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Originally Posted by desertrose

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

That's sooo funny! I had to laugh. :lol: 5" throat is worse than mine at 6". It sounds like you got it done. Congrats. To go a step further, today I was visiting a friend who has hand quilted for years, beautiful work, and she has me convinced to try hand quilting again (I did once and I did not enjoy it!! Many needle pricks and sore fingers). She showed me the proper way and made it look so easy. Right! So I may practice it on scraps. I guess, never say never. :roll: Maybe on smaller pieces but don't think I have the patience for a large quilt (hand quilting). Thanks for your comments.

Very Pretty, i can't see anything in the center. Great job :thumbup: :thumbup:

It seems to me that you did quite a nice job.

I think the quilt looks great...we get hung up on following the lines and being perfect but sometimes things look great even when they aren't.

Thanks so much for all your kind comments. Now that it's finished and on the bed, I find I do like it and I'm not looking at it so critically. And when I show it off to people, I try to avoid pointing out my mistakes to them! :)

Oh you did a WONDERFUL job! I'm hoping to get SOME sort of a quilting machine when I get my taxes back (yes, I'm thinking that far ahead!), and I hope I do even a fraction as good as you did. That's AWESOME! :c)

Donna

Great job and beautiful work.

I think you did great - it is very difficult to maintain control with a sewing machine and a giant quilt - I get lost sometimes and have to pull the whole thing out and restart.