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| Finished quilt |
This summer we vacationed as a family in Fairfield Glade TN. The group included our three children, two in-laws, one fiancee and three grandchildren plus my husband and I. I had bought some quilt kits a year or two ago and decided that this vacation would be a fun time to give them to the grandchildren.
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| Applique block |
For our granddaughter, I bought a kit (from Mill House Quilts) that used Minky fabric and flannel. The kit included the book with directions for the flower appliqué block. The background was a white flannel with pink flannel flowers and green print cotton leaves. The stem was a jumbo rick-rack and the center was cut from the Minky fabric.
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| Label with date |
The applique blocks went together fairly easily using the blanket stitch on my sewing machine and fusible web. The rest of the quilt was a challenge though. The Minky fabric was difficult to cut with the rotary cutter and it left a mess everywhere. The fabric stretched when sewing it together and the blocks were not all even.
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| Label with piecer and quilter listed |
The kit was not very large so I added some fabric from my stash, lime green and hot pink flannels. I then bought some flannel for the backing and was able to use the leftover flannels to make a multi color binding. I'm kind of liking doing that, I wound up doing it on all three quilts for the grandkids.
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| Detail of quilting |
I had it quilted with a flower pattern and then made a couple of labels for the back. She loved how soft it was. The evening I gave the grandkids their quilts, we had a 'sleepover' in grandma and grandpa's room. They used their new quilts like sleeping bags.
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