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    Old 07-29-2009, 08:43 PM
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    I'm designing a baby quilt for my music ministers 1st grandchild. I work with him and the middle school choir and he tells stories to the kids at the end of the class. One of the favorite stories is about a worm named Cecil and his family.I've decided to do an applique/emborderied baby quilt. I can't decide if I should do separate blocks or do a solid background piece and work ok whole cloth. Do you have any ideas?
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    Old 07-29-2009, 08:49 PM
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    It might be easier to handle the separate blocks if you work on them while you are "out and about"
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    Old 07-30-2009, 04:06 AM
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    Iforgot to say that I have templates for primary writing paper and a primary alphabet to embrodery the story. The next question is do I use white or an unbleached muslin as background fabric? I'm beginning to think that the muslin I have might look more "big chief" tablet and manilla drawing paper (like I remember from grade school) what do y'all think?

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    Old 07-30-2009, 05:18 AM
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    I like the idea of the unbleached muslin,I use a lot of it and love the old look! And it is the color of the large tablets that we used as children!
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    Old 07-30-2009, 05:25 AM
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    I like the idea of using unbleached muslin. And you are right, it is the color of the big tablets that we used to have as children.
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