Nordic Snowflakes, pieced and quilted by me :)

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09-21-2015, 10:57 AM

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caspharm

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Wonderful quilt!

09-21-2015, 04:14 PM

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IBQUILTIN

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Truly amazing. I am sure she is thrilled with it

09-21-2015, 05:24 PM

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Claire123

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I love it. The quilting is great!!

09-21-2015, 07:02 PM

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PenniF

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That is an absolutely stunning quilt....You are one very talented lady ! ...and i bet your Mom was a little misty eyed when you gave it to her. Thank you for sharing this beauty.

09-21-2015, 07:08 PM

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butter14562

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Gorgeous quilt and quilting.

09-21-2015, 09:00 PM

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fireworkslover

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I can just imagine how beautiful this quilt is, since I saw Gudrun's version tonight at a neighboring Guild meeting. Gudrun used gray, dark gray and white. I like your colors better. Love the quilting you did as well. Congrats on a wonderful quilt.

09-22-2015, 03:04 AM

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javin22

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Oh WOW!! Stunning! Gorgeous work!

09-22-2015, 04:04 AM

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Plumtree

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This quilt may have been a challenge for you but you faced it and over came it with gusto!! Your quilt is amazing :-)

09-22-2015, 10:18 AM

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JenelTX

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Quote:

Originally Posted by fireworkslover

Oh, I'm jealous! I would've loved to see that. I used the same color scheme that was featured in the magazine, the one that Angela Walters quilted. Usually, I would never do that because I like to change things up, but the red/gray/white is part of what reminded me of Mom, so I felt that was the best decision.

For those of you who are interested in FMQ, I thought you might like to know how I did the snowflakes that are drifting in the red part... I cut out three different sized hexagons from template plastic, and I traced those in random spots on the quilt. That was the only marking I did. When I got to a hexagon, I traced around it and free-motioned six spikes from the six sides of the shape, with teardrops on the spikes. Then I quilted around those with six points. As you can tell, they aren't perfect by any means, but a friend told me, "No two snowflakes in real life are alike, either."

That made me smile!

I also did different free motion filler around each of the white fabric snowflakes. That was just for fun. You can't see it from a distance, but you notice it up close.

Thank you so much for your kind words, everyone!

09-22-2015, 05:59 PM

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liking quilting

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I had a chance to see Gudrun Erla at a local quilt show last year. She was the featured "trunk show" and did a great presentation. You did a wonderful job making that quilt. It's stunning