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Old July 28th 13, 05:12 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Jo Gibson[_3_]
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Has anyone here made one? I bought a book from 1983 about it, and I'm
gearing up to make one. If you've made one, please can you share
pictures of it?


-- Jo in Scotland
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Old July 29th 13, 01:03 AM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Marcella Peek
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In article ,
Jo Gibson wrote:

Has anyone here made one? I bought a book from 1983 about it, and I'm
gearing up to make one. If you've made one, please can you share
pictures of it?


-- Jo in Scotland


The quilt shop near me has a sent of the templates for sale

http://www.frommarti.com/dahlia.shtml

And they've always intrigued me. However, this shop has had the same set
of templates hanging about since I moved here 15 years ago so I don't
think it's a terribly popular pattern :-) Definitely not for beginners
or anyone who wants a quilt in a day.

Very pretty pattern though.

marcella
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Old July 31st 13, 02:50 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Susan Laity Price
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Giant Dahlia is on my Bucket List. I have watched Marti Michell
demonstrate her templates and it looks like they work. Just love the
look of one big dahlia centered on the bed.

Susan

On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:12:15 +0100, Jo Gibson
wrote:

Has anyone here made one? I bought a book from 1983 about it, and I'm
gearing up to make one. If you've made one, please can you share
pictures of it?


-- Jo in Scotland

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Old July 31st 13, 07:37 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Jo Gibson[_3_]
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On 31/07/2013 14:50, Susan Laity Price wrote:
Giant Dahlia is on my Bucket List. I have watched Marti Michell
demonstrate her templates and it looks like they work. Just love the
look of one big dahlia centered on the bed.

Susan

On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:12:15 +0100, Jo
wrote:

Has anyone here made one? I bought a book from 1983 about it, and I'm
gearing up to make one. If you've made one, please can you share
pictures of it?


-- Jo in Scotland



I bought "Quick and Easy Giant Dahlia on the Sewing Machine" (I think)
which was published in 1983. Doesn't matter that it's 30 years old, the
information is still good. However, it has this fancy border on it that
I am just not going to bother with to be honest. I like a nice big
medallion in the middle and plain borders I think!

I bought the book for about £5, used off of Ebay, so there is great
information out there. I just like the fact the templates are already
in the book, and I don't have to print it out and hope they're accurate,
or shell out $30 + postage + customs for plastic templates, when I'll
probably make the quilt once.

I recommend the book! It has templates for a 54" medallion, and a 39"
medallion. How beautiful would it be as a baby quilt?!?



-- Jo in Scotland
 




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