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great selection ! widths are fine to me.
very nice of you !

I like your choice of fabrics and colors. I also like the differing sizes of the strips. I wouldn't change the wider strips. I think they will make it look more interesting and varied.

Very pretty colors and lay out.

2 sections done..last one tomorrow. i am tired right now..

i am not sure what has been done, my son told me what is going on...i do know that Jadyn is depressed. she is such a sweet girl..
they are in San Antonio, i am in michigan... :-(

Watterstide, I think those are going to make a beautiful quilt for her and that's such a wonderful thing to do! I want to know what's going on with this boy's family that they're letting this go on. My seven year old used the word "chubby" to describe someone the other day (not meanly, but just to describe them) and we've been talking about it. Kids just soak this stuff up from out culture in such a bad way. :(

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Originally Posted by LLWinston44

That looks lovely. Makes me sad for her. My daughter also had weight problems. She started getting chubby and kept gaining and gaining. Finally at 13, I put us all on Weight Watchers. But the less she ate, and more she exercised, the more she GAINED!! I'm not kidding, she gained 5 lbs in a month. Finally went to the dic about it to learn she was insulin resistant. Most people have insulin levels no higher than 8, maybe 13 if you're pushing it. Hers were 45. Her body thought it didn't have insulin so it kept producing it, which then in turn made her body think it was starving so would produce more glucose, which turned into fat. When she dieted, it went into starvation overdrive.
With medication, she has been able to reduce her insulin levels, though they still range around 25.

I'm a type I diabetic, so I know a lot about how insulin works or doesn't, as the case may be. And I read *the*most*amazing* book recently and I think anyone with insulin resistance (or a child with it) needs to read this. It's "Good Calories, Bad Calories" by Gary Taubes. This book totally explains why it is that I can gain wait while eating 1200 cals of low fat diet or lose while eating 2000+ cals of high protein/fat. It is so, so hard to lose weight when your insulin is all out of wack, but this guy explains the science behind it and why the standard american diet is unworkable if you're insulin resistant. He also has another book that's more about how to lose weight and I've heard it's a bit easier of a read (GCBC is almost 500 pages and dense reading). Have any doctors recommended low carb to you?

That's awful for her to be going through. Your quilt idea is wonderful and I think your fabric choices are perfect!!!

The girl's school should have a no bullying policy. Most schools in Texas do. The principal, guidance counselor, teachers all should be helping this girl. I'm a Texas teacher, and I would help this girl.

I hope her school is doing what it is supposed to.

Beautiful quilt, by the way. What a great thing to do for her.

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Originally Posted by Hands Sew Full

I personally like the layout. I think the various sized stripes all being included, large and small, sends a message all in itself. Life would be boring without variety, big small, we need them all! It will be just beautiful!

A Beautiful and true sentiment!

Kim, that is very wonderful what your have set out to do. i hope your little friend learns from good people like you that she has worth and value beyond measure,
Glad you kept the varying widths, your quilt is coming along very nicely!

I love the colors ... but you might question what her colors are.

I don't like pink for myself but will use for others.

ali

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Originally Posted by sgardner

If you do those strip sets into tubes, you could make widths various sizes and do a bargello look to it. It would be a very special quilt for a very special lady (little girl). Tell her it's unique like her- the only one in the world. If you do the layout right, it could form a heart.

Thats what I was thinking, nice thing your doing for her. She is special as is all of God's children. I love doing bargellos, my avtar is a bargello, my friend gave me the fabrics she said they where ugly each one of them. Then when she saw them in the bargello she was amazed, she said I turn ugly to pretty, lol