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Happy Valentine

Hope you had a good day.
I did, I got 
FaceTime with the "little dudes" this afternoon. So nice to spend time with them.



I put another quilt in my hoop today. 



It is a quilt I started probably 15 years ago. It is another scrap quilt with scraps from my clothing sewing days.
A lot of memories in this one.



 A majority of it quilted already.



The pattern is Rocky Road and I did foundation piecing, using my favorite color BLUE



I'm using blue quilting thread and at the time I started this it wasn't popular to use Pearl Cotton thread to quilt with as it is now. I do wish I had cause I believe it would be easier than what I'm doing now. 

I wanted a larger stitch than I usually do and again that has been something I think I wouldn't do again. It looks fine but to change what I normally do is a challenge. It's like learning all over again. I have to pay attention, if not I fall back into what I'm comfortable doing.


I don't normally spend time piecing a back together but I had extra blocks so I did on this one.



And I have to say I was lucky when I sandwiched it together cause the quilting matches fairly well on the back too.

So this is it and I do not plan it taking me another 15 years to finish.
I wish tho I would of kept track of how many hours I have in it quilting. Something I plan on doing from now on. 

Linking up with Kathy's Quilts
and 
Esther's Quilt Blog

Comments

  1. I love the look of that quilt.........goodluck finishing it.............

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  2. This is gorgeous... love your quilting design!
    I know exactly what you mean about the default stitch... you have to really concentrate to change it!

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  3. Enjoy the rest of the quilting, it looks beautiful!! xx

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  4. Thank you all, I so love Blue and I made this THE YEAR OF BLUE QUILTS

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  5. You really are pretty far along in the quilting already so before you know it this will be another finish! I love the blue thread it's turning out really nice and the back is fantastic!

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  6. Beautiful quilting! You don't have so much left to do. Hopefully it will go smoothly and quickly.

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  7. Oh my, what a beautiful quilt. Love those blue colors !!

    BTW ... you ask on my blog if the pattern I'm working on, is by Moda U. It is indeed.

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