This was my first one...then I discovered Jelly Rolls, they will work great for the French Braid...

Oh my goodness. I absolutely adore this quilt. :mrgreen:
how hard is this to do? it is lovely and the colors are so elegant.
good work :!:

Another beautiful quilt!!! My goodness you were truly blessed with talent!!! Thanks again for sharing another of your treasures!

Thank you for your kind words ... I quilt for the pure joy and love of it. My goal is that before I die, every one of my friends will have one of my quilts....I keep making new friends so the way I look at it, I'm going to be quilting a long time... :)


French braid is not hard to do at all ... it's a half log cabin block and it goes together really quick. I made this one while my husband was away for a week so I moved my sewing into the dining room and whenever I had a spare minute I'd add to the braids, before I knew it, I was done... :)

That is just beautiful! You do lovely work and I'm sure your friends appreciate you!

Sharon

I love it....

That is beautiful. I've never seen that pattern before. I love the coloration. Great Job.

Beautiful Jewel tones! Awesome Job! :D :D :D

It's beautiful!

That's stunning!! I've made one of these quilts and I love this pattern. I'm crazy about the colors you used. Just beautiful!! :)

I found it a bit challenging myself, but I'm determined to make another one for myself. My new DIL got the first one. :) There's a picture of mine around here somewhere...

I like that! Those colors give it a southwest kind of style.

Shadow dancer, it is obvious that you are very talented. Your love of quilting comes through loud and clear!! Your eye for color is just wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Virginia

you leave me speechless looking at all your quilts. What I would give for a quarter of your talent. Someday would like to try the french braid you made it sound easier then it looks

Gosh, that is beautiful would like to try that one, what size strips did you use ?? Esther

Hi estherblair,

The center blocks are 8 3/4" and the strips are 2 1/2".... it's really easy and it goes fast. :)

Thats a really beautiful quilt, you do very nice work. :D :D :D :D

I have made a table runner like that. Are the brades quilted when you finish? The table runner was. If so what thickness and kind of batting did you use? Thanks..Sharon

Beautiful Quilt, you really have been blessed, love the colors, I agree; your friends are lucky to have you. Keep posting your wonderful works of art. :wink:

Soooo jealous! It is too beautiful for words.

Darn it, now I have to put that on my "to do" list too!

Beautiful and different. Where can we get the pattern. Is that the real name of the pattern.

Everytime i have time to look at the messages on this board there are more quilts of yours done!! :shock: you are incredible and i love all your quilts...you are so talented, i will just have to go through all the things you have done everytime i need inspiration for a new project....

Great work..... how many jelly rolls do you need for a single, also a queen, please?

Thank you all for your wonderful compliments. :)

Joy, I didn't use jelly rolls for this quilt, I bought fat quarters for the braids themselves and yardage for the sashing and borders. The center blocks were a fabric I had in my stash. :)

Have to say, this is a fantastic quilt, I am very impressed, love the colours too!!

Your quilt is amazing! I know you gave a rather simplified explaination of it's construction, but I'm still scratchin' my head.

It really is beautiful!

ANOTHER GREAT QUILT. LOVE THE COLORS THAT YOU CHOSE

Hi Shadow:
You mentioned your French Braid on chat the other day and I planned to look for it bu t hadn't yet then I was trying to get to know some of the folks on the board through their posts and low and behold, I found the Braid. It's absolutely stunning, just like everything you make. Thanks for sharing.

Feathers

That is so much fun to look at!!!!!!!!! :D

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Beautiful quilt! Where did you find the pattern? Are there directions?

SD - that is simply gorgeous! I can't wait to see your second one. Now I know I'm going to have to go buy the book. I swore no more pattern books, only technique books, but I have to make an exception with this one!
~Tiffany

Is that pattern from the French Braid Quilts book?

It's from the book French Braid Quilts by Jane Hardy Miller.

Thanks Shadow!! :D

That's really pretty, ShadowDancer!

Beautiful :D

I love your quilt!

I have made several tablerunners with that same pattern.... I got the pattern free off the internet!

http://www.quiltbus.com/tabletopper.htm
Quick Table Topper - Free Quilt Pattern for a tablerunner

Beautiful ~ I had not heard of this pattern before. Nice color selection.

This is beautiful, and I love the pattern. It looks simple, and the results are stunning! Man, I think i will need to start a little project book or something. You guys are giving me more ideas than I could possibly ever do!

Shadow this is just so beautiful! You are amazing. :D

You did a great job....I have that book of French Braid Quilts....can't wait to start one along with all the other quilts I would like to do....not enough time.....