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Our guild has an annual challenge, and this time we had a beautiful red batik fabric to use, as well as the requirement of a heart somewhere on whatever we created. We were given the fabric last January, and I made my piece in July but decided not to post it until after the challenge competition last night. \ud83d\ude09 There were some wonderful creations there, all interpreting the theme of “Heart’s Desire”. <\/div>\n

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I used a paper-pieced pattern designed by Carol Doak for my blocks, but I shrank them to 3″ in the main part of my miniature quilt and 2″ in the border; the quilt finished at 14″ square. I set photos of my family members into the centers of the larger (comparatively speaking, of course!) blocks. I decided to make this a two-color quilt, so it’s all red, with a white\/pink for the background.<\/div>\n

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At the end of last night’s meeting, I was thrilled to find that my quilt had placed second in the miniature category! \ud83d\ude00 Here’s a detail of one corner (at right): <\/div>\n

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I quilted feathers in the border and small hearts in the corners of the blocks, with loops in the “bumps” of the heart blocks.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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