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03-23-2011, 07:57 AM

#61

Mickey1

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Wish I could "doodle" like that! Great job. Love the quilt.

03-23-2011, 07:59 AM

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chanlaza's meemaw

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Beautiful and perfect!! :-D

03-23-2011, 08:02 AM

#63

jdeery

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It is gorgeous. What a beautiful job. It should win a prise :thumbup: How long have you been Long Arm
Quilting?

03-23-2011, 08:06 AM

#64

lighthouse

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WOW!!! your quilting is awesome :thumbup:

03-23-2011, 08:10 AM

#65

pugmom

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Amazing!!! How in the heck do you do that?!?!?

03-23-2011, 08:16 AM

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Aunt Bea

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Awesome

03-23-2011, 08:23 AM

#67

Airwick156

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Oh my Gosh. That is some really nice quilting. You got alot of detail in it that is for sure. And that is also a really cool quilt.

03-23-2011, 08:25 AM

#68

blossom808

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That is just to cool. Wowie you sure did a great job doodling. Looks like you had lots of fun.

03-23-2011, 08:47 AM

#69

doowopddbop

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Quote:

Originally Posted by feline fanatic

...I too am curious as to your technique. Did you mark it out some how?

Thanks for your comments! Boy do I love this board for all the comment love!

I drew out the shape I needed, cut it out of a cereal box, then used a piece of cheap white chalk to outline the two body shapes where I needed them to land. Those were quilted separately, adding the headdress feathers, arms and legs where they needed to be. The rest is just freehand filler doodling to fit around the kokopellis. I chalk an X if I need a particular motif to land in a particular spot, then just put the music on and go for it.

I don't use pantographs - I am not very good at that, and for another $15,000 I could add a computer to my existing machine... probably not gonna happen. To me, it's art - doodling with my giant machine, taking clues from the fabric/design/piecing (and client's preference) to decide how to quilt it. Quilts talk to me... :)