2013 Quilt for Quilters Swap (Closed)
08-24-2013, 10:51 AM
#1071
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 1,012
I received the most gorgeous quilt today from Jillaine. It is just my style and I LOVE it so much! 
I know how much work went into this quilt, THANK YOU so much Jillaine. I would never make one of these for myself, too much work, so I am truly blessed to receive such a beauty. It is perfect in my bedroom and thank you for the scraps!
I know how much work went into this quilt, THANK YOU so much Jillaine. I would never make one of these for myself, too much work
, so I am truly blessed to receive such a beauty. It is perfect in my bedroom and thank you for the scraps!
08-24-2013, 12:33 PM
#1073
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: California Girl exiled in DC
Posts: 1,337
Yeah! It arrived! (Better late than never?)
SO glad you like it.
And I can't take all the credit... Charisma Horton did the quilting. First time I've sent out to a long-armer. I'm pretty happy with the result.
isn't it purty? (I loved the fabrics)
;-)
SO glad you like it.
And I can't take all the credit... Charisma Horton did the quilting. First time I've sent out to a long-armer. I'm pretty happy with the result.
isn't it purty? (I loved the fabrics)
;-)
08-25-2013, 04:52 AM
#1077
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Location: California Girl exiled in DC
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It's a basic lonestar design. I followed the "colorway" of the fabric. It came with a panel of "handkerchief" squares that I used in each of the corners (and, cut in half diagonally, the four set-in triangles). It also came with stripes/bands that I used for the internal border. Then it was a matter of figuring out how to do another border using up the remaining fabric-- so I did a combination of single-piece squares (of the larger floral pattern) with pinwheels, alternating.
Despite my efforts to measure the borders the way instructions tell you to, I still had some rippling. (Sorry!)
And if I were to do it over, I would have used a solid backing instead of a print-- even though the print is subtle, it does not show off Charisma's long-arming as much as a it could. When you use a solid and have good long-arming, you really get a second quilt on the back side.
And I LOVE Charisma's "traditional" quilting of the lonestar itself. (The arcs inside of each diamond)
Despite my efforts to measure the borders the way instructions tell you to, I still had some rippling. (Sorry!)
And if I were to do it over, I would have used a solid backing instead of a print-- even though the print is subtle, it does not show off Charisma's long-arming as much as a it could. When you use a solid and have good long-arming, you really get a second quilt on the back side.
And I LOVE Charisma's "traditional" quilting of the lonestar itself. (The arcs inside of each diamond)
08-28-2013, 07:07 PM
#1079
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Margate, FL
Posts: 955
Received my quilt!
Just got it. Thanks Nurse Bonnie! It is a lovely quilt and will treasure it. All about it is beautifull, the colors, the setting, the piecing and the quilting. It also came with goodies! Notions, patterns and F Q!
Thanks!
Thanks!
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