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11-29-2017, 08:27 PM

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patsan

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Fantastic job!!

11-30-2017, 03:07 AM

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Maureen NJ

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Thanks so much for posting your method. Great ideas. Good job!

11-30-2017, 04:25 AM

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quilterpurpledog

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Thank you for sharing your tips for success. I think your quilt looks very nice. I quilt on my DSM and know that planning ahead and organization are important. I have liked the methods used by Cindy Needham.

11-30-2017, 06:32 AM

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Tartan

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Well done! I think Westalee has a Baptist Fan ruler for the ruler foot but your method is less expensive.

11-30-2017, 06:39 AM

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Watson

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You've done a fantastic job!

Westalee does a ruler foot called Circles on Quilts to do this with, but I don't think it would have produced much better results than what you have done yourself. Looks great.

Watson

11-30-2017, 07:02 AM

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Homespun

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Looks great...whatever works!

11-30-2017, 07:12 AM

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DonnaPea

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I think it's beautiful - I love Baptist fans.

11-30-2017, 10:37 AM

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Sephie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by NZquilter

Great instructions and fans! I just finished quilting a queen size quilt with baptist fans too. I did half of it on my Walmart Brother machine and then finished it on my newly restored 1950's Singer. All your tips are well worth remembering! I also use machiners gloves and couldn't quilt without them. And I use Crayola markers too... And did I spy a sheet as a backing? Great minds think alike

(Are you sure we aren't related? Lol!)

Yes! I found this great tone on tone cream sheet at the thrift store a couple years ago and figured it had aged perfectly for this quilt. I don't bother cutting off the edges if I know my quilt will fit inside it

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! It's really not as hard as I thought it would be. I thought I'd try it out on a quilt that was 80 inches in length so that if I wanted to attempt it on a Swoon quilt later, I'd know what it was like. So many quilts to make, so little time...