Second Quilt quilted for our local kids this week ...

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04-28-2016, 06:20 AM

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kele

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Pretty quilt and your quilting looks great!

04-28-2016, 07:08 AM

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ontheriver

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Your quilting is great. Cute quilt sure to be loved.

04-28-2016, 08:19 AM

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Melspoon

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Nice work--love the butterfly and dragonfly boarder.

04-28-2016, 08:21 AM

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Kwiltr

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Originally Posted by maviskw

Super beautiful quilt and super beautiful quilting. But it looks like the binding might become wavy without some special precautions. I would tug pretty hard on the binding as it was being sewn on. If the binding is made of lengthwise fabric, you can tug pretty hard. If it is WOF, not quite so much.

Thank you! I don't bind them, I give them back to the group at this stage and they do. It actually lays flatter than it looks, so I don't think it's going to be an issue.

04-28-2016, 08:21 AM

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MargeD

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What a great cause for giving quilts. Your quilting is quite beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

04-28-2016, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by duckydo

Love the quilt and it is for a great cause. Also I love the all over pattern. Would you mind sharing what the name of it is and where you got it? thanks

Thank you! The allover pattern is just a feather variation that I saw on a quilt done by Judi Madsen of Green Fairy Quilts. You can check out her blog or follow her on Instagram. Of course her's looks so much nicer, but I keep trying

04-28-2016, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by EmiliasNana

Love your quilting and posts. I have a Tiara (basically same machine) and am always trying to figure out new over-all quilting designs. Still learning though, so your pictures are really helping. I make baby quilts for charity for the same reason, to practice on. Did you use a stencil for your adorable butterfly border? Any suggestions would be helpful for us beginners.

Thank you! The border motifs I used are made with a cardboard template that I made of the outline of the butterfly and the dragonfly. Both are in Judi Madsen's book Quilting Wide Open Spaces, (great book that I own) I just reduce or enlarge to the size I need for a given quilt. You can do the same thing with any shapes you find for example in coloring books and I embellish them as I see fit. I like adding little motifs on the kids quilts when I can.