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01-24-2009, 05:40 AM

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Bevanger

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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh my girl That is gorgeous, and those fabrics are to die for.. GREAT JOB!

01-24-2009, 08:11 AM

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bearpaw

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Looks gorgeous!! Love the CW prints - the brown and pink really look great together.

01-24-2009, 05:18 PM

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KayBee

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WOW - absolutely beautiful!

01-24-2009, 05:40 PM

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CissyQuilts

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Originally Posted by sewjoyce

The feather design will be gorgeous on there! Are you going to hand quilt it?

Thanks, Joyce. I think I'm going to machine quilt it. I'm still not sure about what quilting design to use in the pink and brown blocks.

01-27-2009, 03:44 PM

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QUILTIN LADY

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boy that is so pretty makes me wont to do 1 :)

01-27-2009, 04:14 PM

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Harmony

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When you get that stencil quilted, this quilt will be a knockout! You're just so darned talented!

01-29-2009, 05:01 AM

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OK, could you tell this cluck how you know it's civil war fabric (reproductions, I assume :lol: )? Are they labeled in the fabric store? I've never been aware of them in the store (of course I haven't been looking for them). I know this is a dumb question, but I'll never know if I don't ask. Sorry.

Oh, and the quilt top will be gorgeous. Love the color combination. And such neat work!

01-29-2009, 06:00 AM

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Bevanger

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the stencil will really hit it off,,, gorgeous quilt

01-29-2009, 07:05 AM

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Memalinda

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Great work. Ilove the pink and brown combo.
Happy quilting :-) Linda

01-29-2009, 10:27 AM

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Marcia

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Quote:

Originally Posted by GailG

Gail---there are NO dumb questions--especially here. That is what this forum is all about-sharing our love and knowledge of quilting. If you don't ask, you never learn!!

Some fabric stores do have a section for Civil War fabrics, others may just have a current line, or none at all. You can certainly ask the staff and they should be able to tell you. Quilt shows are a great place to find CW repros. After you have been buying them for a while, you seem to develop an "eye" for them and can spot them across a crowded room.

There are many places on the web to check out CW reproduction fabrics. Moda has a designer named Barbara Brackman who has designed a lot of CW lines. The link to her website is http://www.barbarabrackman.com/

Judie Rothermel is another designer of CW fabrics (as well as 30s reproduction fabrics) Here is a link to her website. You can order directly from her or find her fabrics in some shops. She also has a great booth at most of the major quilt shows http://www.schoolhousequilts.com/

Here are some links to some quilts on the board using CW repros

http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/10158.page
http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/list/15702.page

Caution: Collecting CW fabrics for your stash is highly addictive!! If you are going to begin collecting for a quilt, just know that you may end up with a stash big enough for several quilts!