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12-14-2010, 03:07 PM

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Lynneander

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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd

Is that fabric still available? And please don't tell me that it is all applique, that would drive me crazy to do all that delicate work when there's so much else to be done.

I found the main fabric (panel, luckily not applique) several years ago, but if you google "Nutcracker Suite" you will find it in several locations. It was made by Northcott. When I made the quilt I found fabrics at several different places, so it was kind of a search over several years.

Enjoy ... Happy Holidays!

12-14-2010, 03:18 PM

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craftyone27

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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd

I simply LOVE this one. I collect Nutcrackers and as of now I have about 53 or so. The smallest one is about 1 inch, and George, the biggest, is almost as tall as I and probably weighs in at about a hundred pounds, all solid wood. He is gorgeous!!
I intend to make a lap robe like yours some day..right after I finish the 40 or so that I have in mind to start soon. Real soon. Maybe.

My son collects nutcrackers as well! He started when he was 6 and went to see the ballet with my mother and I. He has no desire to see the ballet anymore - he is 13 now and it's just not cool. But he has a great collection - some little that hang on the tree and his biggest one is about 3 feet tall. I can't recall the name of the company but it makes VERY expensive nutcrackers. they make a BoyScout one that is about $400 - I plan on getting that for him when he makes eaglescout in a few years along with a quilt from all the Robert Kaufman scouting fabrics I have stashed away in my sewing room.

12-14-2010, 04:40 PM

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amma

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Cute quilt :D:D:D

12-14-2010, 05:09 PM

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jbud2

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Great quilt! I introduced my 3 year old granddaughter to nutcrackers this year. We had looked at a bunch of wooden ones in this one store and as we were leaving, there was a big inflated nutcracker. She said to me: "Grams -look - there is a cracked nut!"