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09-12-2004, 09:50 PM #1Registered User
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Jacob's Ladder quilt
Twenty years ago I made a small Jacob's Ladder quilt for my DH. He has used it to pieces and I have patched it and replaced the binding until it truly is falling apart. So in July I bought the fabric for a new one. The fabric is blues, browns, and cream. It is all cut out--all 448 pieces of it. Next step was sewing the 320 squares into 160 pairs. Now I am stitching the 160 pairs into 80 4-patches--30 done and 50 to go. Then I will sew the 128 triangles together to form 64 squares. All by hand stitching. I love to put my little pieces together to make something beautiful and useful.
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Sounds beautiful, and I'm sure he will love it!
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09-12-2004, 11:30 PM #3
Sounds wonderful. Would love to see a picture of it.
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That's incredible that you're hand stitching the entire thing. I'm sure it will be beautiful and well you already know it will be put to good use.
You must have a lot of patience. I have a machine and can't seem to get enough patience to machine stitch a block let alone an entire quilt.
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I really like hand stitching because you can take it with you and do little pieces at a time while waiting at the doctors office, while watching a DVD, etc. (At this rate, the picture will be posted in about 2092...LOL)
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I would LOOOOVE to be able to do that!!! I don't know ANYTHING about sewing though... except you need a needle & thread! I admire you immensely!
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2092? Ok I'll be there, I can't wait to see it!
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