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    Old 07-12-2010, 04:49 AM
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    so, the dragonfly quilt made for my daughter's wedding gift really started the whole (obsession :D ) i love making abc quilts, it does get hard to find fabrics for all of the letter's...1/2 the fun is the search.
    finally made a house quilt;

    my 1st big (really big) quilt
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    one of the ABC quilts
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    Old 07-12-2010, 04:50 AM
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    FANTASTIC!!!! I love the stain glass look but I'm scared to death to try it. Is it hard???
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    Old 07-12-2010, 04:51 AM
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    Wonderful job on all 3.
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    Old 07-12-2010, 05:09 AM
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    Originally Posted by raptureready
    FANTASTIC!!!! I love the stain glass look but I'm scared to death to try it. Is it hard???
    stained glass is a VERY FORGIVING technique, you should try it, it is so easy and just great outcome. i make my own bias tape to use but you can purchase fusable bias tape to use making it even more simple to do.
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    All are nice, but that dragonfly quilt is beautiful!! What was the pattern for that?
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    Old 07-12-2010, 05:26 AM
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    Great job on all three but I especially like the stained glass one. Beautiful!
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    Old 07-12-2010, 05:26 AM
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    the center dragonfly block was a pattern (i will have to look up at home) i took a class at the lqs for that one when my daughter found it in a magazine and wanted it sooo bad...after the class i put it aside and went about learing how to make a quilt so i could turn it into a king size quilt. when her fiancee received orders for his deployment the wedding date was moved up and i had to get busy and turn the block into a quilt...that is just what i came up with not really knowing what i was doing. the only problem with the quilt is i did not know how to get it to stop growing (it is 12 feet x 14 feet) but i finally did get it to stop. ;) finally years later i am much better at keeping them within reasonable size limits :)
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    Dragonfly are the cutest!
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    Old 07-12-2010, 05:56 AM
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    Originally Posted by ckcowl
    the center dragonfly block was a pattern (i will have to look up at home) i took a class at the lqs for that one when my daughter found it in a magazine and wanted it sooo bad...after the class i put it aside and went about learing how to make a quilt so i could turn it into a king size quilt. when her fiancee received orders for his deployment the wedding date was moved up and i had to get busy and turn the block into a quilt...that is just what i came up with not really knowing what i was doing. the only problem with the quilt is i did not know how to get it to stop growing (it is 12 feet x 14 feet) but i finally did get it to stop. ;) finally years later i am much better at keeping them within reasonable size limits :)

    OMG - that is a tent cover! LOL! But it's so beautiful.
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    Old 07-12-2010, 05:59 AM
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    Gorgeous quilts. I particularly love the stained glass.
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