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January 28, 2025
Beaded Borders 19, 20 from Virtual Quilter

I fell in love with String of Beads the first time I saw the traditional block design, and started playing with the simple  leaf shape bead with pencil and paper.

 The first photos of quilts featuring the design they had been appliqued by cutting out the shapes with a seam allowance, turning the seam allowance to the back and tacking it in place, then hand stitching, including those two pointy ends.

About the time I read the first story in a quilting magazine about a new product which could be ironed onto the back of fabric, then fused onto the ...

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August 27, 2024
Tangled String of Beads 43, 44 from Virtual Quilter

A very neat and tidy tangle in the design above!

The second design lacks tangles, but I like it as it is, though I can see a couple of changes I would like to make … if they work they will appear some time in the future.

There are not many days when I do not add more designs to the project file I have open … I don’t think I will ever run out of virtual quilt designs to share!

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