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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 04 Jul 2012 15:44 #83759

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	Much better! That is going to help it stand up to lots of luvin'!! Hope the thread gets to you soon!!
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 04 Jul 2012 14:55 #83757

BarbCA OFFLINE Posts: 1134 Thank you received: 380	Looks great with the extra quilting! BarbCA
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 04 Jul 2012 14:50 #83756

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Lovely quilting Rita, it enhances it further but how annoying running out of thread. Reetzbobeetz wrote: Coats in the Uk have been dissolved (guess they must have been soluble threads ).
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 04 Jul 2012 14:49 #83755

loise98 OFFLINE Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 267	It looks great! Good luck with the thread! It's beautiful.
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 04 Jul 2012 14:29 #83753

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So I stitched away happily late into last night and again this morning and got about 1/3rd finished. Then I had a terrible realization....I don't have enough thread :shock: I thought I had two more spools but I must have used them

I got the thread here in Dingle but when I went back to the shop this afternoon they were out of it and won't be getting in any more and were generally not very helpful.

So I came home and started to search online only to discover that Coats in the Uk have been dissolved (guess they must have been soluble threads

). But I did find a website that still seems to be selling their threads so I have order more and hope that they can fulfill the order. So I am halted in my tracks until next week sometime.

This is how it's looking now: the front

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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 04 Jul 2012 06:24 #83725

Reetzbobeetz OFFLINE Posts: 4193 Thank you received: 209	Thanks Norma and Beckyezra. Yes it has begun to look better already!
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 04 Jul 2012 01:46 #83722

beckyezra OFFLINE Posts: 541 Thank you received: 7	i love the quilt!!
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 04 Jul 2012 01:07 #83720

Zarah OFFLINE Posts: 1526 Thank you received: 30	Just want to say it's wonderful. I think you'll be very satisfied when you finish additional quilting.
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 03 Jul 2012 20:40 #83710

Reetzbobeetz OFFLINE Posts: 4193 Thank you received: 209	Thanks Lois. It's true there is always something new to learn here. I am so glad that I posed the question because I have already started to add lines between the lines and I can see that it is going to create less shifting. I will post a photo when I am finished. Thanks everybody for your speedy responses. Happily quilting into the small hours in The Kingdom (Co Kerry, Ireland)...
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 03 Jul 2012 20:34 #83708

loise98 OFFLINE Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 267	I posted about this quilt before but I must have forgotten to hit "submit". It is gorgeous. I love wool and I love these colors. I'd follow Margo's advice. My advice was to follow the manufacturer's recommendation, but I wouldn't have thought about the diagonal lines creating a greater distance than you might think. I learn something new here all the time. It's very, very nice. Lucky boy!
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 03 Jul 2012 20:31 #83707

Reetzbobeetz OFFLINE Posts: 4193 Thank you received: 209	rehak wrote: And if you need an appreciative home for your next wool quilt, I have a nice cold house in the mountains of Colorado that would make the perfect home! I'm just saying....
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 03 Jul 2012 19:09 #83701

rehak OFFLINE Posts: 2783 Thank you received: 458	And if you need an appreciative home for your next wool quilt, I have a nice cold house in the mountains of Colorado that would make the perfect home! I'm just saying....
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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 03 Jul 2012 18:43 #83699

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Nancy and Kathy, thanks so much for your kind comments. And Nancy I know what you mean about becoming attached to it....at least my son won't be moving out any time soon so I will have enough time to get sick of picking this quilt up off the floor.

I was not very adventurous with this quilt but that was because I didn't want to waste a scrap of fabric. I might be a little more 'flathulach' (pronounced flaw-hoo-lock - Irish word for extravagant) with the more recent wool purchases.

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Re: How much is enough on a wool quilt? 03 Jul 2012 18:28 #83694

kathyst2 OFFLINE Posts: 873 Thank you received: 84	Rita, your quilt is beautiful! The advice you have already received sounds right on, I just wanted to tell you how much I like the quilt. And your son will be so warm and comfy when he uses it. The colors are wonderful! Kathy
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