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Old 04-15-2009, 09:26 AM
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wraez
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I am green with envy...you got some wonderful fabrics.

Asian fabrics are my favorite and I stroke and pet them, hating to cut them up. so many of them have very large prints.

Are you planning on a big wall hanging to show off the Asian fabrics or a quilt for a bed?

My quilting friendship group did a row by row quilt for each other and mine was Asian theme. Each row is different. One row has Paper pieced fans, I did the row with circles (large print geisha, flowers,) in squares, then a friend made dragonfly blocks, another made paper pieced cranes, and finally paper pieced lanterns.

Each row consists of 3 or 4 8-9 inch large blocks. The quilt was finished by a friend who made borders of kona black that has discharged ginkgo leaves on it.

Don't know what kind of quilt you are trying to accomplish, but you can't go wrong with Asian fabrics...they are so colorful, rich and many have gilt edging...to die for.

Can't wait to see what you create!

warm quilt hugs, sue
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