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Old 10-18-2010, 04:20 AM
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Beautiful Job! I relate to the challenges you faced.Part of the challenges of piecing a double wedding ring are the curves and sometimes patterns are duplicated on a duplicating machine that can distort the shapes. I wish I had my mothers pattern--the finish top lay as flat as a tabletop! She copied her pattern by putting the original under a piece of paper and taping it to the dining room window!
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Old 10-18-2010, 04:29 AM
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Originally Posted by maggie2122
OMG, words just fail me to describe that wonderful quilting you have done. What kind of machine do you have? You sure can make it sing.
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Beautiful! How long did it take you to make this? Just curious

Thanks for the encouragement everyone! When I first start quilting a top, sometimes I think that my quilting is terrible and I'm going to have to rip it out. This was one of them - I wasn't satisfied I was going to like it until I had finished a couple of passes. I worked on this for just over a week (I have a full-time regular job). It actually went fairly fast because I only had to make reference lines for the feathers in the big blocks. Everything else was freehand and I didn't need to use any rulers.

I have a Voyager 17 machine. I purchased it in March of this year, and I feel like I've found a lost love. :-)
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Old 10-18-2010, 05:03 AM
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Problems? What problems? It is beautiful.
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beautiful!! Your quilting is like, WOW!!
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OK? WOW! is all I can say. You did a fantastic job. Your quilting is outstanding and the finished quilt a heirloom for sure. It's not about the magnifying glass, it's about what went into it. Love it.
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Old 10-18-2010, 05:22 AM
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Girl You did a awesome job!!
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Gorgeous!!
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Old 10-18-2010, 05:27 AM
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Beautiful--I, too, had to save one of these. It had puckering too. It was made in the 1960's. I was told this pattern was called Squashed Wedding Ring as the circles are not really round.
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Originally Posted by Homespun
Beautiful--I, too, had to save one of these. It had puckering too. It was made in the 1960's. I was told this pattern was called Squashed Wedding Ring as the circles are not really round.
I've wondered about the circles - I've seen some that are much rounder and some just like this one. I didn't know they had a different name. "Squashed" brings to mind some crazy word associations - like an old couple (the older you get the more squashed everything becomes) or like "I want to squash these rings". :-)
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That is a beautiful quilt. Betty Lee
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