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Old 02-01-2011, 07:08 AM
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Love this quilt! So Beautiful!
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Old 02-01-2011, 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by asmmauer
Wow I love the way that turned out you have created an heirloom for your kids even though you made it for mom. It was made by two generations of women and will be past down one day, make sure your children know its history maybe put a little about it on quilt label .This is a very special quilt.
I made a label with the date the embroidery was done and by who, and then my name and the date I made the quilt.
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Old 02-01-2011, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by emarkwood
Where did you get the embrordiary squares. Are they hand sewn or machine? I am going on a long car trip and would love to have some hand embrordiary squares to put into a quilt. Any ideas????
Mom made those embroidered blocks 23 years ago by hand, they were already printed on fabric all she had to do was embroider by hand. I suppose you could google vintage embrodery blocks.
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Old 02-01-2011, 08:06 AM
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Such a beautiful quilt. You both should be very proud of this. It is stunning.
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Old 02-01-2011, 08:21 AM
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beautiful
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Old 02-01-2011, 08:29 AM
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Beautiful quilt!!!!!!!! Such a wonderful gift for your family to treasure. I wish my mother quilted lol!!!!!!!!!
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Old 02-01-2011, 08:31 AM
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OH..... how nice is that! I love it!
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Old 02-01-2011, 08:33 AM
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Very pretty :!:
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Old 02-01-2011, 08:47 AM
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Oh, I love that you gave the quilt back to her. Wonderful. Beautiful work from both of you.
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Old 02-01-2011, 09:19 AM
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Love It!!! Bet your mother was surprised and extremely please, I would have been.
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