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I did say this quilt was almost finished a few days ago, didn’t I? And it is! I used a new-to-me appliqu\u00e9 technique that I will have to practice more \u2014 I have a few “jaggies” that I wish I’d been able to avoid. But this is a souvenir or memento of a trip DH and I took last summer to the Hawaiian Islands. I bought a pattern there, as well as the batik I used in the borders and for the binding. The pattern turned out to be not quite what I wanted, though I did use the leaves from that.<\/p>\n

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However, the flowers are taken from a photo I found online, making templates from that to come up with this. I did a bit of free-motion stitching to make the stamens after fussy cutting my fabric to give the impression of darker centers on the flowers.<\/p>\n

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The quilting is all done by machine, too, as I usually do these days. As I explained in my previous post, I did pebbles to represent the earth where the plants grow, with swirls further out and in the borders to represent the ocean around the islands.<\/p>\n

You may have noticed in previous quilts that I love corded piping ;), so I added some here next to the binding.<\/p>\n

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I did say this quilt was almost finished a few days ago, didn’t I? And it is! I used a new-to-me appliqu\u00e9 technique that I will have to practice more \u2014 I have a few “jaggies” that I wish I’d been able to avoid. 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