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    Old 01-19-2013, 07:13 PM
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    Yes, quilts will talk to you...especially when a certain fabric does not work in it. It will tell you to replace it.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 07:21 PM
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    Just yesterday I had one tell me it was DONE! I've tried several times to put another border on it and I could never find anything to work. I tried again yesterday with new fabric, sat back to look and actually said out loud "okay, okay, I'll call it good, you don't need anything else."
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    Old 01-19-2013, 07:24 PM
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    You are absolutely correct! Happens to me with all types of gifts but mostly with those crafted with love.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 07:32 PM
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    Absolutely.

    I worked on a quilt off and on for years, I could never seem to get excited about it, or finish it. Until...it told me it belonged to my FIL! Suddenly, it was finished in a matter of weeks. And, he loved it!
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    Old 01-19-2013, 08:12 PM
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    I am working on a quilt now. Its kinda frustrating because I have no idea who its for. A friend keeps asking what I will do with it. I figure once its done, it will tell me where its going. Until then I am just trying to being patient until it decides to talk to me.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 08:49 PM
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    I am having trouble choosing the accent color for my mystery train quilt because I don't know who it's going to, so I hear you. Mine tell how to FMQ them, too.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 08:56 PM
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    Okay - I don't feel quite as loony - well, unless all of you are loony too!
    Suze - that's it exactly. I have all these tops dones, hanging on coat hangers complete with their backing - the backing is even pieced if necessary. But until I know where they're going they'll just hang there. I'm working on the cutest Sunbonnet Sue baby quilt. It's sandwiched and partly quilted. But I'm making myself do one little section a day. Today it told me to forget it and work on other projects. When I know what baby this one needs it can wait. I don't even think it's going to a baby - I think it's going to a first-time Grammy. Now I just have to wait to see which one.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 10:05 PM
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    Yes, I can relate to that. Sometimes they speak quite loudly. LOL
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    Old 01-19-2013, 10:26 PM
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    Mine change designs and colors. But I don't ever really plan the border until the inside is done. It visits the LQS with me to find its own border. And backing. And sometimes they insist on being made and just drag me along for the ride because they are wanted somewhere that I don't know about yet. I have learned to listen and obey.
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    Old 01-19-2013, 11:41 PM
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    Fabric and quilts talk to me....so I knew there must be others that experience the same. Sometimes, we just have to be still and "listen" .......solves many of life's riddles. Mind you I also talk to plants, animals and myself....but that's a whole 'nother thing.
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