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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 17:18 #64960

Lorchen OFFLINE Posts: 2639 Thank you received: 50	Another gorgeous quilt! Is it possible to have a Gallery set up especially for the HST and stripper exchanges?
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 16:53 #64959

MargaritaW OFFLINE Posts: 705 Thank you received: 42	Margo, great job on "It's a Small World" quilt, and having it done so quickly too. Love the quilt. Margarita
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 16:48 #64957

ajclapp OFFLINE Posts: 727 Thank you received: 263	Wow!!! That was fast and the quilting is wonderful. Congratulations on a job well done.
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 16:21 #64949

lotti OFFLINE Posts: 1893 Thank you received: 309	beautiful - and i absolutely love the quilting too. congrats - great great quilt
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 15:40 #64946

DebbieWolf OFFLINE Posts: 600 Thank you received: 2	I am speechless! It is so beautiful and the quilting is incredible. Congratulations on getting this finished so quickly.
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 15:38 #64945

JudithA OFFLINE Posts: 520 Thank you received: 269	Margo, Your quilt is a work of art! So beautifully designed. And the quilting is exquisite. You are amazingly gifted! Thank you for sharing it with us. Judy Austin
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 15:08 #64943

romira OFFLINE Posts: 269	An absolutely beautiful quilt! Great job, Margo!
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 15:01 #64941

ritzy OFFLINE Posts: 2963 Thank you received: 82	Margo! This is just wonderful! Great work--once again.
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 14:52 #64937

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Zarah wrote:

Margo, I love this quilt. It looks nearly 3-dimensional on the first photo. The quilting is breathtaking.

Thanks Norma! The texture comes from using cotton batting (Quilter's Dream 100% cotton in this case) and two layer of Ricky Tim's Stable Stuff under the khaki border to give some extra relief to the quilted feathers and pearls and TQS stars!

When I was finished with the binding I washed it in hot water and dried it in a hot dryer to shrink the cotton for the old-fashioned soft puckery look.

However, since I use Crayola Washable Markers to mark registration lines, I always soak the quilt in cold water, and spin that water out before I wash it to get those chemicals out. I've been doing this for 20 years, and have never had a problem getting the marks out!

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That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !

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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 14:39 #64935

Zarah OFFLINE Posts: 1526 Thank you received: 30	Margo, I love this quilt. It looks nearly 3-dimensional on the first photo. The quilting is breathtaking.
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 14:25 #64933

Sewdreamy OFFLINE Posts: 2009 Thank you received: 160	Margo, It is truly stunning! I love your quilting on this. I still can't figure how you make quilts so fast. cheers, BJ
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Re: It's a Small World 19 May 2011 13:56 #64932

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	A few more: The TQS Star motif and mini-piped binding a la Ricky Tims: Attachment {!-- ia2 -->TQS Star motif sm.jpg{!-- ia2 --> not found The golden tickets and leaders of the exchanges: Attachment {!-- ia1 -->Label 1 sm.JPG{!-- ia1 --> not found The other label: {!-- ia0 -->Label 2 sm.jpg{!-- ia0 -->
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It's a Small World 19 May 2011 13:51 #64930

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Here is my completed HST friendship quilt. I love the way it turned out! It measures 88" x 88".

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Center texture created with my Handi-Quilter's Pro Stitcher computer:

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The khaki border was completely free-hand quilted including 8 TQS stars: