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oksewglad: I am going to try to remember your BIL’s comment! The church quilter’s will get a kick out of it.

petthefabric: Congratulations on your finish!

I finished a quilt that I started in EQ in 2013.

64 blocks of 72 triangles each - 4,608 patches. I sewed pairs of fabrics onto dozens of strips of Edyta Sitar's HST papers and there they sat. In January, they were still attached to their papers and they were still overwhelming. :D

It took about a week to cut them apart and piece the blocks. Sent it off to Missouri Star for quilting and I finished the borders and binding about two weeks after I got it back.

No great place to show it without daylight, but it's done, done, done!

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Originally Posted by Dedemac (Post 8468597)

I have another UFO finished, the easy way. I was cleaning my sewing room today and decided to just toss a the Jean quilt I started 18 months ago for our church group.

Good for you - that takes courage! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/thumbup.png

One less thing to nag you. ;)

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Originally Posted by petthefabric (Post 8468618)

Finished another UFO. Probably won't get a picture, it's too large to stage it. It's a stack n wack with dark burgundy and surrounded by teal.
So that's 2 this weekend. Pat me on the back and say congratulations!

Definitely, congratulations! The burgundy and teal sounds awesome.

Staging quilts is a problem for me too, especially the big ones. I would have to clean my bedroom first and that is WAY down my list of priorities! :D

Polyparrot, what a sophisticated quilt! Congratulations on the finish, it must have been labor-intensive.

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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot (Post 8468580)

I love the flying geese block - it must have taken ages to make enough for a big quilt like this. Beautiful, fresh colors!

I like how you are using the different stripe prints between your strips of geese. I haven't ever tried that.

Another UFO and one more on the way - good going! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/thumbup.png

it took the year of 2020.:it’s my temperature quilt- the large center triangle is the high temperature of the day, the small triangles are the low temperature. One block a day for a year. I started with a chart - temps ranging every 5* from minus zero to 0-5, 6-10 etc. up to 100+ then assigned a color to each 5* increments. Used scraps and kept track of the temperatures all year, sometimes I would not be able to sew for 3 or 4 days and could look at my day planner and catch up my blocks . I sewed each month into columns alternating pointing up/ down and kept each month labeled . Amazing that I stuck with it for the whole year- my daughter was a motivating factor since she fell in love with a couple strips and asked for the finished quilt when its done- when I was about 2 1/2 months into it.

Love the temperature quilt, Dedemac- good job sticking with it!

thepolyparrot- Beautiful work- Congratulations on overcoming the intimidation factor to get it done!

Rob

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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot (Post 8468844)

Polly that is a awesome quilt! Are the corners at a 45 angle? I love the way it arches over the corner of the mock bed. And did I read correctly you but the last border on after it was quilted? How do you attach it?

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Originally Posted by ckcowl (Post 8468895)

it took the year of 2020.:it’s my temperature quilt- the large center triangle is the high temperature of the day, the small triangles are the low temperature. One block a day for a year.

Ohhhhhhhhh~ I wondered what a temperature quilt was! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/boy.gif Thanks for the explanation!

Lovely, different looking quilts, thepolyparrot and ckcowl! Perseverance gets them done!