounded by a 3'' (finished, 3.5'' unfinished) sashing.
The sashing contains quotes from the book. The quotes goes around one single square starting from the open end of the clover. Few blocks have quotes that span across multiple squares... just follow the sentence as it turn around the different angles :)

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Technical information about the patterns
Since it's a Test-A-Long, I just saved the PDF straight out of Quilt Assistant with any further editing.
I generated two versions: with and without color indicators. I usually like to work with color indicators in order not to get confused, but on small pieces those colored squares can cover the actual pieces! So if you prefer to work with the plain one, you have the file do be able to do that.
Since I didn't do any editing in the files, I didn't add embroidery details either.
I included in the pattern the image that the block is supposed to reproduce, so you can add the embroidery details using that as reference.
The words in the quotes are arranged so that they can fit on a page or two. To transfer them on the fabric, refer to the picture showing how the different words are aligned around the block.

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Blocks
PP B&W = Paper piecing without color indicators
PP COL = Paper piecing with color indicators
Block Layout = The entire block with sewing order and with original image to use as a reference for embroidery details
Quote = The set of words that compose the quote around that block

Block	PDFs	tested?
Title	PP COL (Note: in the block layout  schema some pieces appear  in the previous non-simplified version. Their letter  and position is the same,  but I didn't have time to  modify those images in the same way as I simplified the single pieces.  It should be easy to follow anyway, but if you have questions,  my email is in the pattern! :) )	(see post)
Disney Alice (Embroidery)	Block Layout Quote	(see post)
Mad Hatter	PP B&W PP COL Block Layout Quote
Alice and the Door	PP B&W PP COL	(see post)
Chesire Cat	PP B&W PP COL Block Layout Quote
Gwen Stefani's Alice	PP B&W PP COL Block Layout Quote
Caterpillar (Embroidery)	Alice meets  the Caterpillar	(see post)
Cheshire Cat (Embroidery)	Block Layout Quote	(see post)
Tim Burton's Mad Hatter	PP B&W PP COL Block Layout Quote
Caterpillar	Caterpillar - BW Caterpillar - COL	(see post)
Heart Rose Tree	Heart Rose Tree	(see post)
Queen of Hearts	Queen of Hearts - BW    Queen of Hearts - COL	(see post)
White Rabbit	PP B&W PP COL Block Layout Quote
Disney Alice	PP B&W Block Layout Quote
Tweedledum and Tweedledee	PP B&W PP COL	(see post)
American McGee's Alice	PP B&W PP COL Block Layout

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Topolino

Inspiration and history of the designs
Topolino is an italian comic book that I used to read every week since I was 6. Even if Topolino means "Mickey Mouse" the comic book contains stories both from Mickey Mouse's friends (Minnie, Goofy, Pluto) and all Duck Tales characters (Donald Duck, Daisy, Scrooge and all the others). Since this is a quilt connected to my childhood, I have to call all the characters with the names I know them for (i.e. the italian one) :) however I also put the english name for reference :)
The idea of the full quilt is to try to reproduce set of blocks that form a comic strip. This is why I choose blocks in which each character is doing something. This makes the blocks more complex than simple "portraits" block, but complex does not mean difficult ;) complex just means that they are composed of many pieces, so they may require some time to be put together, but I think that that's worthy.

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Construction
Each block is a 12'' height (finished, 12.5'' unfinished) with variable width. Each block has a 1 inch black sashing to achieve the look of a comic strip. The rest of background sashing does not have specific measures, it will be added on the sides of the blocks to make them align in a nice way in the final layout :)

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Technical information about the patterns
Since it's a Test-A-Long, I just saved the PDF straight out of Quilt Assistant with any further editing.
I generated two versions: with and without color indicators. I usually like to work with color indicators in order not to get confused, but on small pieces those colored squares can cover the actual pieces! So if you prefer to work with the plain one, you have the file do be able to do that.
Since I didn't do any editing in the files, I didn't add embroidery details either.
I included in the pattern the image that the block is supposed to reproduce, so you can add the embroidery details using that as reference.

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Blocks
PP B&W = Paper piecing without color indicators
PP COL = Paper piecing with color indicators
Block Layout = The entire block with sewing order and with original image to use as a reference for embroidery details

Block	PDFs	tested?
Title	Main title - B&W Main Title - COL	(see post)
Paperone (Scrooge McDuck)	Scrooge McDuck - B&W Scrooge McDcuck - COL	(see post)
Numero Uno (Number One Dime)	Number One Dime - B&W  Number One Dime - COL	(see post)
Amelia (Magica De Spell)	Magica De Spell - B&W Magica De Spell - COL	(see post)
Brigitta e Paperone (Brigitta MacBridge and Scrooge McDuck)	PP B&W PP COL  Block Layout
Paperino (Donald Duck)	Donald Duck Napping - COL Donald Duck Napping - BW	(see post)
Paperina (Daisy Duck)	Daisy Duck - PP B&W Daisy Duck - PP COL	(see post)
Paperino e la 313 (Donald Duck's 313)	PP B&W PP COL	(see post)
Paperino e Paperina (Daisy and Donald Duck) Tested by Jan	Donald&Daisy-PP B&W Donald&Daisy - PP COL	(see post)
Gastone (Gladstone Gander)	PP B&W PP COL  Block Layout
Qui e Quo (Huey, Dewey Duck)	PP B&W PP COL  Block Layout
Qua e Nonna Papera (Louie Duck and Grandma Duck)	PP B&W PP COL  Block Layout
Paperoga (Fethry Duck)	PP B&W PP COL  Block Layout
Paperone e Rockerduck (Scrooge McDuck and John D. Rockerduck)	PP B&W PP COL  Block Layout
Topolino (Mickey Mouse)	Mickey Mouse - BW Mickey Mouse - COL	(see post)
Minnie (Minnie Mouse) (tested by Lois)	Minnie - BW Minnie - COL	(see post)
Pippo (Goofy)	Goofy B&W Goofy COL
Minnie e Topolino (Minnie and Mickey Mouse) (tested by Josephine)	Mickey and Minnie - B&W  Mickey and Minnie - COL	(see post)
Pippo 2 (Goofy Gone Fishing)	Goofy Gone Fishing - B&W Goofy Gone Fishing - COL	(see post)
Eta Beta (Eega Beeva)	Eega Beeva - B&W Eega Beeva - COL	(see post)
Pluto (Pluto)	Pluto - BW Pluto - COL	(see post)
Amelia e la pozione magica (Magica de Spell with magic potion)	Magica de Spell - COL Magica de Spell - BW (** In the color version, I used blue for the dress to make it different from the black hair/shoes, but the same black can be used for everything, if so desired.)	(see post)

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