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Cuddly Quilter 01-08-2011 06:27 AM

What a wonderful creation from you all. You can look at it for hours appreciating all the different techniques. :thumbup:

Mariposa 01-08-2011 06:29 AM

Wow! Great quilt! (standing and cheering) :)

munchkinmama 01-08-2011 06:40 AM

A work of art for all of you.

hikingquilter 01-08-2011 07:03 AM

Kudos to all three of you! I love kokopelli.

Lynneander 01-08-2011 07:16 AM

Stunning!

featherweight 01-08-2011 07:19 AM

Absolutly georgous!!! I am in the standing position!!!

SharonAnne 01-08-2011 07:22 AM

What a beautiful quilt, I say as I'm standing and ovating. So colorful and I can see it in a show - any plans to enter it?

LindaM 01-08-2011 07:22 AM

Ditto - Wild Applause - Awesome

meow meow 01-08-2011 07:25 AM

OH WOW!!!!!!! more then standing ovation whistles and everything for a long time. I love kokopelli's. I do Chile Peppers everywhere and the latest one I have is a chile pepper king size bedspread (wish I knew how to post pics) in my bedroom the curtains I also made and they have the chile pepper baskets. The bedspread is quilted with chile peppers and then my other colorful quilt is quilted with Kokopelli's. Nothing southwest about me huh. (lol) You have out done yourself if you need a place to put it I have room here. CONGRATULATIONS BEAUTIFUL JOB ALL OF IT!!!!!!!

Ditter43 01-08-2011 07:29 AM

I am standing here clapping and my DH is giving me strange looks!! :lol: The quilt is fantastic! You all did a great job!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :D

amandasgramma 01-08-2011 08:16 AM


Originally Posted by feline fanatic

Originally Posted by amandasgramma
Okay - I want a standing ovation from you all!!!! This quilt was made by my friends, Pat & Bonnie. She did the appliqueing and decorative stitching. Pat did the piecing. I did the quilting. By far this is the hardest quilt I've ever done.........very satisfying but very tiring!!!

This is beautiful. Details please on the quilting.... Why was this the hardest? Looks like a lot of ruler work so I could understand that part being draining. How about the cacti and kokopelli quilting? Is this panto, free hand or computer generated? I love the details!!

Thank you EVERYONE!!! wow!

The hardest part --- well, I designed the Kokopelli and cactus....creating it on the computer so the rows "nested" wasn't all that hard -- a good learning experience. Creating rows that nested AND stopped before they went over into the center panel was interesting. I found a Kokopelli and cactus pictures on the internet, copied, scanned, dumped into CorelDraw, then fixed and dropped into the computer program for the quilter. The computer program has 20 little marks between the inches instead of doing it by eighths!!! How stupid! I have to look to see if there's a setting that I can change or not. It took until the LAST row of the diamonds, that I discovered something. The computer portion is OFF by 1/4"!!!!! CRAZY! No wonder I couldn't measure right !!!! It wasn't me after all!!!! Also, my machine is in the shop -- outside...believe me, I ran up and down stairs, back and forth so many times my legs now have muscles!!! I KNOW the next one I do like that -or similar will be easier. heh heh heh -- in fact, the next quilt, the owner has requested I do ALL of it free-hand - no computer. whew, now we'll see what I can REALLY do!

craftymatt2 01-08-2011 08:56 AM

I'm standing and clapping and saying "Bravo, Bravo," job well done. It gorgeous.

Cyn 01-08-2011 08:57 AM

Stunning!

Poakie 01-08-2011 09:36 AM

Love it. Quilting just perfect.

jbj137 01-08-2011 09:38 AM

I'm not a fan of bargello but
I do love Kokopeli and
I am doing the
W-A-V-E,
C-L-A-P, &
C-H-E-E-R.
J J

mimee4 01-08-2011 12:40 PM

The quilting is awesome. Each of you did great on the quilt.

Friendly Quilter 01-08-2011 12:42 PM

Beautiful, you all make a great team, your quilting is great. I am standing and claping for you.

AnnieH 01-08-2011 12:47 PM

Bravo!!!!!!!

leonajo 01-08-2011 01:13 PM

U gals can not brag enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just super!

butterflies5518 01-08-2011 01:43 PM

whoop whoop whoop yeah! you go girl - this is a treat to see, thank you

JudeWill 01-08-2011 01:51 PM

You got it! Fantastic job on all counts! :thumbup:

IBQUILTIN 01-08-2011 01:55 PM

Since it is my birthday, and I am totally into Southwest. You can send that my way any minute now. Its gorgeous

Debbie1 01-08-2011 02:10 PM

Georgeous and you get the standing applause!

butterflies5518 01-08-2011 02:15 PM

ibquiltin - Happy Birthday to you!

SandyinZ4 01-08-2011 02:16 PM

Just picking my jaw up off the floor after seeing that beautiful creation. Congrats to you all!

katsewnsew 01-08-2011 02:21 PM

Very beautiful, colors are amazing and the quilting is spectacular!!! Wonderful job! Definitely deserve the "standing ovation!"

Diane C. 01-08-2011 03:13 PM

I love it. Send it to me! Diane C.

chickadeee55 01-08-2011 03:22 PM

That deserves a drum roll and lots of Ahhhh's and HAAAAA's

feline fanatic 01-08-2011 03:49 PM

Dee, Thank you so much for the technical side. It was fascinating! You practically have to be a computer engineer to do what you described. I can't imagine having one of those bad boys running and all of a sudden it starts quilting where you never intended it to! :shock: Yikes how stressful is that? Can't wait to see your freehand one.

amandasgramma 01-08-2011 04:11 PM


Originally Posted by feline fanatic
Dee, Thank you so much for the technical side. It was fascinating! You practically have to be a computer engineer to do what you described. I can't imagine having one of those bad boys running and all of a sudden it starts quilting where you never intended it to! :shock: Yikes how stressful is that? Can't wait to see your freehand one.

I run it without the needle going up and down first.....I learned the hard way.. :-P I keep looking on websites and then turning around looking at her quilt top --- yeah, the next one will be fun!

Taughtby Grandma 01-08-2011 04:43 PM

Breathtaking!!!

Dreaming 01-08-2011 04:51 PM

Wow!

amma 01-08-2011 04:56 PM

The three of you did a awesome job on this quilt :D:D:D

Becca Bear 01-08-2011 05:07 PM

Beautiful quilt!

bucksprt 01-08-2011 05:13 PM

Standing ovation from here. Every part of that quilt is beautiful.

Lucy90 01-08-2011 05:24 PM

Love the quilt and you did a awesome job - well all three of you did a great job.

Rntraveler 01-08-2011 05:41 PM

WOW is all I can say.... I know the picture's don't even go near the color's... very nice.

cindygale 01-08-2011 06:12 PM

looks good gal..love the quilting.. :-D

mrsddh97 01-08-2011 06:22 PM

Lovely work.

quiltgrammyt2 01-08-2011 06:26 PM

Standing and clapping :thumbup:
WOW!! That is a beautiful quilt,you all do amazing work. :thumbup:


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