Old 12-05-2011, 02:54 AM
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Retired GI Jo
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Good luck with the quilt. I had a neighbor lady down the road (who has since passed on) who was working on a Double Wedding Ring quilt when she was about 85. She had made one for a grandson several years before, hand quilted it, and he sent it back saying the colors didn't match their decor (can you believe it?) and could she make him another one. By this time she was getting shaky and a DWR was not a good quilt for her to make. Now, I have cut out pieces for my mom to make several, they must have very exact seams to work. She would simply lay the rings down on her muslin and cut out the bigger white pieces like that. The puckers were unimaginable! I felt so bad for her. She was going to have it machine quilted. She kept saying "it'll quilt out!" I kept thinking "that machine quilter will have to be a miracle worker"! Did not see it finished, but I did think it served the ungrateful GS right to get a quilt in his colors in that condition!

Joyce
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