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I made this for my dad for Christmas. The block has insets that I had to hand piece in, and I was worried that the block wasn't laying flat. I posated the question to the forum and got a lot of good advice - the best was to just quilt it into submission! I did exactly that - when 4 blocks were put together, they made sort of a circle which I FMQ'd using a spiral pattern. I outlined each remaining star, again with FMQ (I need to get better at FMQ!!!!!). Rather than quilt the border, I 'wrote' all the things that I remembered that were specific to things I did or learned from my dad. (example: 'Special Memories; Boston University graduation weekend'). It came out very nicely and he was so pleased he cried!
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Beautiful quilt. I love how you did the border.
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Love it!!! and the idea of writing memories. That also would be a neat idea when my boys have kids...for the baby quilt write what I remember their dad did at that age...hmmm
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I am not at all surprised that your dad cried! What a beautiful quilt :thumbup: You made something special for him out of some of the special memories he helped make for you. It just doesn't get any better than that.
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Beautiful quilt and quilting
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Originally Posted by carolaug
Love it!!! and the idea of writing memories. That also would be a neat idea when my boys have kids...for the baby quilt write what I remember their dad did at that age...hmmm
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very pretty!
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Beautiful quilt! What a wonderful gift for your Dad!
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Love the pattern!
You did a wonderful job!! |
perfect you couldnt have done it any different. Glad it touched him to his heart.
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