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]]> By: worldquilter http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-272 worldquilter Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:40:40 +0000 http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-272 Carol - Keep me posted! I am fascinated! I want to see how you embellish to show your trip. And Route 66! I've always wanted to do that. Your quilt is going to be amazing! Carol – Keep me posted! I am fascinated! I want to see how you embellish to show your trip. And Route 66! I’ve always wanted to do that. Your quilt is going to be amazing!

]]> By: Carol Smith http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-269 Carol Smith Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:16:36 +0000 http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-269 Hello, and thank you for the inspiration! My husband and I took a retirement trip last year, and now I am making a map quilt to commemorate it. We drove from Athens, Ontario to Chicago, then down route 66 to L.A, up the west coast to Vancouver, BC, then across Canada to home again. It was 13000 km in 5 weeks, and I collected fabrics all the way. It is by far the most challenging project I have undertaken, but seeing your Africa quilt has given me the impetus and courage to attempt it. I put a grid over a map of North America and am in the process of creating the map with 3 inch (2.5 inch finished) blocks. If you are interested, I will keep you posted. Thanks again, Carol Smith, Ontario, Canada Hello, and thank you for the inspiration! My husband and I took a retirement trip last year, and now I am making a map quilt to commemorate it. We drove from Athens, Ontario to Chicago, then down route 66 to L.A, up the west coast to Vancouver, BC, then across Canada to home again. It was 13000 km in 5 weeks, and I collected fabrics all the way. It is by far the most challenging project I have undertaken, but seeing your Africa quilt has given me the impetus and courage to attempt it. I put a grid over a map of North America and am in the process of creating the map with 3 inch (2.5 inch finished) blocks. If you are interested, I will keep you posted.
Thanks again,
Carol Smith, Ontario, Canada

]]> By: Sharon Williams http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-245 Sharon Williams Sat, 16 May 2009 15:46:31 +0000 http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-245 Very, very interesting. Thank you for the comments Very, very interesting. Thank you for the comments

]]> By: worldquilter http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-39 worldquilter Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:11:39 +0000 http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-39 Woooo Hoooooooooo! I know who you have to be, given all the clues! Very cool, and you are right, dear one, you were so gracious about helping baste that monstrousity! I won a "Highly Commended" award on it in a recent quilt show! Woooo Hoooooooooo! I know who you have to be, given all the clues! Very cool, and you are right, dear one, you were so gracious about helping baste that monstrousity!

I won a “Highly Commended” award on it in a recent quilt show!

]]> By: Omahja http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-37 Omahja Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:34:56 +0000 http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-37 hi, I think I have a picture of the Africa quilt we took when we were basting it and after you gave it to your hubby. I'm visiting in Germany now so when I get home I'll send it to youl.. hi, I think I have a picture of the Africa quilt we took when we were basting it and after you gave it to your hubby. I’m visiting in Germany now so when I get home I’ll send it to youl..

]]> By: Omahja http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-38 Omahja Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:34:55 +0000 http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-38 hi, I think I have a picture of the Africa quilt we took when we were basting it and after you gave it to your hubby. I'm visiting in Germany now so when I get home I'll send it to youl.. hi, I think I have a picture of the Africa quilt we took when we were basting it and after you gave it to your hubby. I’m visiting in Germany now so when I get home I’ll send it to youl..

]]> By: worldquilter http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-19 worldquilter Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:58:07 +0000 http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-19 Hi Violette, and welcome! My husband loves Africa - we go there often. And my original quilting instructor gave us lots of good advice, including "make sure one of your earliest quilts is for your husband, because it is an expensive hobby and you will need his support." She was right! Once my husband got "I Left My Heart in Africa," he has supported me full steam ahead! I really need to get it photographed and added to this blog. Anyway, all you really need is graph paper and an atlas. And then lots and lots of scraps! Hi Violette, and welcome!

My husband loves Africa – we go there often. And my original quilting instructor gave us lots of good advice, including “make sure one of your earliest quilts is for your husband, because it is an expensive hobby and you will need his support.”

She was right!

Once my husband got “I Left My Heart in Africa,” he has supported me full steam ahead!

I really need to get it photographed and added to this blog.

Anyway, all you really need is graph paper and an atlas. And then lots and lots of scraps!

]]> By: Violette Severin http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-18 Violette Severin Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:37:12 +0000 http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-18 I just saw your blog today and am fascinated with the idea of the map quilts. How did you get this idea? I just saw your blog today and am fascinated with the idea of the map quilts. How did you get this idea?

]]> By: worldquilter http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-11 worldquilter Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:10:32 +0000 http://worldquilter.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/map-quilts-planning-and-execution/#comment-11 Welcome, Sarah - I don't have the pattern any longer - passed it along to a friend. It was just a sheet of graph paper, like the one you see above for Turkey. A sheet of graph paper and an atlas - it takes minutes. You can do it! Welcome, Sarah – I don’t have the pattern any longer – passed it along to a friend. It was just a sheet of graph paper, like the one you see above for Turkey. A sheet of graph paper and an atlas – it takes minutes. You can do it!

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