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    Old 05-02-2014, 07:49 AM
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    Well, here is the finished quilt that I made for my granddaughter's bridel shower. Several months ago I had a customer's quilt here made with the same center panel, when my granddaughter saw it and made the remark "what a beautiful" quilt I wondered if I could find the panel and make her one. When Kay (who is the owner of the "beautiful" quilt came and picked her quilt up I was telling her how much my granddaughter admired the quilt. Kay said she would be on the look out for the panel as she travels to a lot more quilt shops than I do. The next time Kay came by she surprised me with the panel!! A few days shopping at Keepsake Quilting put together enough 2 1/2 inch strips to get me started. My granddaughter and her husband picked out brown towels and grey sheets for their master bath/bedroom making the quilt fit right in with their colors. I did not follow a pattern and this quilt is not near as lovely as Kay's, but granddaughter is happy. I cut the 2 1/2 inch strips into 7 inch lengths, placed a gold border around the panel, then a black border to bring it to the size needed to make my strips work. I used Hobbs Black 80/20 batting and custom quilted it by outlining the animals and trees, stitching grass, etc. I just did a serpentine stitch over the pieced seams
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    Old 05-02-2014, 08:27 AM
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    That is just so cool! Thanks for the eye candy this morning.
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    ​Very cool!
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    Old 05-02-2014, 08:32 AM
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    gorgeous! I really like seeing the background quilts too.
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    Old 05-02-2014, 08:33 AM
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    Terrific quilt! Neat that your quilting really shows on the back!
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    It's beautiful! Very striking. Thank you for sharing your use of a panel. I can't always see the vision using a panel. I love what you did!
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    Nice job on the quilt!
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    Old 05-02-2014, 08:47 AM
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    That's really great!
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    very nicely done... so fortunate to find the panel
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    That is really nice! What a unique way to incorporate the panel
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