Twist n Turn D9P finito'd!!!!!!!!

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02-18-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Marcia

Izy--I love the squigglies too! What a great quilt-such soft pretty fabrics. Now, my question is--how to you manage to make your backing perfectly match up with your top? Mine is just too random!! I could never make a two sided quilt!!!!

Errrmmmmm Marcia..now I have to confess, I made the back a perfect checkerboard in the same size blocks as the front, now as the border around the top is exactly half the block size you would presume then that if my quilt top was square..(which is was to a fraction of an 1/8th off on one measurement :-) ) that when I layered up my sandwich it would all come up perfect.....well guess again...I just didn't feel confident that it would stay squared by the time I quilted it.. SO I decided to chop off half of the outside blocks on the backing and add an extra wide cream border to allow for fudging.......... :wink:

YET....it still went abit off, if you look on the backing picture, you can see my wiggly lines on a couple of the rows isn't lined up with the backing ditch... :(

So you see It is a bugger to line up squarely top and bottom no matter how much you try :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

02-18-2009, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jacquemoe

I'm so glad to have been an inspiration. You did a wonderful job. I love it. Very pretty quilt too.

THANK YOU Jackie, it made light work of the quilting, still need to do lots more practice, so I better hurry up and get the next quilt top made up :D

02-18-2009, 12:08 PM

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Izy, that is fab-u-luss!!!!!!!!!!! :D

And I love the way the quilting has given a whole other dimension to the pattern of the d9p!

Wonderful!

K x

02-18-2009, 12:09 PM

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:D :D :D

One of our guild members has got her eye on it...so will have to see if I could bear to part with it Sharon :roll: :D

Ok, give her the D9P and I'll take the sampler underneath it. :) :)

No chance Terri....that's got to be my favourite and it keeps us nice and snug every night too :lol: :lol: :lol:

02-18-2009, 01:47 PM

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Izy, I just love your work. They are all so beautiful (still admiring the soft d9p you did awhile back), and this one is no exception.

Just let me know if you are running out of people to send your quilts to. :D :D :D

02-18-2009, 02:03 PM

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Mrs. Mel...thank you so much for your compliments...errrmmm did I tell you that I have rather a large family back in the UK.... :lol: :roll: :wink:

02-18-2009, 02:12 PM

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IZY,
Just love the fabrics
and the squiggles.
Really adds to the quilt.

02-18-2009, 02:13 PM

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Thanks Dreamer :D

02-18-2009, 02:20 PM

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Wow thanks Loretta, better watch my head when I head through the door, gonna bang it as it's swelling with pride so much :D :D

02-18-2009, 02:44 PM

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It's gorgeous, Ms. Izy! I love the flying geese border. Wish I could see the final border better--looks like some kind of swag. Do you get to keep this one for yourself?