My favorite quilting job of 2010!

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01-02-2011, 01:21 PM

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Zebra2

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Originally Posted by craftyone27

OK, I just went and looked at the website for this pattern. Oh my ,too many lovely quilts to choose from! I do have one question though, is this hand embroidery? I assumed it was done by an embroidery machine but the website sells floss kits which makes me think it is meant to be done by hand. It might take me forever, but I have done lots of handwork with embroidery in the past.

Yes, the embroidery is by hand. And you have to trace the patterns onto your fabric. A bit of a pain, but worth it in the end!

01-02-2011, 01:22 PM

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Poakie

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That is just beautiful. Your quilting is just fabulous!!!

01-02-2011, 01:31 PM

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s.daurio

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Beautiful quilt and your quilting really takes it over the top! Just amazing!

01-02-2011, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by justflyingin

How long does it take to quilt something like this? (hours)

I really didn't keep track of the hours. I know I had it on the machine or over a week . . . I'm guessing 35+ hours. This was the first very heavy custom quilting job I had done, so it probably took longer than usual.

01-02-2011, 01:40 PM

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WOW!! That is a simply stunningly beautiful quilt-Fabulous job!!!
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01-02-2011, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsapquilter

An awesome quilt and some spectacular quilting done! The two of you made this something great!!!

Thank-you so much. Her and her husband both piece quilts and I have been privledged to quilt most of them. This was the first heavy custom job I had done. As a LAQ, I am both honored and terrified when a customer hands me a quilt and gives me complete artistic freedom to do what I want. They gave me a BIG tip, lots of hugs, a few tears, more quilt tops AND let me borrow it for show and tell at my quilt guild!

01-02-2011, 01:45 PM

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shopbelt

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GORGEOUS!!!!

01-02-2011, 01:46 PM

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raedar63

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I wish I had mine done, I would be saving the cash to have you quilt it . This is the most stunning detail work I have ever seen. Do you do mail order work?
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01-02-2011, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bobbiessusu

This is amazingly beautiful!! Do you think the customer you made it for would lend it back to you so you could enter it into a Quilt Show? I mean.....this just has to be shared!!!

She plans to enter it in a couple of local shows and at our state fair. I hope that it does well and if nothing else, that people will enjoy seeing it. My quilting is not really the quality needed for bigger competitions, but I'm learning! Quilting for national competitions is a whole 'nuther ballgame; and a challenge I want to take on some day!!

01-02-2011, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by purrfectquilts

Wow! Thanks for sharing. I see that you put a lot more labor into that than most long arm quilters' would do. The customer must have been very happy.

Question ... did all that quilting make the quilt stiff? What type of batting did you use?

Your work really made the quilt! The customer's work would not have shown up so well without your attention to fine detail.

I use Quilters Dream Poly for wall quilts. It shows the texture of the quilting well, and it doesn't get fold lines if they are packed away (as this one will be) for a time.