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42itous ([personal profile] 42itous) wrote2012-07-07 09:56 am
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[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2012-07-07 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
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[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2012-07-07 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
:)
Thank you!

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2012-07-07 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It's okay to say I'm crazy. I knew I was crazy when I started this project, but I wanted to challenge myself.

[identity profile] deguspice.livejournal.com 2012-07-07 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
That doesn't look like a Crazy Quilt.

:)

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2012-07-07 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
pfthhffthtthh!!

It's not the quilt that's crazy, it's the quilter! :)

[identity profile] dcseain.livejournal.com 2012-07-07 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Beautiful! And it would make a lovely stained glass window.

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2012-07-07 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I've always wanted to make a stained-glass-window quilt. Maybe that'll have to be my next project.

[identity profile] kimberlogic.livejournal.com 2012-07-07 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you so much - we love it - and you!
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[personal profile] ceo 2012-07-08 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
That is really quite awesome.

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2012-07-08 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] hammercock.livejournal.com 2012-07-08 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
It looked even better in person!

[identity profile] kjc.livejournal.com 2012-07-08 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
Gorgeous. And I agree with [livejournal.com profile] hammercock, it looked even better in person!

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2012-07-08 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

One reason I've been learning photography is so I can document my work better, but with something like this (having so much black, and not being traditional dimensions), it's hard to get an accurate picture.

(Anonymous) 2012-07-09 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Fantastic! I love the whack & stack (or whatever the name is -- it's been a while) idea. And this just came out beautifully!

Cecil

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2012-07-09 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I'd been wanting to do a stack-n-whack, and this was a wedding gift for a friend who loves mandalas (and her charming husband), so it seemed like the natural choice... until they requested the limited color palatte. :) I'd been told that you have to use busy fabric with a lot of colors for stack-n-whack, but it turns out that busy fabric with only a few colors also works.

(Anonymous) 2012-07-10 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
I think it's perfect with busy patterns and limited colors. And what a job that must have been piecing that all together!

[identity profile] 42itous.livejournal.com 2012-07-10 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Piecing it was actually surprisingly fun; the more frustrating part was all the quilting I had to do to make all the wrinkles lie flat. The back of the quilt is covered with little black and white line-drawing mandalas.