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Old 02-29-2008, 07:52 AM
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I noticed the orange, very striking with your other colors.
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Old 02-29-2008, 08:55 AM
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Steve, Great quilt. I did a couple of table runners last year in a pattern very similiar to this. It looked easy, but it really wasn't. I finally tweaked them to make it easier and they were the first things to sell of my table at the festival I took them to. Yours is great! :D
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Very nice job! Lovin' the colors!!!

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Old 02-29-2008, 09:18 AM
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What a striking quilt, Steve! Your piecework is so precise!
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Old 02-29-2008, 10:36 AM
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(bowing low) Wowser! That is awesome Steve :thumbup: The orange is just right for that border too, excellent color choices. :D Thanks for sharing with us!
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Old 02-29-2008, 11:00 AM
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Triciasquilts, I’m very curious what you did to make the pattern easier? Despite what Lucky Patsy's "Mom" says about the precise piecing, it was a bit hard getting them all sashed correctly. The blocks were so large that finishing it, and getting all the seams to line up, was a bugger. In the end I did a pretty good job, though honestly I think an experienced quilter would have done much better work of it than I did. It’s off about 1/16th in the middle, but with the interlocking you can’t really tell. I thought the woven lines more important than the seam. Once it’s quilted, that minor flaw should fade from sight.

I’ve decided to outline quilt instead of ditch so that each piece puffs out and the weave shows; though truthfully I’m unsure about my thinking on this.

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Old 02-29-2008, 11:09 AM
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Steve, that is just beautiful. Once again, you've shown what a master you are becoming! Have you given thought to entering a quilt show? You'd win something!!
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Old 02-29-2008, 12:34 PM
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You flatter me. My piecing is still not up to par (heck my pressing still needs work), and the quilting, though catching up is still progressing to the level I want. I think I'll eventually a show but that's still a few years off.

I had a thought: if I outline, but only the weave itself rather than each and every line, the design itself would be enhanced (it'll look more like it's actually a woven piece). Does that sound like plausible solution?
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You were saying what about having just part of the talent of another quilter on another thread? That is awesome!!!! So crisp and precise!! Fantastic colors!! Truely, truely impressive!!
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Old 02-29-2008, 03:34 PM
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That's very cool. Looks like an engineer did it. :wink: I think it should go to your wife--for the name, or the engineer's convention--for the design.

You sure do good work. :!:
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