Old 04-10-2011, 10:51 AM
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Julieintheburg
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Thanks for the encouragement Karla! We all know you can never have too much of that ! Take good care of yourself so you can keep on quilting. I will post pictures when I finish my FMQ. I started with stitching in the ditch to anchor the blocks first, then moved onto the FMQ. It was perhaps a bit ambitious of me to FMQ such a large quilt..the stitching isnt perfect and I can see where my quilting improves in the quilt as I went along (not exactly professional looking results) but I think once its washed and shrinks up and puckers you wont see it so much. I have done this same technique on a baby quilt and loved the results. I guess we'll see when I'm done. Keep looking for my pictures- I hope to have the quilt finished and the pics posted soon!

I didn't prewash the fabric and used Hobbs Heirloom batting. Then I washed the quilt - I love how it puckered!
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I am using my walking foot and stitching in the ditch to "anchor" the blocks to FMQ.
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