whew! finally got top put together

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02-26-2018, 06:41 AM

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rosiewell

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beautiful, the black background makes the colors pop!

02-26-2018, 07:31 AM

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fawne44

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Simply beautiful - thank you for sharing - this is on my bucket list - already started, but put on hold for now.

02-26-2018, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by helou

So beautiful! I like the dark background fabric too.
I don't know if I would dare making one. It seems very time consuming

oh my yes - very time consuming!!! Next one I do I will try to give myself much more time..... I have already bought that fabric to be prepared

02-26-2018, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by cindyb

I also love the curved edges. But, how will you handle the binding? Very interesting.

Well the binding is a little bit of a challenge, but the last one I machine sewed onto the back and then hand sewed to the front... that was time consuming as well

02-26-2018, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ariannaquilts

You have some very lucky nephews to have you make this for them. I remember years ago Liz Porter said that there were 1250 pieces in the one she was making and it was not a king size quilt! Oh yeah lucky young men.

this started with about 3200 pcs... aacckkk ha ha