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I’ve been working on my basket quilt today and have made some progress. \ud83d\ude42 All of the baskets were already put together into strips with black setting triangles, and today I cut what felt like miles of an off-white fabric with black pin dots; these strips will be the first and third borders. I’m going to put a narrow black border between the two lighter borders, but I haven’t yet cut that one. What I have so far is just about the limit of what will fit on my design wall, so future photos will be a challenge. \ud83d\ude09<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been working on my basket quilt today and have made some progress. \ud83d\ude42 All of the baskets were already put together into strips with black setting triangles, and today I cut what felt like miles of an off-white fabric with black pin dots; these strips will be the first and third borders. 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