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Old 05-28-2015, 06:29 PM
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My favorite part is finding just the right fabrics to make a design work well. Next is the piecing and seeing how it comes together.
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Old 05-28-2015, 08:50 PM
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The idea for the top! With double vision, reading is somewhat difficult, so I sometimes mis-read numbers in patterns. (What that really means is that I don't follow instructions well!) I wound up 'inventing' a few quilts because of that, and discovered I liked to do that. It is so cool when I'm rummaging through my stash for a fabric for one quilt only to become inspired by finding a completely forgotten fabric that, for some reason, flashes a quilt top into my head. More than one quilt has been, uh, delayed because of those flashes of inspiration!

Next is the follow through - cutting, piecing, etc. The part I truly dislike doing is binding. Ugh.
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Old 05-29-2015, 05:51 AM
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I guess I'm a "starter"... Maybe I should quit making big quilts and just do tiny ones that only last as long as that feeling of "starting". Seeing the finished product is also a great reward.
If you like making little quilts, try the "Square Family Reunion". Each piece is a little quilt; they all have their own personality and their own colors. It's like being in a big crowd of people; each person is dressed differently, and it doesn't matter of the gal dressed in orange goes and stands by the one dressed in red. I so enjoyed making all those little quilts. Mine has over 200 "little quilts". I made mine bigger and put them together differently, but it is easier if you do it like the original pattern.
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Old 05-30-2015, 07:24 AM
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Square Family Reunion sounds like a wonderful idea. Thanks for sharing it.
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Old 05-30-2015, 08:22 AM
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Picking out the fabric!!
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Old 05-30-2015, 01:06 PM
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I enjoy binding also, but making that first block and seeing that it's as perfect as my minds eye envisioned is the icing on the cake.
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Old 05-30-2015, 04:25 PM
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My favorite part is when the quilt is all done, washed and dried, and the kids are fighting over who gets it.
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Old 05-30-2015, 05:59 PM
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My favorite part is seeing the design come together with my chosen fabrics. Somehow my vision of it is almost always surpassed.
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Old 05-30-2015, 06:11 PM
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Hand stitching the binding. It is the grand finale!
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Old 05-30-2015, 06:11 PM
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Macybaby, too bad we don't live close to each other. I like binding. I think it is having the whole job finished. I just finished two quilts this past week. one queen size and on large throw size. If we lived close I could bind your quilts for you.
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