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Stunning!!!!

Oh, my, Polly. That is just stunning. It takes my break away.

-Irene

Wow! Michelle

WOW! Miss Polly, beautiful! I'm sure it will be Christmas in June & July in your bedroom this year. Please tell me you don't have the will power to wait till December???

Louise the quilting is perfect for the quilt. I took some close looks as I've been trying to decide how to quilt one that I have been working on and some of your ideas may work on mine. Not that my efforts will be as even and professional looking!

Great collaboration ladies!

Marilyn in Alberta, Canada

Uff Da!!

Val

The quilt that inspired me was done simply in a grid pattern. Phooey. I asked Louise to just leave the quilt hanging around until it told her what it wanted. Rule One when sending a quilt to a longarmer is supposed to be to say what you want. All I wanted was music. Louise has veins on the leaves, teensy stippling to emphasize the 1" squares, arcs in the setting triangles . . . it just goes on and on. The worst of this is for Louise. Her Mama brought friends by to see our quilt and wants Louise to make one for her. I dunno. That rascal has something like 416" of vines. With thanks to Miss Bernina, I stitched those green vines down with red thread. I'm probably a show-off. =) Yes. Probably. Polly

Polly, that quilt is absolutely gorgeous!! And Louise's quilting sets it off to a tee!!

I just wish all of you would have been lucky enough to see Polly's beautiful work up close and personal. It was such a thrill to work on it - she did such a nice job! And yes, it's true - my mother fell in love with the quilt (as mentioned in a later email) and has been hinting very strongly that she'd love to have one like it. But to be honest, this one had Polly written all over it, and I could never begin to create one that Mom would like as much!

Polly's DH did have a bit of worry when I lost my Internet connection and we were in the midst of flooding here in the Cedar Rapids area, but we assured him we were high and dry, and I think he relaxed some. I think both he and I were pretty darned happy when the quilt arrived back home today, though!

The colors/fabrics Polly used are captivating - it seemed we (my DH, my mom, my sister, me) found something new every time we looked at it. What you can't see in the pictures are that many of them are three-dimensional - ruched, I think you call it - and they were done just perfectly. I always suspected she did fine work, and I can definitely vouch for her now. We may have to take up a collection to buy her a digital camera so we can have the chance to see the rest of her work!

Aside to Louise, I think Val's "uff da" is Viking for 'pretty good'. Not real sure. There are very few gator Vikings here in the Swamp. Vikings are hard to catch and rather chewy. Polly

Does binding really matter? I can bind this quilt with the green wavy grass print. It won't show but it really will give a nice finish. Or - I can bind it in red. Does binding really matter except we can't leave batting and backing out loose? Any thoughts? Polly

That is *beautiful*. And I love your choice for the backing, too. You

*should* be very proud! I would be, if that quilt were mine! Also loved the scrappy nin-patch. I'd like to make one of those.

Sherry

Well my word, Miz Polly, you don't half do a thing, do you? Just gorgeous, and that's not saying near enough. You are definitely an artist. And so is Louise. I'm just excited for both of you.

Sunny

WOW! What a stunning, fun, gorgeous quilt! You should stand proud.

Lenore

Polly - it is magnificent! And Louise did a beautiful job quilting it too! It's a treasure!

Pauline Northern California

Oh what a feast to wake up to! A glorious riot of colour in a quilt so beautiful. Louise's quilting is so fitting and inspiring.

As someone else said, I bet your DH's mama has noticed this - there's probably a little meeting of former quilting ladies up there looking down in awe.

Thanks for showing us the pictures Louise. So very lovely. . In message , Polly Esther writes

Whowie ! That is wonderful!!

Polly, that's such a gorgeous quilt! And kudos to Louise for helping bring such a pretty thing to life!

I sort of like the red idea. Anna Belle