by roslyn 16 Oct 2008

Made out of Doileys ,some 100 years old. The Lace Hanky in the middle of the Quilt was carried by my Mother -in-law when she married. She left it to Kim ( thinking she would like to carry it when she married (she was engaged at the time) where there were holes, due to age and such, I placed flowers and butterflies over them , Kim like purple and therefore purple and pink was the colour mainly used with a touch of apricot.

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by meganne 19 Oct 2008

Thanks for sharing Rossie, it's truly lovely.
I was wondering what to do with all those old doileys I have, but I think this idea might be a bit too ambitious for me, I was thinking more along the lines of placemats. LOL!
hugs n roses, M

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roslyn by roslyn 20 Oct 2008

Thank you Meganne. NO it's not to ambitious for you. It needn't be finished "yesterday: Just take your time- place the doileys on the back ground fabric - Use webbing from the Visoflex to keep it down ( Iron) and then embroider your designs on it. You will go mad looking for JUST the right design for that particular doiley , but just think of the end result. My squares were 12 1/2 unfinished (12 " finished) and I quilted as I went. ( joining 2 sections together at a time and then the borders were last. Made it more managable under the machine.

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by sandralochran 17 Oct 2008

What a lovely way to use the Doileys

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roslyn by roslyn 20 Oct 2008

thank you Sandra .

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by elaine45 17 Oct 2008

Beautiful...

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roslyn by roslyn 20 Oct 2008

thank you "Laine

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by mumfinch 17 Oct 2008

very nice

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roslyn by roslyn 20 Oct 2008

thank you" mumfinch"

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by sherylac 17 Oct 2008

Lovely!!!

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

Thank you

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by lbrow 16 Oct 2008

I would b afraid to touch. It's beautiful *

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

thank you Lillian

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by adelmarie 16 Oct 2008

Will love to see a biger picture. Looks beautiful Rossie

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

thank you Adelmarie. Will try and do this. Will have to contact Kim and hopefully she will do it for me.

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by clawton 16 Oct 2008

Very nice. What a nice keepsake.

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

Thank you. Most of the Doileys were from my Mother in law and Kim was very close to her. So I thought that by putting them into a Quilt will make them Last longer.

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by tabsolom 16 Oct 2008

what a pretty quilt the colours are gorgeous, ****

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

Thank you so much

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by shirlener88 16 Oct 2008

Ros, this ia special - thank you for sharing it.

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

thank you Shirlener

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by shirleysisson 16 Oct 2008

This looks beautiful. I would love to see closer. Even clicking on the picture doesn't make it much bigger. *4U

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

Thank you Shirley. Photo was taken with a 35 mil Camera not a Digital . Will contact Kim and see if she will take some photos for me.

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by simplyrosie 16 Oct 2008

Wow Roslyn...yes, I'd like to see close up pics too...

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

Thank you Rosie. Will try.

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by mariahail 16 Oct 2008

Beautiful**

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

Thank you

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by mpo14011 16 Oct 2008

WOW! Can you take some close ups?

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

Thank you so much. I'll try it'll take a while as Kim is Interstate Will e-mail her and see what happens.

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by michelej 16 Oct 2008

Aha, I`m not late!!!!!!! Very nice Rosyln......

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roslyn by roslyn 17 Oct 2008

thank you Michel

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