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| Just before pinning up! |
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Howdy! It's snowing! The Trees quilt is completed, quilted and folded
and put away in the quilt closet. Unfortunately, the closet is
completely full of quilts; I need another closet. I already have a
bookshelf full of quilts in the bedroom and one in the quilt room and
every room, including the kitchen and bathroom,has at least one quilt
top on the wall (most have two). My friend Corless always asks
"Shouldn't you be doing something with these?" My question back is
"Like what?" I mean, you can only give so many away and, for me at
least, giving them away has never been very satisfying. That is to say,
I don't feel that the recipients fully appreciate them. I'm like a
"cat lady" except with quilts. Anyway, thank you so much to everyone who shared an opinion about the border fabric! It was very, very helpful. I hope you like what I chose.
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| I will choose one of these light florals and use the paisley on the bottom for connecting bars. |
Aside from that, I am
starting a new UFO project today--
a group of 63
little 6-1/2" stars that are actually hand-sewn. I'm not a vain person
but I have to brag on the apparently mighty fine hand-sewing I was able
to produce in my 50's, which is when I made these stars. Wish I could
take a photo of these tiny, tiny stitches. Anyway, those days are
gone! My fingers are just not that flexible anymore. I'm going to
arrange these on point bar-chart fashion and I found some really pretty
tiny florals for the connecting triangles and a gorgeous paisley for the
connecting bars. Fingers crossed, though I reserve the right to change
my mind.
