Last winter my 5 year-old granddaughter stayed with us for a week. I took her to the quilt shop to retrieve my sewing machine and she zoomed in on a lovely oriental design. When asked by someone if she liked the fabric she replied indignantly, "I don't wike it. I WUV it!" You can see the (finally) finished quilt at:
Happy Dance in CT
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Betty,
That's beautiful. I "wuv" it too!
Gorgeous. Tell Nora I "wuv" it too.
your wee lass has excellent taste in fabric, Betty. she must inherit that from her grandma who is a clever lass herself. i love how you placed the drunkards path and how the quilting emphasizes the whole design. the echoing really puts the whole thing in motion, like wind blowing gently thru the garden. fantastic job. well done you!!!! i wuv it too. :-D happy dancing under the palm trees in the south pacific, jeanne
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Ooooooooh, that's gorgeous, Betty! Your DGD was right to "wuv" it!
Hi gorgous is the word. Great work and may I say great taste to DGD
That is so very pretty, and wonderful for a little girl. Well done both of you. The quilting in that central panel looks amazing! . In message , Betty Monahan writes
Hi Betty, It's a beautiful quilt and your DGD has great taste in fabrics :-D I love how you've used that gorgeous large fabric design. Thank you for sharing:-D
Elly
I wuv it too -what a gorgeous border! Wonder if any fabric designers tune in here. Do they realize how their designs occasionally just bowl us over? Roberta in D
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Gasp - I WUV it too! What a treasure she will have in this quilt. Dancing in the moonlight for ya!
Karen, Queen of Squishies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ music is all around us, all you have to do is listen
Betty: Nora has very good taste! She picked out great fabric, AND she knows her way around her Grandma's heart!! So, I'm Happy Dancing to the tune "Thank Heaven's for Little Girls."
PAT Virginia
Thank you all for your lovely comments. She really is a remarkable child--DH says she's "spoiled rotten". Not true!
It was a joy to work on. I "celebrated" finishing it by having some reconstructive surgery last Friday on my left thumb and wrist (had the right one done three years ago) to counteract severe osteoarthritis (lots of pain due to no more cartilage in the base joint) and carpal tunnel. So I am reduced to one-handed stab-stitching for a while. But it doesn't hurt!
Betty in CT
Thanks Louise
Betty in CT
Thanks, Mary
Betty in CT
Thanks for your lovely comments. I can't take any credit for the drunkards path design--It's straight off the cover of Mary Sue Suit's book "A New Turn on Drunkard's Path" which pattern was fortunately just the right size. I just eliminated the center and put in the large print with a small extra border. It's more a credit to my ability to recalculate how many of those little pieces to cut!
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Thnaks.
Betty in CT
That's beautiful, Betty!!
That's very beautiful
Happy Dancing with you!
- dlm. in central MA
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