I decided on the Wild Zinnias for paper-piecing and the Clover Blossom for piecing. I took Elly's primroses and leaves and her idea of putting them into a basket. I used a paper-pieced basket that's a Carol Doak block and I appliquéd the primroses and leaves onto that. I was very happy with the way it turned out. My appliqué is steadily improving, but I'm still not enjoying the process. I liked the outcome, though!!
That is going to be beeee youuuuu ti fullllll!!!!
Thank you! I'm getting anxious now to be able to start arranging the blocks!
They are really beautiful!
As usual - beautiful Carole. I think your applique is wonderful - keep up the good work. It sure is going to be a beautiful quilt. Lucky recipients!
Sharon (N.B.)
They're beautiful, Carole!
I LOVE your primroses!
Oh boy! Each month I am almost speechless - this month you've succeeded. Except to say - how very, very beautiful. . In message , CaroleD writes
I just LOVE how Carole has interpreted my primroses. Just fabulous. And as always the wild zinnias and clover look just beautiful! Fantastic! Just can't wait to see this quilt!
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How wonderful they are. What a beautiful collection of blocks you have now. So dreamy!
To Estell UK, Elly, Pat on the Hill, Kay Ahr, Sandy in Henderson, Sharon, and Boca Jan......thank you ALL for such nice words about my quilt blocks. I'm also happy with my blocks and colors. Now I'm getting worried that I'm going to mess up the whole thing with my less-than-proficient machine free-motion quilting on a domestic machine. However, that's really my only option 'cause I don't have the $$$ to send it somewhere to be quilted.
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Consider about quilting it in sections Carole. That should be a lot less scary and physically demanding. If you work it out ahead of time - like now! - you'll be able to arrange it in the best possible way. Having smaller pieces in the machine at any one time will reduce the stress on all concerned and will mean you are much less likely to do boo-boos!
There are several ways of quilting in sections. Perhaps you could Archive the group, as we have had several discussions on the topic. .. In message , Carole-Retired and Loving It writes
I've tried different "quilting in sections" techniques and have printed and saved several different methods when I've seen them on the Internet. I found, though, that I actually prefer working with the whole quilt. It's not so much a matter of getting the quilt into the right place without drag as it is a matter of my brain knowing what it wants to do. I'm working on quilting the "Reducing my Stash" string quilt right now. It's 103" x 106" and I'm doing it as a whole quilt. So far, it's going pretty well, but the kind of quilting I'm doing on it probably isn't what I'm going to want for this BOM quilt.
This style is very informal and loose and I don't think the BOM quilt will look right in this style.
I have tables and ir>Consider about quilting it in sections Carole. That should be a lot
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That will be a beautiful quilt, Carole! chipper
As usual, Carole, they are beautiful. I can't wait to see the finished quilt!!
What a neat 'trip' of watching the progress (and the cat's determination that it will be HER quilt!) I never would have thought of a TATW pattern for a string quilt.
(Butterfly) Just the perfect thing for an afternoon
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It's amazing what a person will do to use up old stash to justify purchasing new stash!!
Thanks, Chipper and Donna! This is the second year in a row I've done the RCTQ BOM. I think I may have to skip next year to give myself time to finish the other works-in-progress!
If this gets answered twice, my apologies. This came through while I was watching the coverage of the storm damage in downtown Atlanta and I was a little "shaken." I kept wondering which of my basketball-loving friends were there in that awful mess. I thought I answered this, but it's not showing up this morning.
Anyway, I'm not sure what made me decide to lay out the string quilt the way I did. Since the quilt had no purpose other than for me to play, reduce stash, and give a venue for practicing free-motion quilting without worrying about it, it really didn't matter. The cat does the same thing with every quilt I make. They are all hers!
Funny th>What a neat 'trip' of watching the progress (and the cat's determination
Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia
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I love your string quilting!! I have your picture bookmarked for inspiration - I have been meaning to do a string quilt for some time.
And a technique question: I see that you were using paper from an old phone book as foundation. - how easy/hard was that to rip out? (Ripping off paper after foundation piecing is my least favorite part of the process)
Allis> I've tried different "quilting in sections" techniques and have
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