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10-22-2009, 03:19 AM
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1 year later my quilt is finished...
Anyone who doesn't say that a quilt is a labor of love from start to finish has never made one. Because this thing took me about a year to finish. I went to a quilting class to learn how to do a Log Cabin quilt and spent the entire class cutting my fabric strips and then sewing the strips together. I was able to complete one whole quilt block and then spent another week finishing the rest of my blocks. Another week later I was able to do my borders etc. Then in Dec I found someone to stipple it for me and then this work of love sat for another month after 2 different friends said they would help me bind it but that never happened. Then in Feb we got orders to Japan and that took on a whole life of itself. I met a wonderful new friend here in Japan who so willingly gave me 8 hours of her time in the span of 2 days to guide me through the rest of the process. So without further ado, here is my finished labor of love:
 I am pretty proud of it!!!!!! 
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10-22-2009, 05:27 AM
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Oh wow that is sooo PRETTY!!! I absolutely love quilts and want to start making them. I just go JoAnnes Fabrics and look at all the pretty fabrics they have in the quilting section and wish I had the time and money to make one!!
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10-22-2009, 06:07 AM
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Omgosh, you should be proud!!! Its absolutely beautiful!
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10-22-2009, 07:10 AM
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That is gorgeous Jami! You did a great job for a first quilt girl! Amazing! I for one, definitely understand the labor of love that quilts truly are. I have made about 80 of them and rarely give them away. It's just too hard to after I have spent so much time and money on them, because they aren't cheap to make either.
So, are you ready to start your next one?
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10-22-2009, 09:12 AM
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Wow - it looks amazing!! Great work!
And you're right about the work that goes into one - anyone who says that has never made one! 
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10-22-2009, 09:24 AM
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Great job on that! It's very pretty!
I have 3 quilts that my great grandmother made and they are priceless to me as I'm sure yours will be to your family
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10-22-2009, 09:33 AM
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Wow! Great job on your first quilt! I'm totally in love with fabric and play around with sewing projects all all the time. I've made smaller baby-size quilts, but I have a couple of larger projects that I hope to have finished eventually. I imagine you feel *great* after completing a project of that size! way to go!
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10-22-2009, 01:16 PM
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It's gorgeous Jami! I've never made a quilt (it's on my list of things to learn!), but I know what a labor of love handmade gifts are! I'm a crosstitcher and it takes me hundreds of hours to finish one!!
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10-22-2009, 03:05 PM
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OMGosh I know!! I have been working on one for like a year!! The older you get the longer it takes cause counting all those teeny tiny blocks is hard LOL
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10-22-2009, 03:12 PM
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That is sooo awesome!!!!! great job!!! I love the pattern and the colors you choose!!
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10-22-2009, 04:08 PM
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 Mind you... I have started and completed 4 during the time I've been working on that one, lol. I keep putting it down and forgetting about it, haha!Someone told me I should sell them. I laughed at them! Could you imagine how much it would cost them to make it worth your time?!?!?!?
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10-22-2009, 05:38 PM
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I am very impressed! I like the border you did on the outside. I've made a few quilts and really enjoy the process - but it is a lot of work! I'm so impressed you did pillow shams to match.....
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10-22-2009, 09:33 PM
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I tried to make a small quilt once, and when Joel saw it, he said "That will never hang in my house." He finally said I could hang it in the closet, which I did, but then I realized I am not detailed enough to be a quiltmaker. It was so freeing to accept that.
I am way impressed with yours ,though!
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10-22-2009, 09:35 PM
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LOL OMGosh yes!! They are beautiful when you finish them though. I also love doing candlewicking and embroidery. Been doing all three since I was really young. Probably less then 10 years old I think (my mom was manager of a craft store and would bring me home stuff that was "damaged" IE opened, missing a needle etc)
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10-23-2009, 04:45 AM
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wow! That is beautiful! and much more ambitious than my first quilt!!
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