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Oh, and one more thing, I wrote about the signature/ raffle quilt on my blog, and I'd love your opinions - it's on "Why you quilt". http://quiltersteff.wordpress.com/
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Hi Everyone, I did work on a few things today, but this quilt was done about two weeks ago. I am making a quilt to raise funds for my alma mater, the University of Iowa, and specifically, the Women's Gymnastics Team. What I thought you might like is that I quilted the team member's names into the quilt. It's a great way to incorporate a
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Wow, there is some great support here on the community. Nice to read.
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I can't say that I do much traditional applique, and I really 99% sew by machine, but it makes me happy, so hey, why not? I did include one more item with silk on my new blog. It is much more of an art piece and it's from the cutest little book :) http://quiltersteff.wordpress.com
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Hi Gini, I do all sorts of different types of quilts. This past year alone I finished a king sized civil war reprodictions quilt, a simple modern large lap quilt (apparently large enough to fit on a queen bed), a number of smaller baby quilts, stuff with silk, a few minkee sorts of things... I don't really have a favorite though, I think it's
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Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. I find that silk can be hard to work with and definitely would not ever put it into a quilt that I was going to wash... too finky.
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Thanks, it is actually black, but oddly enough the picture that I took in the natural light made the background look black. It is a hand-dyed fabric, so there is a little color variation, but you're not the first to mention that. I'll maybe take a few more and repost. Thanks for the feedback.
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Thanks for the welcome, and no, probably not, I haven't been active on the discussion boards. I recently had a job change that has given me a lot more time to enjoy quilting :)
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Thanks! The stems are also silk dupioni and they were cut out, fused down and then quilted on. Steff
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I started my own quilting blog today! http://quiltersteff.wordpress.com Pretty exciting, now I just need to think of things to write. I do have my first post however. It's about silk dupioni. Steff