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    Old 03-12-2011, 10:36 PM
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    GREAT JOBthumbup: Now,tell me how to do the one I like.I'
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    Old 03-12-2011, 11:14 PM
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    Beautiful, as your work always is!
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    Old 03-12-2011, 11:29 PM
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    Wow! did you have templates in all those sizes? That looks really hard and like every piece was a different size and shape. You are a wizard!
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    Of course you are pleased with it. Who would not be. Food job!
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    Old 03-14-2011, 01:40 AM
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    Originally Posted by gal288
    How. Are you planning to. Quilt it?
    I think I'll kind of continue the waving triangle theme out into the border with the quilting. I certainly won't do something unsympathetic like an all over meander! I always try to enhance the top with the quilting as I view it as an inherent part of the overall design. I generally plan the quilting while piecing or even in the design stage but in this case, I was so involved with the technique and getting the colour graduation right, I didn't do that. :-D
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    Old 03-14-2011, 01:43 AM
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    Originally Posted by bhanes
    What is the name of the pattern? It is beautiful.
    This is my own original design based on the technique by Margaret Miller in her book Block Bender Quilts. I think the book is out of print but I got mine used from Amazon. It's by no means a quick thing to make though. After designing my grid and drafting my layou, I then had to draft and cut my templates from plastic then each patch had to be individually cut. I loved it though and can't wait to do another - I have multiple designs laying around the place on graph paper..
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    Old 03-14-2011, 01:44 AM
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    Originally Posted by drose
    GREAT JOBthumbup: Now,tell me how to do the one I like.I'
    I'm looking forward to seeing yours. Are you working on the one you told me about already or drawing up another one?
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    Old 03-14-2011, 01:45 AM
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    Originally Posted by Jan T
    Wow! did you have templates in all those sizes? That looks really hard and like every piece was a different size and shape. You are a wizard!
    This design 'only' took 7 individual templates. Actually it's surprising how few you need as the illusion created is of many different sized pieces. :-D
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    Old 03-14-2011, 01:51 AM
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    Originally Posted by Jan T
    Wow! did you have templates in all those sizes? That looks really hard and like every piece was a different size and shape. You are a wizard!
    PS Thought you might like to see all the fabrics that went into this as well - it was a great excuse to colour sort all my scraps! :lol:
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    Old 03-14-2011, 02:00 AM
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    Originally Posted by gaigai
    It's beautiful, but I can't look at it without turning my head so that I see it set straight! LOL
    LOL....I was thinking the same thing...AWESOME JOB!!!
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