An exercise in frustration: my one color lone star

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04-19-2011, 12:01 PM

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Chris Kieffer

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I LOVE everything about it! Absolutely GORGEOUS!!

04-19-2011, 12:22 PM

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Shirlrh

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Very pretty! I sure don't see any problem. We are our worst critics aren't we?

04-19-2011, 12:30 PM

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amma

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Gorgeous quilt! I love the pattern and the colors :D:D:D

04-19-2011, 12:45 PM

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Jammin' Jane

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Love the pattern and the colors!
Looks like sherbet!! Yummy!

04-19-2011, 01:11 PM

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ktmo815

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beautiful!! noone would know you had a problem with it!
Hugs for your frustration

04-19-2011, 01:35 PM

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Poakie

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I don't see any mistakes, I think its beautiful.

04-19-2011, 02:36 PM

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candi

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I am delightfully overwhelmed by all the response my less than perfect lone star got, lol. Thanks all for the positive remarks.

04-19-2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by grammyto2

I have made several lone star quilts and I NEVER use starch. I think ironing to dry the starch really distorts and shrinks some of the fabric, this causes so many problems. You did a wonderful job on your quilt, congrats.

Intersting. I prewash, so everything is preshrunk, I don't know how I possibly could have dealt with the bias with no starch. You must be a very gentle and expert sewer, grammy :-D

04-19-2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MDMPanther

Candi, it's beautiful...I love orange too!! And I so appreciate your story....it helps me to laugh at myself when I've been strip piecing for several minutes without bobbin thread and all the pieces i thought were sewn are a pile behind my machine!!

Yup...done that too :oops: