A Hand Pieced GFG given to me....

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09-29-2011, 05:51 AM

#61

daisydebby

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Oh boy, decisions, decisions:) What a wonderful surprize. I'd say handquilt. BUT, you do such beautiful quilting on the machine AND you DO want to use it soon, right? Let us know. It's a beautiful quilt. Good luck!!

09-29-2011, 05:57 AM

#62

humbird

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Originally Posted by mom-6

That is so lovely! I'm a traditionalist at heart and I think it just begs to be lovingly hand quilted. Sure it takes forever to do, but that one has been laying around waiting for a long time already, so a bit longer certainly won't hurt anything. You might even find that hand quilting is great to pick up at odd moments and do to relax.

Have to agree with mom-6. Beautiful top! Seems green is the usual color for "paths", but I'm really liking the peach!

09-29-2011, 06:05 AM

#63

Gramyx7

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I hand pieced one several years ago, and I quilted it on my la just like it was hand quilted. pm me if you want to know how i did it... was easy and fast... and looked good couldn't tell the difference... :)

09-29-2011, 06:23 AM

#64

mhansen6

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What a wonderful gift. You do such wonderful machine quilting you could only make it better. Whatever you do please post a picture of the finished product.

09-29-2011, 06:26 AM

#65

P-BurgKay

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It desevers to be hand quilted, when the time and effort was put in it to hand piece it, it should most definitely be hand quilted, just MHO

09-29-2011, 06:26 AM

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Grandma Peg

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What a great gift. Enjoy.

09-29-2011, 07:02 AM

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grannypat7925

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It is a beauty and I'm sure your talented mind will figure out just the right finishing touches.

09-29-2011, 07:07 AM

#68

themeemama

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I have a GFG from the 1930's that is all done by hand. It is quilted "by the piece." I don't think anything else would look as good. And, of course, I am THE traditionalist.