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My first OBW is finished and hung...and we love it:)

My first OBW is finished and hung...and we love it:)

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Old 03-27-2011, 08:15 AM
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My husband and I (and I mean my wonderful husband,lol) just finished hanging my first One Block Wonder quilt this morning. I mentioned how much I loved working on this quilt, the process is definitely fun and the experience is awesome, although definitely addicting :lol: I now can't look at print fabric without counting the repeats, I know there'll be more OBW quilts in my future.

I tend to be a color person, I love a little wild, so when I started making my half hexagon, all the green was just too green, so I started playing with other colors and creating some cubes, I love the color splash! After using the same fabric for the backing I had a chunk left over, so I thought I'll applique my favorite jungle animal on the quilt, I fused it on, then used a stem stitch to outline the edges. I love elephants, and every time I look at this quilt, I see the elephants looking back at me,lol. My husband said this quilt is "far out." affectionately of course :mrgreen:

I quilted this quilt on the Longarm I rented the same day I did my Bargello, did it all freehand loops, I am happy with how it turned out.

I call this OBW Wonder In The Jungle! Thanks all for looking:)

The back showing the fabric used
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Wonder In The Jungle hanging in our staircase
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A closer photo showing truer colors
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Old 03-27-2011, 08:18 AM
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Very nice work
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Old 03-27-2011, 08:19 AM
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beautiful, must make one
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Nice work!
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wow! who could ever guess that fabric would be so amazing!
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I don't know if I'll ever make an OBW, but I sure do love looking at them! This is beautiful. Thanks so much for including a pic of the original fabric.
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I too love elephants and I love your quilt!
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That is stunning Candi - I can so understand why you are totally thrilled with it, it's a real eye-catcher!
(have you cut your next one yet??!!)
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WOW!!
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Awesome :thumbup:
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