A housewarming gift for a friend
11-16-2009, 06:19 PM
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My friend of 42 years (since elementary school) and her husband recently bought a small home in the town of Idyllwilde, California, which looks for all the world like Santa's Village. I made this wall-hanging as a housewarming gift for her. She is a teacher, and so I was looking for something with an apple theme. Then, one of my recent quilting magazines had this pattern, and I thought it was perfect. The name of the quilt is "Snowed In."
This shows the back fabric. This was my first attempt at machine quilting. I wanted to do something fancier, but decided to try that on something I make for myself. Actually, the pattern suggested this grid.
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This is the front of the quilt (obviously).
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This is the paper-pieced label I made. I printed the wording on a "Printed Treasures" fabric sheet, then paper-pieced the rest around it. Also, I embellished the tree with the star charm.
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11-16-2009, 06:25 PM
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I love your quilt....I think your machine quilting is really good...I only hope when I get to do mine it turns out as well as yours. I think this is such a great housewarming gift....makes me feel like moving, but unfortunately none of my friends or family quilt!!
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