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01-08-2011, 09:32 PM

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LETIA

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Wow! What patience. It is beautiful

01-08-2011, 09:51 PM

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grammyto2

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what a treasure, keep it safe.

01-08-2011, 10:36 PM

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daisydebby

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Wow, it's beautiful. How great you recieved your gggrandmother's quilt and you did such a nice job on the quilting. Love it.

01-09-2011, 01:28 AM

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rona thickpenny

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awesome . what a wonderful to have in the family.

01-09-2011, 01:30 AM

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Julianne

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This is just beautiful I wondered if you paper pieced it or if you just did it with strip piecing. It is absolutely wonderful!!!

01-09-2011, 04:52 AM

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Doda

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Beautiful...truly a treasure.

01-09-2011, 06:51 AM

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shopaholic97

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What a treasure

01-09-2011, 07:50 AM

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jolo

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I still make my postagestamp siqed quilts,all by hand each pieces sewed in.I love doing it.Each row in an around the world pattern contains 4 more blocks. Trying to count and get that many of the same fabric back in the day was very hard to do. lol Now not so bad.

01-09-2011, 07:56 AM

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RNUNU

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Julianne

This is just beautiful I wondered if you paper pieced it or if you just did it with strip piecing. It is absolutely wonderful!!!

I wonder if you read the introduction to this Family Treasure ..... back in the Year 1840, I don't believe "Paper Piecing" was even a word in the Quilting Vocabulary.

This quilt was "hand-sewn" - "hand-pieced" .... "sewing by hand" .... in "1840" by my "Great - Great - Great Grandmother". I "myself" with help from friends, "Hand Quilted" the entire quilt. The "Hand Quilting" took us almost 6 months to complete.