Geese flying through the trees

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11-12-2011, 04:06 PM

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BizzieLizzie

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Lovely quilt!

11-12-2011, 04:07 PM

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CoventryUK

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I;'m just doing a throw in the same design!!!!! Doing Flying geese the Ricky Timms way...really easy!!! I've done four cushions for my sister for Christmas so thought I'd do a throw to match!!!! (Like you do!!!!!!hehe!!!

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11-12-2011, 04:20 PM

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coloradosky

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Very pretty. Thanks for sharing.

11-12-2011, 07:24 PM

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lizpatterson1

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Great job - nice.

11-12-2011, 07:31 PM

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bepositive

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Very nice - she must be thrilled to finally have it done!

11-12-2011, 07:48 PM

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4EVERquilt

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Nice, love the flying geese

11-13-2011, 03:42 PM

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malega

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That is just stunning.

11-13-2011, 03:53 PM

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pjustice63

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I recognize so many of those fabrics.

11-13-2011, 05:00 PM

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StitchinJoy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tartan

Great job quilting a nice top. I like how she put the strips of foliage fabric between the geese so she didn't have to make the points meet. Very smart. I loved seeing some old friends in her fabric choices too.

Thank you for your kind words. This is a setting used quite often in many early 19th century quilts-- a strippie. Four-patches on point were also quite common in strippie quilts.

These quilts work up quickly, with the long plain strips in between vertical rows of pieces blocks. They can be wonderfully graphic and lovely. And if solid strips are used, as in the antique quilts, that's a perfect place for exquisite quilting.