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katy48 08-11-2011 07:51 PM

it is beautiful -you should be proud of yourself

shirleyd 08-11-2011 07:53 PM


Originally Posted by QM
Good job. There are always errors if you look hard enough, so don't do that."perfection is highly over-rated", says my friend at the LQS. YOU are not a machine.

Nobody told me that it was impossible until after I had quilted about a dozen quilts from twin to king sized on my home machine. It's much easier now that I have a Janome 6600, which has much tighter control than the Bernina I stasrted with and also lock stitches, pulls the thread to the back and cuts it. That's not to mention the greater depth, which is why I went with Janome in the first place.

Wow, I'm impressed. King size even! Your Janome 6600 sounds very nice with some great features.

Kitsapquilter 08-11-2011 07:57 PM

I love the quilt, the colors and the pattern. And it looks to me like you did pretty doggone good on the quilting. I would never have attempted to quilt a queen size quilt.

ktmo815 08-12-2011 02:55 AM

Love your colors - remember - it was made with love

yetta 08-12-2011 02:57 AM

you did a great job,the quilting is really good...

angelface1999 08-12-2011 04:50 AM

Great Job ! Looks wonderful! dont give up

Quiltbaby 08-12-2011 04:56 AM

Think you did a great job. Thanks for sharing.

pennyswings1 08-12-2011 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by shirleyd
Thanks all of you for your kindness and words of encouragement!. Even though I've been telling myself all along "never again" you're beginning to make me think "well, maybe I could try one more time". You're all so convincing! I will continue to do smaller projects FMQ so maybe even that will help me improve. And to you beginners like me, maybe it can be done! Go for it!! :thumbup:


desertrose 08-12-2011 04:36 PM

Shirley, I know exactly how you felt trying to FMQ the center. I tried to quilt a , one size fits all quilted snuggie, in my Brother XR7700 Brother with a 5" throat space. I believe I may have invented ,some new words in the process, of quilting it. I can say your flower medallions look marvenous compared to mine and I wouldn't be ashamed to show your queen quilt at all. I love the colors and I agree with your DH. Enjoy it for years to come. :-D :-D :-D

Pam B 08-12-2011 04:51 PM

It looks like you did a great job on it! I know I would never attempt to FMQ a queen size quilt...you are much braver than I am!


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