Happy dancin' in the heatwave

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 5:16 AM

Happy dancin' in the heatwave over here!!!

After many years the Nightmare Quilt is over and done with!! Completed, Finished, Never to be sewn again!!!

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Hopefully they should work - if not the new photos are in the Shazza's Quilts album.

Phew! Now I can get to work on two single bed quilts for the DDs using the

7" squares I bought in Hawaii. Had a look at those yesterday - I thought there was about fifty maybe sixty squares - ooooh no - there looks closer to 100 or more! What a bargain!! And good quality too. Limited colours (navy/black/brown prints - not all on the one square!!) which should make a good quilt. An easy one this time though!!''

Yippeeeee It's over it's over!!

Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 5:51 AM

Love it!!! Congrats on keeping at it until it was done.

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 6:04 AM

Thanks Mary! Golly gosh - I'm not sure whether I ended up hatin' it because it was so gosh darn big or because I just hated all the curves, or because the quilting design was repetitive. Either way it'll take me awhile before I can appreciate it!

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 6:18 AM

Great work Sharon. It looks lovely. Okay, does that mean that I now have to finish the one I've been working on for our bed for nearly as long? :-)

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 6:27 AM

What a beauty ! And I can't see anything nightmarish in it ;-) Happy dancing with you Heidi from Germany "Sharon Harper" schrieb:

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 9:49 AM

Well done indeed, Sharon. It's a beautiful piece of work. I hope your DH realises! I expect he has an inkling of how much effort went into it >g< You will feel strange without that quilt behind you all the time, nagging you to get it finished >g< Good for you. And it is very pretty too. . In message , Sharon Harper writes

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 10:37 AM

Whow thats great.Is it hand done?

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 11:14 AM

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Fantastic Sharon! What a job is has been. Seriously though, will it have another 'nicer' name than Nightmare Quilt? You will really enjoy the girl's quilts - smaller projects! Hugs Bronnie

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 11:59 AM

Wowie and HALLELUJAH!! The nightmare is over and I am dancing in the moonlight for ya, Sharon!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 12:12 PM

Fine job Sharon! I absolutely love how it came out.

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Thu, Jan 11, 2007 12:43 PM

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 1:46 PM

What a wonderful, wonderful quilt. Congratulations. I'll run out to the back fence and wake the gators. This big event calls for really raucous happy dancing. And a-one and a-two. Yippee for you. Polly

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 2:22 PM

What a great quilt Sharon. You did a great job. Finished is a good thing. WooHoo! A quilt that takes years is a huge accomplishment.

I keep telling dh I can't wait until I am griping about heat instead of cold so I guess I envy you of your heat.

Taria

Shar> Happy dancin' in the heatwave over here!!!

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 2:45 PM

Good job! Must feel wonderful to know it's finally done! I have one similar, (no curves in my stars) that I started English paper piecing years ago. I have about 3/4 of the stars put together but only about

1/8th of the stars joined together. This was my take along project for quite awhile, till I lost a plastic container with at least a dozen completed stars and a bunch basted onto paper. Now that I've seen yours, I've go the urge to dig mine out again. Have fun moving on to something new!

Marilyn in Alberta, Canada

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 5:09 PM

What a beauty! And it only took 4 years! IMO you are one speedy quilter. After all, I remember looking at that design when you started, thinking I'd like to do it, and I haven't cut a single piece. Roberta in D

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 6:28 PM

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 7:14 PM

Love it, Sharon!! Thanks for sharing.

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 8:31 PM

Yep, sure do!

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 8:32 PM

Thanks Heidi! The nightmare was that about 1/3 of the way into making each piece, I began to hate it. When I discovered I'd managed to flip a template - it began to be a nightmare. So glad I've woken up!

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17 years ago

Thu, Jan 11, 2007 8:34 PM

Thanks for the compliments - DH certainly realises how much went into it - he was one of the "driving factors" that kept me going. Every so often he'd give me a nudge. Actually the last 2 weeks have been one large quilting fest. I unfolded it about 4 days ago to see how much was left and got a huge surprise - just one little patch. I hadn't realised just how hard I'd been going at it.