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    Old 05-14-2009, 09:35 AM
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    Four years ago i promised my sister that I'd make her a quilt. This February I finally started one for her. She wanted a celtic knot quilt and dragonflys. Well, after a couple months of reserching and looking at lots of patterns, I came up with one of my own. I guess you could call it "Deirdre's Dragonfly".
    The next step is layering and basting, then into the frame it will go to be hand quilted. I have only machine quilted a couple small tablerunners. I prefer to hand quilt, but the machine quilting is a lot faster!
    The plan it is quilt around the dragonfly, quilt large celtic knots on the square blocks, outline the knots in the corners and for the sides? I haven't decided yet.
    Hope you like it!
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    Old 05-14-2009, 09:37 AM
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    hope it works
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    Old 05-14-2009, 09:39 AM
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    another pic
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    here it is again
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    Old 05-14-2009, 09:40 AM
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    the corners are different colors
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    Old 05-14-2009, 10:05 AM
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    That looks amazing.. no wonder it took so long.. beautiful work :shock:
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    Old 05-14-2009, 10:09 AM
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    Beautiful. A gift your sister will treasure!
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    Old 05-14-2009, 10:19 AM
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    There are so many things I really like about your quilt. I love how you have the black accents, and I especially like how you did the center of the quilt where the dragonfly is -- without the accents. Looks great and I bet she'll love it.
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    Beautiful! What a great gift!


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    Old 05-14-2009, 10:47 AM
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    That's awesome! I absolutely love it!
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