Airplane Quilt Completely Finished!!! Yay!!!

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08-12-2009, 06:25 PM

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elsie_old

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real cute

08-12-2009, 07:47 PM

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JoanneS

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I love your quilt. I've always wanted to make one sorta like it, because there are so many pilots in our family. You've put so MANY things into it - fields, and flying geese, and tetrahedrons, and sky, and propellers, and flags, and the spectacular Mariner's Compass, and airplanes of course! I'm sure I missed a few symbols. Love it, love it, love it :thumbup: :thumbup:

08-12-2009, 08:36 PM

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Amazing! Did you hand quilt it? What a great work of art! I just love the close up of our American flag!

08-12-2009, 08:44 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by suzic46

That's awesome! My dad would love your quilt. He was a pilot in WWII and a private pilot as a profession. It would be so fun to make him one, it looks difficult, was it?

It did take me a long time to piece the top together. But, the airplane blocks and the mariner's compass block are the new paper-piecing technique, and I had never done that before.

I did have to put it on a design board to figure out the correct color placement. And since basically so many blocks are different, there was no assembly-line action, it was pretty much just piece each block one at a time.

After that, well, I hand-quilted it. And that is just as slow as it sounds, but not harder than any other.

08-12-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Eddie

Now THAT is a really cool quilt. I'd have loved to have had that as a little boy! :)

Well, I made it for my son who is in Navy Flight school right now, so I hope big boys like it, too! Thanks!

08-12-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by littlehud

Great quilt. I love the colors and the planes are awesome. Did you do the pattern yourself. I really like it.

No, got the pattern from these folks:

http://www.colfaxcloth.com/planes.php

I made mine using scrappy cloth instead of solid colors as in the picture, and I made a few variations to get the correct placement of everything.

Thanks to all for your kind words.

08-12-2009, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by alaskasunshine

Amazing! Did you hand quilt it? What a great work of art! I just love the close up of our American flag!

Thanks, alaska. I did hand quilt it. I tried to show in the pic that I quilted around the little flag, but I wasn't sure you would be able to see it in the picture.

08-12-2009, 08:52 PM

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Love the airplanes... I could never let the guy I work with see that he would want me to make him one :lol: GREAT JOB !

08-12-2009, 10:31 PM

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I'am in awe of the beautiful work
you have put into making this lovely
quilt!! :D Thank you again, for sharing
all of your picture's with us!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D

08-13-2009, 05:33 AM

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That is a true work of art and you should be proud. I know how long it takes to hand quilt as well. I think you should enter it in a show or the fair.