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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Cowabunga Floribunda!


I was doing quite well resisting Bonnie Hunter's post giving the instructions to duplicate the Jacob's Latter quilt she found in an antique shop in Florida.... which she named Floribunda.

Photo from Bonnie Hunter's website here.

I mean... what's not to like about this quilt?  So, I promised myself I would make one some day.

Then... one after another... folks started succumbing to the lure of this quilt and I began reading post after post about the Floribunda blocks being made.  I held out as long as I could... til I couldn't stand it any more....


Then there was the email offer of FREE SHIPPING from Hancock's of Paducah and I was doomed.  

I will start working on the blocks this weekend...
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10 comments:

  1. Janet O.August 2, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Welcome to the dark side (however dark your florals may be). It is always nice to see someone else succumb. : )
    Or maybe I just should have told you sooner, "You will be assimilated!" (That reference will only have meaning if you ever watched Star Trek:The Next Generation.)

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  2. *karendianne.August 2, 2011 at 7:29 PM

    Right on! Good for you. Great fabrics and what fun. Looking fwd to watching you make this one. :)

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  3. Betty LouAugust 2, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    We quilters have so much will power but who can refuse Bonnie Hunter beautiful quilts.

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  4. Salem StitcherAugust 3, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    I have a long list of "Bonnie made me do it" projects. It's the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night...like hexagons...

    and I REALLY didn't need to know about that free shipping thing. Really really.

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  5. RoosAugust 3, 2011 at 2:39 AM

    At the end it's hard to resist, but there are so many beautiful quilts and we wants to make them all.It's so difficult to be a quilter...poor us...*LOL*
    Greetings

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  6. Debbie JAugust 3, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    Man, that is going to be beautiful!

    I was thinking about you this week, since I was thinking you went back to work?

    I still haven't finished the Kaleidascope quilt!

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  7. CathyAugust 3, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    Ha Ha I knew you would do it. Welcome to the fold. Hugs

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  8. LindaAugust 3, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    That is a beautiful quilt! I can see why people are making it!

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  9. VickiAugust 3, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    Luckily (by the sound of it) this is my first encounter with Floribunda. The blue floral fabric is gorgeous - what is it?

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  10. EllenAugust 4, 2011 at 8:06 AM

    Looking forward to watching your progress on your new quilt!

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