My 80 year old mother has been working her fingers to the bone......

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02-13-2011, 09:44 PM

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Jan in VA

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Originally Posted by NikkiLu

Fabulous! I would hesitate to make a quilt using the silk ones though.

Put it on the back (or front!) and lay a very sheer piece of voile or crepeline over it, applique that down within a dedication block to her.
It is truly beautiful work!

Jan in VA

02-13-2011, 10:35 PM

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nansue

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That is awesome of your Mom beautiful and very time consuming I am so impressed

02-13-2011, 10:38 PM

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jackied

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Awesome! They would be pretty appliqued onto a white whole cloth with a few leaves here and there.

02-14-2011, 06:13 AM

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Oh, my goodness!! It looks like you could make several of these quilts - beautifully done, love the brights!!

02-14-2011, 08:59 AM

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Stacey

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Wow!! Those are awesome. And so many. What a treasure you have in your Mom and her flowers.

02-14-2011, 09:01 AM

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Yosamitesa

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WOW!!! Truly amazing!!! Enjoy that quilt when it is done!!! Truly an heirloom to be handed down!

02-14-2011, 10:16 AM

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Tawnya's Mom

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She certainly has mastered that skill. Those are beautiful!! What a treasure you will have when finished. I call those heirloom quilts.

02-14-2011, 12:15 PM

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Grandma Peg

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What some lovely work and beautiful colors together.

02-14-2011, 01:10 PM

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Nell

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She's leaving a treasure to remember her by!

02-14-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by abdconsultant

My mother has always been busy working full time as a registered nurse until she was 70 years old, She has a fragile heart and rhumatoid arthritis. She wants to sew but can't sit in a chair and lean over her machine , so I thought I would give her a little project to do, english paper piece hexagons. I gave her some scraps and look........... this is just a few of her shoe boxes full of these flowers. She want me to finish them into a quilt { before she goes to the other side} I don't even know where to start. I might add, everyone of them is dang near perfect!

I appliqued mine to 12" muslin blocks without sashing and where 4 blocks meet I will applique another flower over the intersection. That way it will be on a foundation and make a queen size quilt out of them. Again, if you don't need them all, send them my way. I will take them off your hands gladly! :-D :shock: