Quilt finished...HURRAY!

It's wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! Congratulations!

Holy smokes Carole ~ I love it. Congrats on finishing it.

That would look totally smashing on my bed.

Lovely, lovely! I'm working on a stash quilt as well - randomly pieced 6" finished blocks. I made about 60 more over the last few days. It's like sourdough bread though.... you're never truly "done" with them.... there are always a few started when you've finished a bunch and squared them up to 6.5"

-- Jo in Scotland

Fantastic!

Ha! You win. My sister 'thinks' my scrap quilt is dazzling; little does she know. I can't wait to show her yours. It's wonderful. Polly

Wow, thanks everybody! I wasn't sure what I was going to end up with when I started this thing! :)

It was a great practice piece for free-motion quilting, though. I still don't have consistently even stitches (no stitch regulator) but they're getting better. The quilt is 103" x 106" so it proves that you CAN machine quilt a king-sized quilt on a regular machine.

As far as quilt shops around here, the only one close enough for me to have gone to is in Holly Springs, which is off I-575 at exit 14. It's not too big, but the owners are nice and are neighbors of mine. I know there are others in the Atlanta area, though!

Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia

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On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:29:52 +0100, Johanna Gibson

With blocks that small, I'd have probably never finished. Mine were 8" x10" and since I made a sketch right at the beginning so that I'd know how many of each colored center strips I'd need, and which direction they'd need to slant, at least I had a goal in mind and knew when I was finished.

Have you posted pictures of the ones you're working on?

Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia

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WOW! What a beautiful quilt!! I really like how you got the colors meeting all around....really brings the quilt together.

Sorry to hear that it didn't reduce your stash, however....but who really needs an excuse to stock up just in case!

Donna in WA

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So colorful. I love it. :-)

Wow, Carole, that quilt is totally awesome! It looks like it would have been a blast to make. I love scrappy quilts. :-)

Michelle in NV

What a fun quilt! Happy dance time!!

Very nice, and bright. Gen

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I love all those bright colors. You did a great job.

Sherry Starr

"Carole-Retired and Loving It" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

I love this quilt! It's so beautiful and brings the colors together without looking ..... stuffy. I'll be happy dancing for you! This is defiinitely a good one.

Sunny

That is FANTASTIC Carole. So much planning and thought has gone in to it I can see, and it was well worth the effort ! I do hope your scraps have deminished a lot too!

Wonderful quilt! Dancing in the moonlight for ya, Carole!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Great quilt! I have the same problem - I've made several scrap quilts lately, but my scrap bins don't seem any more empty than before!