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Cheese and Crackers

 Today , I finished machine quilting Mom's quilt top . She got this as a kit from Kelly Ann's Quilting in Warrenton . The pattern's from Atkinson Designs and cute to boot. Cheese and Crackers.





 . Mom started cutting before she read all the directions and messed up the first cut . But she made it through it and came out with a really cute lap size quilt . Mom likes to make that first block to "see" what it's going to look like . I know now from her making it , that I would want all the big scale print in the center . Learn as you go , once you make the first one of that design , you really know how to do it the next time . I machine quilted it with a pantograph that Cindy left over here . Buzzin Around 's the name I THINK > :) It was a fun design . I got turned around twice and stitched over some areas coming off the bee's head . You gotta pay attention and not just roll with it . I used King TUT color # 990 green olives for the front and off white Bottom Line for the bobbin .  I think I'm going to make one with scraps and put white where the green 's at . I got to clean up the Tin Lizzie and oil her up for the next top . I 'm going to try to get the table full of tops knocked out this year . I just have to quit making tops for the moment . I don't think that will happen ! LOL

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  1. MelissaMay 2, 2012 at 12:32 PM

    So cute! You're quilting is great! I can only dream about doing this. I know what you mean about making a "first block" to see how it actually looks. The quilt I'm working on now would have benefitted from this rather than cutting all of my strips before sewing.

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  2. Quilt emMay 2, 2012 at 1:58 PM

    We just roll with it and then it gives us an excuse to make another ! Thanks for the compliment on the machine quilting . girl , I cant draw a stick man very good . Pantographs are my thing for now . If I could freehand I would but evidence shows on mom's angels with alien heads that I got a LONNNNNNNGGGG way to go ! LOL

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