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Old 10-08-2010, 04:04 AM
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MaryAnna
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Originally Posted by dojo36
thank yall very much for all the compliments. i had no idea the tablecloth would be so well liked. it's very easy to make. out of scraps and/or fat quarters. i'll attach a close up pic of one square. first of all, you cut about 200 or so 3-1/2" squares, sew 25 of them together for the center of each block. then cut two 12" squares, cut them on the diagonal and sew to each side of the squares, trim off what hangs over, then you can embroidery something on them or not - put them together with sashing and as you can see, i made the outer border out of the left over squares. if anybody wants to make one and doesn't have an embroidery machine, send your squares to me and i'll do the embroidery for you - no charge.
donna
Dojo36, you are so sweet. I'm glad you posted a close up of your work! A double wow! I love your embroidery, are those sayings? They are wonderful! Is it hand embroidery or machine? You are so talented!
Blessings,
MaryAnna
PS I also love your saying...'Love people and use things....'
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