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    Old 06-29-2019, 09:50 AM
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    My daughter decorated her daughter’s nursery in flowers with a heavy emphasis on bright pink. I found this lovely morning glories print filled with flowers about 2” across, so I decided to use it as an entire top instead of cutting it up. I used Floriani thread because I liked the shine. The centers of all the flowers are in a very light cream, and each flower is outlined in the color of its border. For the border and binding, I just used a 30 weight discontinued thread I had sitting around. Of course I ran out with 8” left of the binding! Luckily I had some closely matching 40 weight, and I just used two threads of that to finish the feather stitching, I am definitely not showing the back of this! The thread was so slick that I had troubles keeping a consistent tension. Of course it probably didn’t help that I was doing this on my Bernina 440 instead of my Sweet 16, but I was traveling in the RV when I started. Luckily she likes it, and that baby is too young to have an opinion!
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    Old 06-29-2019, 10:42 AM
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    nicely done
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    Old 06-29-2019, 11:12 AM
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    Great looking quilt. I love the feather stitching on the binding. I've never seen that done before.
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    Old 06-29-2019, 11:45 AM
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    Cute quilt!
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    Old 06-29-2019, 12:33 PM
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    I love it. So will that baby.
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    Old 06-29-2019, 01:07 PM
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    I don't think you should be afraid to show the back. What you did show looks great. Nice choice for this whole clothe quilt
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    Old 06-29-2019, 03:04 PM
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    Very pretty.
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    Old 06-29-2019, 08:34 PM
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    Lovely quilt for your granddaughter
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    Old 06-30-2019, 04:01 AM
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    Some fabric just deserves to be used whole, very nice.
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    Old 06-30-2019, 05:51 AM
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    This fabric made a lovely baby quilt. Just for clarification, this is not a whole cloth quilt. A whole cloth quilt is one piece of fabric, with no embellishments. It is just stitching (thread) to make the design. I hope that helps clarify the difference between a whole cloth and a single square of fabric with borders.
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