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Of all the quilts I’ve made, this is one of my favorites.<\/p>\n

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Keepsake Quilts is a store that sends out a wonderful catalog every so often (you can find them here<\/a>) and this quilt was featured on one of their covers.\u00a0 They were selling the pattern, but instead of buying it, I got out my graph paper & calculator and figured it out.\u00a0 It was a fun challenge!\u00a0 (Yes, I LIKE to do math.)<\/div>\n

The other thing I adore about this quilt are the fabrics.\u00a0 I had these batiks left over from something else.\u00a0 They were all stuffed into a small basket and didn’t look like they go very far, so I decided to keep making blocks until I ran out. I was amazed at how far that little pile went, I still have some left.<\/p>\n

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\nThe\u00a0machine quilting follows\u00a0 the pattern of the fabric on the backside<\/em>, which was a fun way to do it.\u00a0 The idea for that technique came from\u00a0Larraine Scouler’s book, Quilting Back to Front: Fun & Easy No-Mark Techniques<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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