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| Hi Folks,
I finished this earlier this week. It's my first paid commission & I could not be more pleased w/ how it came out. I shipped it out a couple of days ago to my Patron who commissioned it, who's presenting it to the Mom-to-be at a Baby Shower scheduled for today in Nebraska.
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- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Sun, May 3, 09 at 22:49
| That's really cute! Looks like you did a lot of quilting on it, too. It's sure to be loved! Sharon |
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| How lovely. I think the panels make up for some nice blankeees. Deanna |
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| Wow, you really did a nice job. Congratulations on your first commission! |
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| Nice quilt with fantastic quilting. I know they will love it. beverly |
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| PG, I love the way you quilted it, the quilt is beautiful!! I positively HATE MQing short lines. Did you use the start and finish with tiny in place stitches or did you tie them off?? Rosa |
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- Posted by pirate_girl (My Page) on Tue, May 5, 09 at 20:41
| I tied them all off & popped all the knots. Relatively speaking, this was fewer knots than most quilts I've made thus far. I was trying to keep things on the simpler side. The Machine washing & drying (hot, 2x) really kinda 'pouffed it up' nicely, I don't know how else to say that. Am hooping this will be the first of many commissions. It was actually a stretch for me to do a Baby Quilt as I am not a mother, nor do I have kids in my life. So kids stuff was far outside my comfort zone. I felt the panels really saved me in that respect. But while binding it on the subway last week, it got rave reviews from a little boy who was maybe 6-8 yrs. old. He pointed it out to his parents, saying how beautiful -- That really sealed it -- success! |
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- Posted by pirate_girl (My Page) on Tue, May 5, 09 at 23:03
| Pardon my typo, make that -- am 'hoping' this will be ... not hooping - geez. |
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- Posted by pirate_girl (My Page) on Thu, May 28, 09 at 18:02
| Am happy to report back that this first commission was a complete success. The woman who commissioned it (my online friend, Denise) for her nephew's wife & their first baby (Kara) was VERY happy with the results. As she put it, she could give them a unique, one of a kind gift & still keep it within her budget. In a kind & most thoughtful gesture, Denise mailed me a thank you note which contained a color printout of a photo of the recipient (Kara) happily holding up her new quilt at her baby shower; it rocked! |
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