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    Old 04-26-2012, 06:37 PM
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    thanks for posting this link. i love the gee's bend quilt history and have wanted to make at least pne of their quilts.
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    Old 04-27-2012, 03:34 AM
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    I have the pattern for the Strips & Strings - a quilt for which the pattern was available but I don't think they made a kit. The quilt below is a adaption of this pattern to oversize it. The back side (with the black border) was made from some left over scraps. I actually like the back better than the front!
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    Old 04-27-2012, 04:09 AM
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    Originally Posted by LDB
    I have the pattern for the Strips & Strings - a quilt for which the pattern was available but I don't think they made a kit. The quilt below is a adaption of this pattern to oversize it. The back side (with the black border) was made from some left over scraps. I actually like the back better than the front!
    GORGEOUS! Both sides. Absolutely stunning.
    Did you choose your own solids? Were they from the Gee's Bend collection?
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    Old 04-27-2012, 04:22 AM
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    I used the Gee's Bend fabrics. They are a slightly mottled solid of great quality. I must say, it is interesting to review photos of quilts you have made. I find them much more appealing and, if I say so myself, impressive than I recalled! Perhaps I will borrow this and enter it in a show. If Jared will part with it temporarily.
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    Old 04-27-2012, 04:44 AM
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    I ordered the one on the right! Love the bright colors and contemporary look. The shipping was only, I thrink, $5.95. Thanks for the link!
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    Old 04-27-2012, 08:16 AM
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    i luv your quilt ldb. where did you find just the pattern? i am one who likes to choose my own colors but may try one of the kits also.
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    Old 04-27-2012, 12:44 PM
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    thank you so much ...i am so excited called my
    friend and told her the whole history of these quilts and we got online together and ordered them... i have been wanting to make one of these for so long.. i also made the underground railroad quilt , i just love quilts with history behind them .....thank you again for sharing you have been such a blessing to me today your quilting friend , LINDA FROM RHODE ISLAND
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    Old 04-27-2012, 12:53 PM
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    Met some of the ladies of Gees Bend at the Sisters Quilt show last year -- they were lovely to chat with. Their quilt styles aren't really my thing, but I truly admire their work...its an art form. Debated buying a couple of the kits anyway, but I have way too much on my plate already....I won't live long enough to get half of it done!
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    Old 04-27-2012, 01:09 PM
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    Thanks for the heads-up!

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    Old 04-27-2012, 08:19 PM
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    That's great to know! I want all of them!
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