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Here's a link to pics of a big quilt with an intricate print stripe border. The Irish Chain-style center with pale green plain blocks kept me thinking. I didn't want the quilting in the plain blocks to compete with the border, so I needed something simpler and soothing so the eye could have a resting spot. Normally I'd quilt feathers or scrollwork to fill the pale blocks. I left them until last and played a bit to come up with the design I used. Marked with a circle template and the corner swirls were added freehand. It's continuous! Faster to stitch than to mark. I'll save this one to use again. I like that the center is repetitious and rather calm. Thanks for looking. Arrow right for details.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/larech/13709930345/in/photostream/

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You really had control of that template to add those swirls and keep going.  I also loved that dresden plate.  Did you post that before?  I love the way you outlined around it to set it off and then put the pebbles inbetween. Both are such creative patterns.

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Thanks for the kind words!

Just to clarify, the center designs were first marked and then stitched freehand. I used a circle template that fit between the corners to mark a perfect half-circle.

I have a terrible time stitching around a template but I'm lucky to have Bliss and enough experience to be able to stitch on a line successfully.

Next month will be 10 years since I went to a Roadshow and ordered my Millie. Except for getting Dennis to marry me--the best decision I ever made!  B)

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