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#21
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Some where in way out West Texas
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It is beautiful. Sorry it was so hard for you. If you look up rings that bind, you will find a way that is much easier to do. Mainly because when you get each block finished it is also quilted & by the time you get the whole quilt top put together, it is totally done front & back. It really is a simple way to make this quilt. Kaye woods shows the step by step way of doing it. You should check it out. I have always wanted to do one, but wouldn't commit to it as I knew it would be a nightmare to do the original way. I am now getting ready to tackle it the Kaye Woods way.
#22
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Horse Country, FL
Posts: 7,341
Ruck, I am with you, sistah! One of the DWR is my limit...Mom is now hand quilting it. Doesn't matter who gets married, there won't be another DWR quilt! Yours is gorgeous and will be so loved. Nice work.
#25
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Madison, Ohio
Posts: 226
Don't Give Up!!
I lost count of the number of DWR's I've made - so sorry you've found it so frustrating. I've used both the John Flynn method and the Marti Michell templates. Of the two, the MM would probably be less frustrating. Secret is having exactly perfect cutting and exact 1/4 seams. Don't give up. I just love this pattern. Have made several 58 x 58's and at least three 118 x 118 and plus I quilted them on my DSM. (Just LOVE this pattern)
#28
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
Posts: 14,083
I'm sure you DD will love the quilt when it's finished. I can imagine some of the colorful language you may have used making the quilt. Don't worry about how long it took you to make the quilt - I once made a 25th anniversary quilt for my husband, but I finished it 10 years later. It just took a little longer to "age". I swore I would NEVER, EVER make a pieced border, took me two evenings just to rip out one border, then it got put aside and I wound up making a simple solid border. Oh, I also will NEVER EVER make a Key West block ever, too many bias edges. That's what I get for letting my husband pick the fabric and the pattern. Hopefully, I've learned from my experience, so you are not alone.
#30
I think making DWR once is all that is needed to cure you of wanting to make it again. My first child to marry got the lovely DWR star quilt that took forever to make - it cured me - never again. Second child to marry received a sampler quilt of blocks all related to "love" themes. 3rd child thinks she is getting DWR - I say it won't be happening.
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