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    Old 05-19-2011, 11:23 AM
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    I just completed this laprobe for my grandmother. It's 41 X 47. My dad always gets me fat quarters for Christmas and I used those. I'm still learning to rock the needle, so on this just did a cartoony stab stitch inside each square and rectangle. When I gave it to her she asked it's name and told me to always name my quilts. So I called it Thanksgiving.

    Gran's Laprobe
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]199230[/ATTACH]

    Stab-stitched
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]199231[/ATTACH]

    the backing
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]199233[/ATTACH]
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    Old 05-19-2011, 11:28 AM
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    very cute! I love the colors and it is a nice size too.
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    Old 05-19-2011, 11:52 AM
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    Love the colors. I think the larger quilting stitch is being used more and more. It looks good to me.
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    Old 05-19-2011, 11:55 AM
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    Love the colors!! Your work is very nice and isn't it great that larger quilting stitches are now "acceptable". I personally like the large stitching on certain quilts.
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    Old 05-19-2011, 12:00 PM
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    What a special quilt for you grandmother!! Hope you are hooked now!! Well done!
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    Old 05-19-2011, 12:03 PM
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    Originally Posted by CoventryUK
    What a special quilt for you grandmother!! Hope you are hooked now!! Well done!
    I am totally hooked!! I'm already a week into my next quilt. It's a Star for a Lakota friend of mine who has been especially helpful to me and my family since my mom died a few months ago. It's a Lakota custom to give a gift to those special people at a memorial feast one year after the death, and he'll be tickled silly that I researched the customs of his people, besides I hope he likes the quilt. Here's what I've got done so far.
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    Old 05-19-2011, 12:06 PM
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    Thats a beautiful quilt.
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    Old 05-19-2011, 12:07 PM
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    Becka, your quilt for your grandmother is really pretty! I like your quilt technique! Your star quilt is going to be gorgeous! WOW!
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    Old 05-19-2011, 12:07 PM
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    Great job!
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    Old 05-19-2011, 12:39 PM
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    What a wonderful quilt, and that quilting is really nice with that pattern and fabrics. Great job.

    BTW, I like your signature quote...that's exactly how I feel!!! :-)
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