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Thread: Butterfly Garden Lap Quilt

  1. 07-05-2012, 11:14 AM #1
    Mama Llama
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    Butterfly Garden Lap Quilt

    I got a machine quilting book from the library and learned how I am supposed to be doing it. So this is a little practice lap quilt. My friend made the 4 center squares last year. This was a lot of fun, even if my SID looks more like meandering. I did ivy vines around the dark green and ivy with split veins in the outer border. I LOVE my freehand butterflies! I hand-stitched the binding onto the back. It's far from perfect but happily I'm not a perfectionist. :-) I can see that with the right equipment I could do this every day!
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  2. 07-05-2012, 11:16 AM #2
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    Very lovely! Learning is an ongoing process and you are doing wonderfully!
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  3. 07-05-2012, 11:56 AM #3
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    Very nice! You did a great job ~ the butterflies look great! Keep it up!
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  4. 07-05-2012, 12:10 PM #4
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    Very Pretty. Way to Go. BrendaK
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  5. 07-05-2012, 12:23 PM #5
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    Brenda, you did a fantastic job! Keep it up, you'll get like the rest of us...quiltaholics!!
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  6. 07-05-2012, 12:27 PM #6
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    Julie- being the friend who gave you the 4 orphan blocks I'm really glad to see them put to use! I love those butterflies!! I'm going to give them a try! I'm glad the quilting bug is one we were bitten by!
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  7. 07-05-2012, 12:59 PM #7
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    Nice way to learn to quilt
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  8. 07-05-2012, 03:31 PM #8
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    You did a wonderful job on it!
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  9. 07-05-2012, 05:38 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grandma Bonnie View Post
    Very nice! You did a great job ~ the butterflies look great! Keep it up!
    I love your butterflies, too! Isn't it satisfying to learn something new? Kudos!
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  10. 07-05-2012, 05:54 PM #10
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    Beautiful job!!!!
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  11. 07-05-2012, 06:11 PM #11
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    I like your butterflies too.
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  12. 09-20-2012, 10:30 AM #12
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    Very nice! You did great!
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