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Old 11-08-2010, 03:16 PM
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What a wonderful job you did on your glacier.
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Old 11-08-2010, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by NUTMEG10
Beautiful, love the colors. Looks like it would be hard to do. Great job.
I thought that the curve where the pieces are joined would be difficult, but it was very easy. The hard part is making sure that each vertical strip is perfectly straight. Because of the way the pieces are joined to make the strips, it is easy to get a curve going. I had to take more than one strip apart to solve that problem.
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Old 11-08-2010, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by madamekelly
I can almost hear it 'calving'. Very nicely done. :thumbup:
:lol: Isn't that the strangest sound?
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I am so sorry about your daughte. God bless you and your family. Margie

Originally Posted by FabricHappy
Wow, what a lovely quilt! My first & only time to attend the international quilt show in Houston was back in 2008; I just happen to purchase a kit from Lisa Moore to make a beautiful horse quilt. I was delighted to see your beautiful quilt; what a small world!(I confess I haven't gotten that quilt made yet but I'm planning to do so in the new year-a lot of things were put on hold when we had to bury our youngest daughter last year, 23 yrs old. However, I'm getting back into the mainstream of life full speed ahead, so look out World, here I come!!:) Life is still full of many blessings!
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Old 11-08-2010, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Va Quilter
Beautiful job,how was the cruise? Are the mosquitoes really bigger than normal there?ha,some little tidbit I'd heard from someone who'd been there.
It looks like there are some faces in the fabric,the way it was made..
Gorgeous I have bargello strips cut out,but never put together! :(
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I must say, I didn't see a single mosquito there. I have blond hair and fair skin and they usually flock to me like there is a new diner in town. We did a zip line adventure, so I think if there were mosquitoes there they would have found me then.
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Originally Posted by sidskid
In 2008 I went on a quilting cruise to Alaska and found many beautiful fabrics and kits in the ports-of-call along the way. This one is from a tiny quilt shop in Skagway. It is called Glacier for obvious reasons and the design is by Lisa Moore. I finally made it this spring. It is hard to tell from the photos, but there are about 400 heat set crystals to make it catch the light like a real glacier. Hope you like it.
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Old 11-08-2010, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by FabricHappy
Wow, what a lovely quilt! My first & only time to attend the international quilt show in Houston was back in 2008; I just happen to purchase a kit from Lisa Moore to make a beautiful horse quilt. I was delighted to see your beautiful quilt; what a small world!(I confess I haven't gotten that quilt made yet but I'm planning to do so in the new year-a lot of things were put on hold when we had to bury our youngest daughter last year, 23 yrs old. However, I'm getting back into the mainstream of life full speed ahead, so look out World, here I come!!:) Life is still full of many blessings!
My heart goes out to you at the lose of you daughter. We are just not meant to bury our children. To resume your life with joy, and to accept God's blessing is a tribute to the love you shared.

I am also looking to the new year to get creative again. We also lost a family member and I have had some health issues and while I wasn't paying attention the Sewing Room Gremlins took up residence in my sewing room and have made a terrible mess. I know there is a cutting table under there somewhere......
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Old 11-08-2010, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by CaroleLee
The quilt shop is Rushin Tailor and they have a great web site if you care to look. I love being in Alaska during the summer. There are many great quilt shops there as the winters are long.
Yes, I believe you are correct. I just went to the website and they still have the kit for sale. The cruise was booked through Sew Many Places and Eleanor Burns was on board teaching and entertaining, literally. They made sure we had a map to every quilt shop at every port and boy did I take advantage. There were so many beautiful fabrics and kits the you just don't find here in Southern Illinois.

So much fabric, so little time....
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Originally Posted by Margie
I was in Alaska and bought lots of fABRIC and a kit of Barbara Lavalee. I didnt see that one. Was that the Russian Tailor Shop? It is beautiful!!
I believe it is Rushin Taylor, but I am sure we are thinking of the same shop. I just visited the web sight and it says they have moved. The needed to. That shop was tiny!
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Originally Posted by shufer1
I saw the quilt in Anchorage, bought the pattern and when I got back home I started looking for the fabrics. They are mostly out of production but one can use some of the newer fabrics to work up. I then started searching for a kit, and found one here: http://www.abbysreflection.com/ I ordered it and haven't worked it up yet - waiting for after Christmas. The right fabrics really make this quilt - yours are beautiful.
You are absolutely right about the fabric. I live about an hour from Hancock's of Paducah and they have a HUGH selection of batiks. I am usually pretty good about putting fabrics together, but would not have tried with this one. It really has to be just right.
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