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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Time for another wedding quilt

One of my nephews got engaged a few weeks ago, and he and his fiancee have set the date: May 24. So that leaves just under three months to finish a quilt for them.

Luckily I have had a quilt top intended for him for several years, so it just needs to be quilted. Since he was born on the fourth of July, their quilt has an Americana feel. I believe it was a design by either Liz Porter or Marianne Fons. (It's been so long that I don't remember.)


The backing is a cream and blue toile that has an Americana theme as well.

So now the question is: will I quilt it or hire out the quilting? After all, I have a Handi Quilter HQ18 Avante that was "loaned" to me as a result of my employment with HQ. After 2-1/2 more years of employment, it will be mine-all-mine!

But I've  been shy to actually do a real quilt on it -- although I've practiced on orphan blocks. I think I'm just too exposed to fabulous quilting and I know my skills aren't anywhere near what I see on a daily basis.

I'll  be a student in next week's intermediate retreat being offered by the HQ studio educators, so I'm hoping I'll gain the confidence to quilt this myself. Fingers are crossed!

2 comments:

  1. Debby BrownMarch 5, 2014 at 8:22 AM

    You can do it, Nancy!

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  2. LindaMarch 6, 2014 at 5:28 PM

    Hey Nancy
    exciting news!
    I don't have a long arm, but still do my own machine quilting. I encourage you to go for it.
    Love the top, right up my alley, as you know. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
    A couple of posts ago, I shared a pic of another quilt from Oley, which I've finally finished! There will be more!
    Linda

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