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Very nice.

Also very nice!

Cheerful colours, interesting design.

This project file was started while demonstrating at a quilt exhibition a few years ago. I selected some blocks, added colours, then started designing quilts. Spent more time talking to friends old and new than concentrating on playing with the blocks, but did spend some time talking about the Electric Quilt program and what is can do with those who wanted more information. I know at least one of them is now using the program.

All of the above plus some quilting!

More Irish tangles, with both applique and quilting included. The pieced blocks are easy, the applique is only a small portion of the quilt.

Love the first …

…. and the second!

Fiddling!

More fiddling, and now I have a new block in this project file to fiddle with. I was going to use it in this design but it didn’t really look right.

I always have to look hard at the iron lace decorating old buildings, and have been guilty of driving around the block to find a parking spot so I can have a better look, and maybe take a photo, several times.

The designs in this project file, and several others I have filed away, have some applique, and some quilting motifs based on the applique designs in the project along with some blank spaces. In a real quilt I would fill in those blank spaces with quilting in a thread colour which matches the background fabric, while the quilting design ...