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Great job and so very beautiful!!

Oh my Oh my...just Beautiful!

It's all been said. Very nice.

I also like the way it "floats" above the borders. Makes it look more complicated than it is.

It is truly glorious! The inner border really adds depth to the quilt. It looks like it must just glimmer and glow - beautiful colours!

It's beautiful, and your border fabric is perfect!

Absolutely beautiful, I'm glad she appreciated all your efforts.

Beautiful job and beautiful quilt. Did you just use the lone star pattern and spiral cut the center, or did you have a specific pattern for that too. Sorry, I'm just a new quilter. Thanks

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Originally Posted by bonniebusybee

A year in the making from shopping to binding, (with time out for Christmas, some landscaping, a family reunion at my home, etc.), this has been both a painful and a delightful experience. I bartered with a landscape designer for a plan, which would have cost me about $750, which ultimately I didn't like (and the landscape contractor wanted $65,000 ..... thanks but no thanks.) But by that time I was into locating the fabrics, (which I had to do twice because she delayed after I got the original swatches, and you know how quickly fabrics disappear from the shelves!) and my word is my word.

This is the quilt which taught me not to use Warm 'n' Natural for handquilting. (Thanks for all your tips last month.) The center was fussy-cut to create the spiral design. I'd added the narrow border strips when I realized they would diminish the width of the floral border, which the owner had wanted wider, so I changed it so the points of the star intersected the narrow border strips. That was a harder job than I had expected! But ultimately she got her wide border, and I had the satisfaction of giving her what she wanted (even though she didn't show me the same courtesy!)

The quilt was all hand-quilted except for the floral border, which my niece did on her long-arm. (We were short on the floral border fabric, hence the plain border at the top, but it goes under the pillows and won't show.)

Great experience! I'll deliver it today. Hope she likes it!

Beautiful quilt and great job, perhaps on the plain section, you could check with the recepient and see if she would like the name of the quilt and all pertient info for a quilt label place there. Just a suggestion.

Exquisit!!!! The final product was well worth the time and effort. Beautiful

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Originally Posted by QuickStitch

Beautiful job and beautiful quilt. Did you just use the lone star pattern and spiral cut the center, or did you have a specific pattern for that too. Sorry, I'm just a new quilter. Thanks

Hi, QuickStitch. Don't apologize for your inexperience; we all had to start somewhere. The spiral was achieved by "fussy-cutting". You just pick a particular part of the pattern of the fabric that will give you the effect you want, and then individually place your template on that exact same part eight times for the Lone Star center. I tried several different spots before I found the one I liked best. It helps to use a "negative template" (a block cut OUT of a larger piece of template material), to view the fabric, and then place that in various spots until you find the one you want to repeat. It would have been beautiful if I could have fussy-cut the large ring of blocks that used the border print, but it was a Waverly fabric at $30/yard, and there's a lot of waste when you start fussy-cutting. Good luck!

Thank you so much for helping me to understand. It sounds easy enough, but I'm sure I will need to practice, practice, practice. You all are such a great help. Again, I just love your quilt, and I hope the lady appreciates all the work you have put into it. Blessings, Janet

Beautiful! Well worth the wait in MHO!

Forgive the stupid question, but why can't one use Warm and Natural for hand quilting?

All I can say is a big TX "WOW"!

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Originally Posted by greaterexp

Forgive the stupid question, but why can't one use Warm and Natural for hand quilting?

There aren't any stupid questions in quilting .... we're all in a learn-as-you-go class. i would have asked the same question six months ago, because I'd heard so much about how wonderful it was. It IS wonderful for machine quilting, but the first time I tried to put a hand stitch in it, I bent the needle! It was like trying to quilt with a hammer and a nail. I called a knowledgeable friend and told her what was happening and she just kind of chuckled when I said "Warm'n'Natural." She told me to take it off the frame (that meant take out four rows of border quilting!) and soak the batt in cold water in my washer, spin it just enough that it wouldn't drip, and then dry it on air fluff in my dryer .... no heat. It helped, but it was still difficult to quilt .... I had to wear a surgical glove to pull the needle through!

Beautiful quilt! I also took a year plus to do a Lone Star, quilting it by hand. I used the W&N though and didn't have any problems. I quilted in my lap though without a frame.

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Originally Posted by KarenBarnes

Beautiful quilt! I also took a year plus to do a Lone Star, quilting it by hand. I used the W&N though and didn't have any problems. I quilted in my lap though without a frame.

How interesting! I just checked my batt-bag; mine was a 4 oz. Does W&N come in different weights for different uses, i.e. hand vs. machine quilting?

I LOVE your logo-quilt. It's a beauty!

It's absolutely gorgeous. If she doesn't like it you can take it back from her and let me know I would show you appreciation :-)

Just gorgeous...what's not to love about it! Great job!
Kind Regards,
MaryAnna

How interesting! I just checked my batt-bag; mine was a 4 oz. Does W&N come in different weights for different uses, i.e. hand vs. machine quilting?

I LOVE your logo-quilt. It's a beauty![/quote]

Thanks, it was my # 4 kid's wedding quilt. I honestly don't know if the W&N comes in different weights. I've only bought it at JoAnn's. I just bought some at Craft Warehouse because I got it for $5 a yard! I'm not an online buyer although I could probably save money that way, I haven't been shopping that way.

Beautiful, and you did a beautiful job, and if she does not like it, I will give you my address :-D God bless.