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This is my version of the Bonjour quilt from the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of McCall's Quilting. My daughter picked this pattern for me to make for her bed out of the 100's of choices I offered her! She loves it and so do I!
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I made this four patch flannel kids quilt for our 9 year old neighbor before she moved away to Wisconsin (where it's cold and there's actually snowmen, unlike Texas!).
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i made this quick baby quilt for a friend. It was fun and easy!
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I made this quilt for my daughter's Kindergarten teacher this year.
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That's a great idea about putting the top in the dryer with a wet washcloth. Hadn't thought of that. That's what I do for wrinkled clothes, though! I will be SO glad when those stitches are all gone! Even if I hadn't planned on giving away the quilt already, I would be ready to after this. I will never want to see this quilt again when
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Has anyone ever included some sort of pocket on a child's quilt for a matching doll quilt? I am making some charity quilts for the Bastrop, TX fire victims and thought it would be cute to include a doll quilt with the child quilt, but I can't decide on a method to make sure they don't get separated in the gifting process. Hmmmm....
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Well, the "skinning" of the quilt is going well, thanks to the scalpel blade mentioned in that YouTube video. I have completely destroyed the backing in the process, but the top is fine and it is going so much faster now!! And you know, ripping all those stitches out with a scalpel is rather therapeutic!! It will probably take me another week
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Oh my gosh, that is genius! Dangerous, but genius! I have been working slowly, slowly ripping them out with a seam ripper one by one. Ugh. But I am already glad I am taking the time to re-do it. I will be much happier with it in the end, despite the time involved. Thanks so much for the video link!!
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Awwww.... yes, they are treasured, even though you may not know it. I LOVED the flannel pinwheel quilt my Great Aunt made me as a baby. So soft and lovely. And now, my own daughter loves it and won't sleep without it. It is falling apart but I think she would want it loved to death rather than stashed in a box and never seen. I wasn't that close
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I read on another blog about getting in between the batting and the backing to take them out. That seems to work pretty well. Then I flip to the front and do as you suggested in ripping every 4th or 5th stitch. Yes, it's slow, but I will be happier in the long run. The awl is a good idea. I'll have to try that too. Thanks for your suggestions