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Old 07-27-2009, 10:04 AM
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Hi Everyone!
First, I would like to say that I LOVE this board!!
Everyone here is so nice and helpful!

I am very new to quilting. I just started working on my first quilt ever and I am soooooo excited!!!! :mrgreen:

I was wondering where I might be able to find some templates to trace for hand quilting. I machine pieced my quilt top and want to try hand quilting to get the feel for it and see if I am any good at it haha.

My fabric has A LOT of dragonflys on it and also some butterflys and flowers.

I am preferably looking for a template of a dragonfly with maybe also a butterfly template and a flower or two or maybe a pretty leaf design.

Here is the fabric I used. The back is the same as the green but in Yellow. And I have turned the green stripes vertical.

http://www.joann.com/joann/shop/shop...9/369799_p.jpg

http://www.joann.com/joann/shop/shop...9/369798_p.jpg

http://www.joann.com/joann/shop/shop...9/362290_p.jpg

http://www.joann.com/joann/shop/shop...7/365379_p.jpg

Any comments would be MUCH appreciated. I feel a little lost with all of this but I am excited to take this adventure! :D
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Old 07-27-2009, 10:09 AM
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Check at Joan's. They have quilting stencils in the quilting area. If you can't find what you want there, check in the painting section and in the scrapbooking section.
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Old 07-27-2009, 10:11 AM
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I was hoping for something free as I have a small budget to work with each week and I just spent this week's on the backing and the batting.
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Old 07-27-2009, 10:13 AM
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You can check on the internet for clip art of dragonflies. Then enlarge/shrink them to the size you want. Print them on freezer paper and iron them onto your quilt and sew right through them. Tear them away when finished.
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Old 07-27-2009, 10:14 AM
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and the freezer paper wont leave a film or anything sticky?
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Old 07-27-2009, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Sugarpumpkin
and the freezer paper wont leave a film or anything sticky?
Not freezer paper. It's used by quilters everywhere for paper piecing.
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Old 07-27-2009, 10:38 AM
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Great! Thank you so much for your help!
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Old 07-27-2009, 10:53 AM
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Your fabric is just gorgeous!! Did you post a finished picture of the top?? We would all love to see it....
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I havent yet, but I will take a picture when I get home and try to post it tonight :) I am really excited about it! Its my "own design"
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Not sure if this is something you are looking for or not, but they are free motifs...just look under Free Patterns, then about 1/2 way down the page, there are the motifs. http://www.forestquilting.com
Hope this helps....starting out can get so expensive :)
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