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Helen S 08-15-2012 05:49 PM

I Know What You're Thinking! lol
 
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I know you're thinking all I do is sit at my computer and tell everyone what I think about their latest quilting project, but that's really not true! I HAVE been working on my own projects! REALLY, I HAVE! :D For some reason it seems to take a lot of time to get something done around here, but I'm persevering and I WILL finish this SOON! I'm aiming for sometime within the next week, but I couldn't wait after hours of marking and stitching today, so here's a small preview of the progress on what will be a queen size quilt. This is the 10 minute block stitched to form cathedral windows.

No borders yet, and in fact, I decided not to sew the top completely together and kept it in two halves. I sandwiched each half and am quilting each half separately before joining them...next time I'll try each ROW, or maybe even each BLOCK, since there's still a LOT of fabric to haul through the less than 7" throat space on my machine.

So far, the quilting I've done looks like a wagon wheel...I'm not unhappy with the look! The yellow cornerstones have FMQ 5-petal flowers in them...:thumbup:...the first FMQ I've done on anything other than scraps, but they don't show up well in the photos. They were fun to do and I found it easier to FMQ small things at first.

Thanks for looking...

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grandma7 08-15-2012 05:55 PM

Really pretty!!

nls 08-15-2012 06:22 PM

Very nice--love the colors!

GreatStarter 08-15-2012 06:24 PM

Very pretty, love the colors you chose.

Kat

Diane007 08-15-2012 07:07 PM

interesting quilting ideas

Neesie 08-15-2012 07:11 PM

Beautiful!!! :thumbup:

0tis 08-15-2012 07:14 PM

It's looking real nice - I love that yellow - that sounds like a lot of quilt for a small throat space -keep it up you are doing great....

Tartan 08-15-2012 07:21 PM

It looks very neat! Quilting it in half is a good idea and I think my next quilt I will try that too. How are you connecting your halves? I thought on mine I would sew the 2 top edges together, use the batting tape to connect the batt in the middle and then hand stitch the center seam in the back. I though about just sewing a seam in the batt but didn't want a bump on the back.

Pickles 08-15-2012 08:56 PM

Awesome blues and the yellow really makes this pop, nice quilting to :thumbup:

Lorraine Simon 08-16-2012 04:10 AM

Love your comments and your work.
I don't get paid to think, just look and admire.


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