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Summer Quilting is so much different than quilting in the other seasons.  Evenings I quilt.  Cool and cold days are perfect for sitting with a quilt and stitching.  But in summers?  No way?  Not to mention that my body temp is always 10 degrees warmer than John's.  So for several summers I have "summer quilted", meaning that I will hand-quilt a block at a time and then join these blocks using Sharon Pederson's Reversible Quilting method.  

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Fresh off the frame is this customer quilt that I just had to show you.  She did such an interesting thing with her borders!  I loaded her backing, batting and top on the longarm and got busy quilting.

The quilt top is fussy cut churches in attic windows.

She chose a small looping pantograph that worked well with the small windows.

It is called Chantilly Lace, by Simple Quilting Stitches.  This small pantograph came with my longarm when I bought it.

I used a grey Glide thread in top and bobbin.  It blended well with all the colors in the ...

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