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07-02-2010, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Pam
Looks like everything lined right up, you did a great job! Why not sew strips together and just use up scraps from the quilt for your binding? It would be pretty, you have great colors.
Beautiful quilt by the way. You should be proud to make something this lovely on only the second try.
07-02-2010, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by ramonarivera2010
nice...what is the name of the pattern?
07-02-2010, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ramonarivera2010
NICE!!!!! great job, you must be quilting for years.
You can see my first one here:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48595-1.htm
I have one UFO (a Liberty Log Cabin) to finish and lots of projects planned in my head. lol
07-03-2010, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Vanuatu Jill
on a quilt like this that has several fabrics and colors, I sometimes like to take my left-over "scraps" from that quilt and cut them in random lengths, 2 1/2 or 2 3/4 wide and piece them at random to make one strip the required length for the binding. It saves having a separate fabric for the binding and really pulls the whole piece together. It really does look nice, especially if your backing is a solid color or tonal.
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