Shambles is finished

He's so lovely! The leash looks great. Such a good idea. Your friend is going to love it - I certainly would: and I don't even have a dog >g< Beautiful work. . In message , jennellh writes

Mighty fine. Dancing in the moonlight for ya!

Karen, Queen of Squishies

Oh my, Jennell! That turned out *so* well! Your friend is going to love it! For that matter, I'd love it, and I've never even had a golden.

Thanks, Karen, stay safe while you're dancing. jennellh

Thank you Sandy, it is just so real to see the face - sometimes, it winks! jennellh

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What a great job. It looks just like the picture on the cover!

Love it love it love it! Thanks for putting closeups of your quilting. I love seeing what you did. It made the piece even better...if that's possible. Congratulations. And you're giving it as a gift? Can I be on your list??

jennellh.--I just had to look at other pics in your album and love your lovely banner you made for your church. I am very interested in the technique you used. I made a banner for my church using Kandi Gallup's pattern...such as shown in this url from Keepsake Qltg. The one I made was for Communion Sunday...and has a cup/bread/grapes and giving it a stained glass look like yours. I had bought another pattern to do but found this one so difficult I haven't made it. Here is the url for other of her patterns just to give you an idea of what I made. .

Thanks, Mary in VT

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Glad you like it, Kathyl and certainly I will put your name on 'my list'. jennellh

Hi Mary, thank you for your interest in my nativity quilts.

I hope that my explanation is easy to understand - I think that it is an easier technique to use than the tape method and depending on the size of the finished piece, the leading lines are one complete fabric section which makes the whole unit more stable - the extra black fabric on the outside of the stained glass picture is then trimmed down to make the first outside edge and the straight of grain is supporting the bias edges of all the coloured windows.

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Jen---- ...Thanks so much for explaining how you did your banner ! I do think that the reverse applique might be much easier and probably a lot neater looking. Even though I was soooo very careful about cutting each 'stained glass' piece they hardly ever were exact and the same went for the tape. As hard as I tried to make it especially neat I hated seeing my mistakes...not easy to see..but I know where they are !! The banner I did was quite stiff by the time I got to the sewing down the black tape part and it was so hard to manipulate it into my machine. And as careful as I was some of the 'glass' sections would try to stick out now and then and the fusible tape wasn't co-operative totally either. I finally had to use some Fabri-TAc glue and that helped a lot. I never did understand the directions for the border but fortunately I'd thought that one through beforehand and just wrapped the black backing to the front and sewed it down.

I just went to the Ravenswood Designs site and realized that I have the pattern called Autumn Splendor ( not yet made and bought several years ago !! ) and it is right under the pattern called The Creche...what you used for your center . One reason I haven't made it is that when I bought it I didn't realize that it was 30" x 30" --almost too large for any wall here and probably terrified of doing a large piece using rev. applique.. Thanks again for sharing !! Mary in VT

"jennellh" < > Hi Mary, thank you for your interest in my nativity quilts.

to do but found this one so difficult I haven't made it. Here is

You're very welcome, Mary. That's the beauty of reverse applique too

- the coloured fabrics don't have to be cut to size beforehand - there is some wastage and the fabrics tends to look like swiss cheese when finished but it's worth it! Do you have any photos of your banner?

I went to have a look at 'Autumn Splendour' - it is very attractive - the instructions from the designer are easy to follow and if you have any questions when you do start it, I'd be pleased to offer suggestions to help you. The border could be cut down to make it smaller or you could just do the round section to see how you like the technique? I think that any mistakes in a project only make it unique to it's creator.

jennellh On Aug 11, 7:29 pm, "MB" wrote:

That's Lovely!!!!!! Congrats on finishing a beautiful project.

Jen...the In Memory banner is in folder labeled QUILTING with a red star that says NEW , page 5. I uploaded it then couldn't find it and apparently added a 2nd folder named Quilting....!! I finally found a larger tassel for the bottom ...after I'd sewn this small one on..only thing I could find at the time ! Also. the chalice looks tipped in the photo but I followed the lines exactly and doesn't look so off in person ! Wish I'd looked at it from across the room before I sewed it down permanently tho.

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