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Farmer's Wife Sampler (FWS) Quilted by Feline Fanatic

Old 01-27-2013, 01:27 PM
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Whew! I am physically and mentally exhausted after this one! My friend, Meg, pieced this FWS quilt. She is a fairly new quilter. She has only been quilting a couple of years and has tackled some seriously difficult quilts! This was her first attempt at paper piecing too. Due to a few issues, I had to quilt this fairly heavily, but all in all, Meg did a fantastic job on this. Those of you who have done a FWS know there are some wickedly tiny pieces in this quilt.

I quilted each block differently, hence my mental exhaustion. It takes a lot of standing and staring to come up with a different idea that compliments each block. while trying to keep the quilting density evenly distributed! Some blocks I took my cue from the fabric but most I tried to compliment the piecing. There is loads of ruler work, SID, and free hand fills and motifs on this quilt. I did a lot of continuous curves too. Not too much marking in the blocks but I did section off the border and mark my feather spine and the center line for the feather sprays in the setting triangles.

All my work is hand guided, no computer. I quilt on an Innova 26" longarm. This was done with Superior Highlights thread on the top and Superior superbob, prewound bobbins in a light beige color. The batting is fairfield 80/20
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Here are some close ups of a few of my favorite blocks.

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And of course, the eye candy for LAQuilters the back.,, mmmmmm

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Old 01-27-2013, 01:30 PM
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Very nice. I can't imagine how long that took, great job.
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Very nice work! All of the sweat paid off!
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Wow...you took an already beautiful quilt & made it even more beautiful. I love the "heavy quilting". And your feathers are perfection!
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That is a great quilt and the quilting only added to the quilt........... you both did a wonderful job.
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That's a whole lot of work and a work of art. Great job done by both of you!
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Wow..you did a great job. I love the quilting too.
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very nice quilt and beautiful quilting !
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Absolutely beautiful. You deserve a rest and some chocolate after that.
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Amazing work for both of you. Thanks for sharing and inspiring all of us.
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