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April - -

I just received it in the mail yesterday. You sent it to my old address so it took 5+ weeks to get here. Bottom line - - I have it and it's great. Thank you!!!

Also received my quilt block from eagleone. Thank you!

Everything is in. Yeah!!! Thanks everyone.

Jane

Oh Crud!!! So sorry about that..such a bad mistake for the host to make lol Just happy it arrived safely and you like it :)
Hugs
April

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I finally got my swap blocks sashed last night. I will use 2 of them on the back and had to omit one that was too small :(
Now, what to border it in?

Whew! Here is my Boom 9 quilt top, just finished last night. I love it! The finished size is a draping queen. I wasn't sold on using black until I found the perfect black for it (the second picture is a closeup). Sorry for the mess.. Quilting trumps cleaning. :)

Now, what color backing should I use? And what color thread to quilt? White thread will show up on the black sashing, but black thread will show up all over the blocks.. What do you think?


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The back should be the same red used in the broken dish blocks. If you need to stretch it - maybe make broken dish blocks in black and white using the same black as the sash strips then piece the back.

How do you plan to quilt it? I would definitely use white in the sash strips. I think you need something simple for each block - crosshatch or similar.

I don't have that much red left, unfortunately. The swap fabric (red flowers on white) and the broken dish fabric (white flowers on red) were both in that yard sale bundle I got a couple years ago. I have twelve 6in squares left of the broken dish fabric, and one swap block that I ran out of room for. I thought about doing a pieced back with those.. Hmm..

Sounds like you need to take an LQS trip with your close quilting friends! :D

I do believe you're right... :)