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Last night I finished stitching the label on our grandson's graduation quilt. The label is precious - a copy of the invitation, his graduation picture, a baby picture and one of him in his first cowboy suit and hat on the biggest horse we ever saw. The label begins, "stitched with love" and indeed it was. That photo transfer fabric is a beast to stitch and I only have 7 fingers left to prove it. The quilt may go to college and to a bachelor pad, camping, a warm cover for great-grandchildren not yet even a twinkle in his eye, and may survive to wrap a refrigerator on a move to somewhere wonderful. Let us never forget that our creations can go places we will never go but will carry our love quietly and constantly. Polly

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Polly Esther
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Polly, your lucky grandson will absolutely love it! And he will think of you whenever he uses it. Perhaps he will even find one of your fingers in it LOL=20

My dear nephew adored the graduation quilt I made for him last summer, and took it with him to college...he says he often gets comments about it from envious pals.

-Irene

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IMS

Oh gosh.....that made me teary! "carry our love quietly and constantly" Wonderful! Was that on the quilt??? It should be!

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KJ

Oh, my gosh, this is a true Klennex moment. Lucky Grandson.

Marsha in nw, Ohio

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marsha

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Polly Esther

Oh yes, LIME.......The Margaritaville Quilt!!!

Val

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Val

Oh, Polly, what lovely thoughts you do come up with -- and, even better, share with us!

As for the transfer fabric (was it the June Tailor stuff?), when I was faced with trying to sew through some of it at one point, I gave up and put a "frame" around it of regular cotton. Then I sewed that to the quilt -- saved all ten of my fingers.

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Sandy

Sandy, I used to know that but it slipped my mind this time. For next time, I've written LOUD and obnoxious notes on the folder that holds the photo transfer sheets. The sheets are Printed Treasures and their quality is worth the struggle. A frame of sashing would have looked very nice and saved all of you from having to listen to me whine. Mercy, how I do hate whining. I didn't actually kill any fingers but wearing 3 thimbles and getting out the pliers surely did cramp my style. Polly

"Sandy" wrote > Oh, Polly, what lovely thoughts you do come up with -- and, even better,

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Polly Esther

Another thought on the photo transfer labels, or any label for that matter. If you sew the label,by machine, to the backing before you layer to quilt you will quilt through the label making it much more difficult to remove. (Which means much more likely to be able to identify the quilt if "misplaced".) Of course it depends on how much quilting you are doing and such, and I would not advise this if you are hand quilting. I do know a lot of "name" quilters and designers are doing this.

Pati, > Sandy, I used to know that but it slipped my mind this time. For next time,

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Pati Cook

Polly, I can only say you are a wonder and a joy to know.

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Carolyn McCarty

Thank you so much, Carolyn. I am so glad to have this wonderful group to share such a special moment. Polly

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Polly Esther

Lime would be good. But if you don't want it for some reason, have you considered orange? (not an orange person, that rumbly noise is my teeth gritting, but sometimes we just need to consider it!) Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

Will have to wait until I get the fabric in my hot little hands but it just could be that we'll push orange all the way to its base, which, of course, would be chocolate. Well, only sort of. You know. Please don't grit your teeth. My crowns cost a heap more than my car. Polly

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Polly Esther

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