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43843902I love the tone on tone and the work you have accomplished. I can't blame your friend for crying, it would move me to tears too, to receive such a beautiful, thoughtful, time consuming gift! Just lovely of you to gift her with this.......I wanted to take a trip for my 60th birthday and spent it in the hospital instead.
by Shisha
17 Mar 2016
Sorry to hear u did a hospital trip for your 60th!!! Here's hoping 61 will be much better!
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145789260103Wow! Thanks everybody for your kind comments! It was not nearly as difficult to make as it looks. I got the embroidery designs years ago from EmbroideryDK. (Sorry, I don't remember the name of the designs.) I came across a site a while ago with a 'quilt as u go' technique that I had not tried. It said to sew your quilted blocks directly on to the quilt batting and then, when all blocks were finished, sew them together as you normally would and then add the quilt back and stitch in the ditch. I thought why wouldn't it work with embroidery? So that is exactly what i did. I hooped the muslin fabric as I normally would, then used 505 spray adhesive to attach the batting to the back of the block. It was too bulky to hoop the batting too. (I used warm and natural I believe). Because I used only one color thread, there was no time used up in thread changes. Once I had all the blocks finished, I squared them up and sewed them together in rows. I decided I needed the quilt to be bigger than it was so I added a strip between the rows and made them the same way as the blocks. When all was finished and the top was sewn together, I backed it with minky fabric and stitched in the ditch of the seams where all the blocks on the top were joined together. That is it. It looks a lot more complicated than what it really was.
I was thrilled with the way it turned out! As a matter of fact, I liked it so much that I just may have to make one for us! It also helped that when the recipient opened it, she burst in to tears. Yes, she loved it!
Thanks again for all your wonderful comments! Hugs to all!
438478092Beautiful work, excellent job on this project. Your friend will cherish her gift, from you, well done. Sandra.
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11700111092This is just so lovely. I have so many designs I could do this with and mostly no energy--only the desire in my head. I am sure she loved it.
1827210294I love the quilting well done, I do wish you were here to teach me Shisha.
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7528Wow!!!!You did an Amazing job!!!It is Beautiful!!!!Well done
659261148I'm a quilter at heart and I do admire how fabulous this quilt is! You inspire me to get going and do a ME quilt like yours. Well done!
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253107Oh my. I am speechless. This is a masterpiece. Please tell us more about how you created it.
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360401Wow this is beautiful. Must have taken forever to do.... your friend must be special to you. Wow wow wow (one or two wows are simply not enough!)
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158553Beautiful job...I love the white on white or tone on tone...
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22592Wow is not a strong enough word - this is absolutely stunning!!! Please tell us more about how you made this. Did you make individual blocks, then sew them together? Or did you start with one large piece of muslin and embroider the designs directly on it? I also like how you separated the block sections with the long strips and border stitching. This must have taken a very long time to complete. She must be a very special friend! Excellent work.
316252346great designs, likes me really well, if I have sometimes a lot of time (never) I would also like to make to myself a so nice quilt - beautiful :-)
20108Absolutely stunning, I love it. Well done. It is sure to become a heirloom
4449Wow! Shisha, what a lot of work in this quilt, it's absolutely beautiful. A real heirloom! Love Chris
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