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This is my very first quilt, completed a little over a year ago. On a whim, I decided to take a beginner's quilt class at my LQS, and conned a friend into joining me. When I saw one of the sample quilts for another class at orientation, I just knew I had to make something from that same fabric....it was Nicey Jane by Heather Bailey and I was instantly head over heels!
This is my very first quilt, completed a little over a year ago. On a whim, I decided to take a beginner's quilt class at my LQS, and conned a friend into joining me. When I saw one of the sample quilts for another class at orientation, I just knew I had to make something from that same fabric....it was Nicey Jane by Heather Bailey and I was instantly head over heels!
I went back to the store on a quieter day to pick out my fabrics. I knew it was Nicey Jane, and if you know me at all, it had to be pink. I auditioned a number of prints, using the teacher's tip of lining up the spines of the bolts together to see how they'd come together as the rails on the rail fence design. I settled on a combination, but had to break up all the color. It took a lot of convincing, but I went with this patterned cream color they had in the shop.
I can't tell you how thrilled I was when it was finally pieced together and I saw it all laid out. I did a major clappy-clap happy dance, along with a little jumping up and down.
I can't tell you how thrilled I was when it was finally pieced together and I saw it all laid out. I did a major clappy-clap happy dance, along with a little jumping up and down.
This is one of my favorite prints from the whole line. So pink, pretty and girly. Totally me.
This is the minor tragedy of it all...the yellow Chaco liner never washed out completely, so there it is, looming under my lime green thread. I was upset at first, but have gotten over it.
Any suggestions for colored markers that wash out? Or should I just stick with painter's tape?
