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03-05-2012, 11:25 AM

#71

cleodaisy

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Originally Posted by heirloomquilter

Fantastic hand work. I too enjoy hand piecing and hand quilting. Most of my friends (quilting or not) think I have lost my mind. You are doing a great job!

Noone in my 3 guilds think someone is crazy for doing hand work. Am I lucky or what??? I areallly love Woody's stars.
cleodaisy

05-05-2012, 05:45 AM

#72

ljptexas

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Love it! Love it!! Love anything with blue. You might try thrift stores or even look at fat quarters in several stores....
Love stars too. I'm making star blocks for a GS graduating in 3 yrs. His brother the next yr, along with a GD. So I'm starting now, little at a time. Boys are hard to figure for but girls, no problem......

05-05-2012, 06:37 AM

#73

Cuddly Quilter

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This is wonderful, i really like the way you have formed the blocks between the stars. Very impressive. I am making a blue and white dresden plate quilt at the moment and so enjoying the fresh colours. I am hand piecing them onto their white background. So rewarding doing handwork as well.

05-05-2012, 06:56 AM

#74

bearisgray

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love the design

05-05-2012, 07:04 AM

#75

Helen S

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It's very pretty! I never SAW the stars til I re-read your post! lol I only saw the blocks, but maybe that's because I so want to do a tumbling block quilt.

05-06-2012, 01:09 PM

#76

woody

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Thanks everyone

I am still plodding away slowly on this, I now have 14 blocks done, I haven't worked out my finished size yet, I suppose I will just keep going until I am sick of it LOL

05-06-2012, 08:35 PM

#77

Sewfine

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Beautiful, don't know about the hand quilting. The arthritis boys wouldn't allow it on my end.

05-06-2012, 08:59 PM

#78

TacoMama

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It looks beautiful! I know it will be gorgeous when you are finished.

05-07-2012, 11:40 AM

#79

burchquilts

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Originally Posted by QM

This will, indeed be a fine quilt. I look forward to seeing it finished.

Me, too! You're off to a fabulous start! And my hat's off to you for the hand piecing. I love to do hand work (applique, needlework) but hand sewing drives me crazy (or would that be "crazier"? LOL!).

05-09-2012, 10:31 AM

#80

faykilgore

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That is a perfect pattern for hand piecing and your work and colors are amazing! I shy away from those 60 degree angle patterns when I have to set-in y-seams by machine. I want to hand piece a grandmother's garden. I hope I can use my hands long enough to get that deep into my bucket list!