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“I have given skill to all the skillful, so that they may make all that I have commanded you. “ Exodus 31:6


“O Thou who art the all pervading glory of the world, we bless Thee for the power of beauty to gladden our hearts.
We praise Thee that even the least of us may feel a thrill of the creative joy when we give form and substance to our thoughts and, beholding our handiwork, find it good and fair. “.
Walter Rauschenbusch


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"Come, and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what He has done for me.
I cried out to Him with my mouth; His praise was on my tongue.
If I had cherished sin in my heart, the LORD woud not have listened and heard my voice in prayer.
Praise be to God, Who has not rejected my prayer or withheld His love from me!" Psalm 66:16-20
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Thursday, December 9, 2010

All my blocks are pieced !

Blessedly, I spent the morning watching this little one.........she crashed for a 45 minute nap around 10:30 this morning, after arriving at 7 a.m.

Since she's my grand-niece, I assured her that she TOO is one of my grandbabies.  She loves coming here and I love having her.  Everyone needs a baby in their life ONCE IN A WHILE.

As soon as she left, I grabbed MYSELF a nice nap and then got back to work on this quilt top.

With all of the blocks done, now I need to find time and space to lay them all out.  I was aiming for 60 blocks, to make a quilt measuring approximately 48 x 80, for a twin-sized hospital bed.  Supposedly, I needed 55 inches of white in order to overcut the background triangles and have enough.  But somehow, even though I had 2 yards of the white, I ran short.

So I've pieced the 58 blocks that I had enough background for, and will attempt to make the top with 6 blocks across and 9 down, for a total of 54 blocks on front.  That should measure about 48 x 72, requiring a 3 or 4 inch border.  That's fine........it really needed a little width anyway  (my blocks had to be cut to come out at 7 3/4 finished rather than 8 inches because the laundered fat quarters would not give me 4   9 inch squares each)

This may be the largest quilt I've yet attempted to machine-quilt.  There is a lady at Church that owns a long-arm quilting machine (or so I've heard)........I may talk to her about using it.  If not, I'll need to go somewhere to baste this one and then attempt to quilt it on my old faithful Singer 15-91.
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4 comments:

  1. Dora, the QuilterDecember 9, 2010 at 8:43 PM

    It's going to be beautiful! I use my 15-88 treadle. And I put it up against a large table. Then I put a wooden tv tray/table immediately to my left. Don't know if you have enough room for that, but it works for me. (May I hold the baby too?)

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  2. CJDecember 9, 2010 at 9:06 PM

    Ohhh,look at all the pretty triangles! AND A BABY!!! Hey, I get nursery duty on Sunday at church so I'll get some baby time then too. With 6 babies under a year at our church I can always find one to hold. :D

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  3. DeeDecember 10, 2010 at 7:25 AM

    What a sweet lil' tater tot you have there!

    Love the new colors and the traingles for the quilt! Can't wait to see the whole thing.

    Long arm quilting would be awesome!

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  4. AnonymousDecember 10, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    oh my gosh i love it cant wait to see it done
    jodie

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