Marilyn’s Quilt Completed

I finished the “Bethlehem Star” for my DMIL just in time for Christmas. It was shipped on Monday, so I have hopes that it will arrive at her doorstep before Saturday, December 25. View of quilting from the backing side of the quilt. The backing is a wavy stripe in slate blue. All the white [...]

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Progress on Marilyn’s Quilt

I started the machine quilting on Marilyn’s quilt yesterday. It is going really well. I hope to finish it up in the next couple of days. There will be “continuous curve” quilting in all the diamond shaped patches and feathers everywhere else.

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Progress Report on Marilyn’s Quilt

I finished piecing together the center of Marilyn’s quilt. Now it needs an inner border of diamonds made of the primary dark blue fabric. Diamond units for the inner border. All four sides will require a total of 216 of these units, all pin matched. Enough diamond units sewn together for one side of the [...]

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Progress on Marilyn’s Quilt

My DMIL requested I make a quilt of my choosing for use in her guest bedroom. She sent me a sample of the colors already used in the room and I came up with this design using EQ7 software. This design is the traditional quilt pattern, Bethlehem Star. It requires 32 identical pieced diamonds. This [...]

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