Longarmed wholecloth part 2 half way there

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03-29-2012, 04:41 AM

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OMG, that is spectacular !!! Beyond words.

03-29-2012, 05:23 AM

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Oh, my goodness! I have never seen anything soo beautiful!

03-29-2012, 05:29 AM

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Wow, you are doing an amazing job. People will be lining up at your door.

03-29-2012, 05:34 AM

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WOW just isn't enough. Gorgeous, stunning, lovely and amazing - none of them describe this.

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03-29-2012, 06:04 AM

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I have never seen anything I like better!

03-29-2012, 06:06 AM

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Very stunning!!

03-29-2012, 07:12 AM

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I guess my question is: why two batts...with the intense quilting most of it is locked down....granted the feathers are great-could those have been machine trapuntoed?. Also, I would like to see the quilt after washing...to remove those blue marks? Will it be just as beautiful?????? It seems to me that once washed that fresh, puffy look is gone.
Your quilting is beautiful? I hope you are planning to enter this into a juried show??????

03-29-2012, 08:15 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Geri B

Excellent question Geri. The reason for 2 bats is to try and acheive the look of trapunto without all the extra labor of traditional machine trapunto, which would be to load the top and one layer only of batting on the rack, outline quilt trapunto motifs with water soluble thread, then all the trimming away and then reload on the rack with the backing and thin batting and do all my quilting. Some LAers are finding they are getting very close to that look with only half the work. I follow blogs of some LA quilters and it seems quite a few are doing the double batting to try and get different looks. Two that immediately come to mind are Greenfairy and Charisma. Because one of the bats is a poly it should hold it's shape and "puffy" factor after washing. At least that has been my experience with most polys I have used in the past, they really don't lose the puffyness. I sure hope that is the case with this quilt anyway. 99% of my blue marking is coming out with a simple spritz of water from my spray bottle but it will need a good soaking to ensure all the water soluble ink is out.

The quilt is not mine to enter in a show but I do believe the owner of this quilt may have plans of entering it in a show. I hope so, even if it doesn't win anything I'd love to see a picture of it hanging up in the show hall.