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    Old 02-05-2014, 04:29 PM
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    what cute kids and quilts
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    Old 02-05-2014, 05:13 PM
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    Beautiful quilts for beautiful kids!! They sure look like they love them!
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    Old 02-05-2014, 08:10 PM
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    Well you sure know how to give and receive LOVE! The smiles on your grandchildren's face says it all. The quilts are fabulous. Were the patterns your own creations. Anyway the quilts are lovely.
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    Oh how cute both of these quilts are, and they sure got a lot of smiles. My little grandson would love those pirates. What is the name of that panel, if you don't mind saying. Thanks for sharing
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    They are wonderful!!!!
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    Old 02-05-2014, 10:19 PM
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    The quilts are awesome I like them both, and what Cute children.
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    Old 02-06-2014, 04:23 AM
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    Thanks for the nice comments -- especially about the kids! I think they are cute too!

    I'm sorry I don't remember the name of the pirate panel. I got it about 3 years ago, I just spent a lot of time online Googling something like "fabric panel pirates" or "pirate fabric." The center panel was one fabric line and the border was a striped fabric that was different line but really coordinated. I wish I had bought one more yard of it, the borders would have been easier! The other nautical fabrics were picked up at a number of stores.

    Necessity was the mother of invention -- I "created" the layouts myself, just compiling borders and framing for blocks until I had the right size for a twin quilt with a drop over the edge of the mattress. The fairy fabric gave me the most problems. I always prewash but after doing the fairy panels, they came out very wonky. Some were too wonky to use. So I framed them all in brown and then straightened the brown borders. Some are WAY, WAY off and I got so discouraged I gave up for while. I finally decided this wasn't a show quilt, it was for a little girl who would love it anyway and it would be well used. So I measured and cut until I had top pieced to fit a twin bed. The background fabric is a green vine Robert Morse print, so both the fairies pictures and the background fabric are from art created in the early 1900s. There are additional Flower Fairy fabrics on the back, the quilt is totally reversible, but this side is the "front."

    My takeaway lesson from this was I'll never prewash a panel again.
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    The quilts are just gorgeous, but those are two beautiful Grandkids. I'm sure they will treasure their quilts for many years.
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    Thank you for the photos of the GC in bed covered ith their new quilts. Smiles are your thanks. You get a hug from me.
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    What sweet kiddoes and the quilts are awesome!!!
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