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    Old 05-27-2012, 06:34 PM
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    I'm thinking it might be my "Fifty paper pieced stars"quilt. Life has started getting in the way, and since I had all ready started falling behind on the "one-a-week" deal, well..........
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    Old 05-27-2012, 06:42 PM
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    Queen size GFG....bought the hex templates in the early 80's (quilting was "calling" me then). Dug them out after an eventful decade or so...started sometime in early 2000's almost finished the "flowers" and ready to do the joining "stars". Is all EPP and I will be handquilting....it's been a long road, with many "rests" along the way...but it will get done. Have been many quilts completed before this one, so I don't feel too badly about my lack of speed
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    Old 05-27-2012, 07:23 PM
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    Originally Posted by Holice
    I still have the box and two blocks and fabric from my Bi-Centennial quilt, started in 1974. Does this make it a work in progress, a work forgotten in the process, an abandoned quilt. Or, one that had good intentions to begin with but dropped by the wayside. Perhaps it is time to let it go and use the fabric for something else. But this doesn't answer your question which is about a quilt that is worked on periodically and not abandoned to the back of the closet.
    I have one that have been working on now for about a year and do pick it up occasionally to make a few new blocks.
    OK Holice...YOU win..hehehehhehe
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    Old 05-27-2012, 07:24 PM
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    My Dear Jane was started in 2000! I have only 6 blocks done!
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    Old 05-28-2012, 03:42 AM
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    I don't know, there are several that aren't finished yet
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    Old 05-28-2012, 03:46 AM
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    DO finished tops pieced but not quilted count then a very long time
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    Old 05-28-2012, 04:18 AM
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    My son's baby quilt is still not finished and he is 42 years old. Oops! Guess that doesn't count.
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    Old 05-28-2012, 04:23 AM
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    30 years, wall hanging, a sampler of : card tricks, honey bee nine patch, applique and dresden plate. My perfect stitching no longer matches. The facric stretched while stored in the extra large hoop. Didn't quilt the borders. Sad but hanging in my TV room..colors are back in style. Don't wait too long to finish your project !
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    Old 05-28-2012, 05:14 AM
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    Well, I don't know about a quilt, but it did take me 14 years to complete a cross-stitch. It's about a 16 x 20, and it hangs in my living room now.
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    Old 05-28-2012, 05:30 AM
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    I started out mostly handpiecing and handquilting, but it does take a while and as you, i had to put it down for a while to take a break....took me at leat two years each quilt....but I`m a slow quilter....
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