IT's FINISHED
12-17-2011, 08:09 PM
#25
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Originally Posted by Leota
Finally at 10:55 p.m. December 15 , 2011 the last stitch was made in the quilt I started in January 1992. Not quite 19
years but close
...
I will take pictures and post later... my fingers are so sore but I hand stitched the binding down.
Needless to say, I'm very proud of this quilt... it's not perfect but it's mine and I did all the work except quilting it and Nancy (aka Chewboo) did that. I tried hand quilting but the stitches were too large and messy looking. I figured
it's better to machine quilt and have usable quilts than to continue dreaming of hand quilting and be cold...
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years but close
...I will take pictures and post later... my fingers are so sore but I hand stitched the binding down.
Needless to say, I'm very proud of this quilt... it's not perfect but it's mine
and I did all the work except quilting it and Nancy (aka Chewboo) did that. I tried hand quilting but the stitches were too large and messy looking. I figured it's better to machine quilt and have usable quilts than to continue dreaming of hand quilting and be cold
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12-18-2011, 03:39 AM
#27
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Nebraska..The Good Life
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Great, great job! Congratulations!! I have one that I started in 1981. It only needs binding and I don't even mind doing binding. I just never seem to think about it when it's convenient to pull it out and get it finished. I signed up for the UFO Challenge for 2012 and I am going to make it a priority to finish that one first!!
12-18-2011, 02:47 PM
#28
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Location: Pleasant Hill MO
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I finishe one that took over 20 years, it is a good feeling. It was paperpieced and I just kept putting it up and ignoring it. Finally I got it out and decided I was not doing anything else until it was done. I brought it to TX with me and am going to enter in in the Rio Grande Quilt Show. Not perfect either but it was lots of work. I doubt it wins a ribbon, but it is very rewarding to see your work in a show.
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