My own quilt - first one for myself

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03-07-2011, 04:04 PM

#71

almostfree

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"Sew" beautiful!!!

03-07-2011, 04:06 PM

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Taughtby Grandma

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Breathtakingly beautiful. :thumbup:

03-07-2011, 05:20 PM

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darlenedowns

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My kind of quilt
very good job
a whole lot of work and turn out is awesome

03-07-2011, 05:40 PM

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Tweety2911

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That is a lot of hours of embroidery! I know how long it takes just to do a label! Your quilt is awesome and truly a keeper for yourself.

03-07-2011, 05:58 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aliceg

I have just finished a Fisherman Fred and Sunbonnet Sue quilt with 72 blocks - each one different. Most squares have more than 30,000 stitches - therefore it is $30.00 per square. It took me three months of embroidery and I'm sure my great granddaughters will enjoy it also.

I have enough squares left to make a runner for my dresser. Not selling this one.

Is there anyone else that makes this type of quilt - I would like to hear what designs you use.

I also have most of those designs, from Embroidery library? last year was the $1 sale-- I did stitch out a couple but the embroidery is so dense, ended up frameing them as thought it would be too stiff a quilt? but it is certainly awsome in a quilt. have you don't anything else with embroidery?

03-07-2011, 06:20 PM

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katesnanna

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Is there anyone else that makes this type of quilt - I would like to hear what designs you use.[/quote]

I have made one so far but have a box of embroidries to make more. My first one was done with teddies from Bunnycups. I'm doing dragons from The Quiltery to make quilts for 2 GS for Chritmas. Each dragon takes about 2 hours or more but so worth it.
I've also embroidered things to make totes for shopping. These were from Emb Lib. My trouble is too many ideas not enough sewing and too much time on this site.

03-07-2011, 06:22 PM

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Nettie Phillips

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awesome. I love it.

03-07-2011, 06:32 PM

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aliceg

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I do towels, pot holders and lap quilts. Want to try and do some on shirts - haven't tried that yet.

Yes they are stiff - that's why I don't quilt other than around the block. It does make the block fluffy then.

03-07-2011, 06:34 PM

#79

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I did one for my grandson that had deer designs. It took over an hour for each one to stitch out. I told him to take care of it because he would not get another one.