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Barnbum entrusted her beautiful Back to Nature sampler quilt to me. I hope she is happy with the finished product. I took loads of pictures to share.

This quilt was done with all Moda floral fabrics. Florals are a specialty of Barnbum's and she has such awesome taste in fabric and an eye for color that would rival any artist. She always seems to pick just the right combinations and it doesn't matter if she is working in florals, batiks or novelty prints.

This was quilted using Filtec "Cairo" cotton thread and YLI cotton thread. The batting is Hobbs Polydown. I quilted it with my Innova longarm. This is all hand guided, no computer. I did a lot of ruler work. I SITD in every block and in almost every seam. I used a Nautilus long tail template to do the spiral in the outer border and then free handed leaves around the spiral. The inner border I used a stencil. The rest is all free hand. I have included some close up shots and a couple of shots of the back.
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