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Radiant Orchid Patone Challenge

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As soon as I finished my Giant Starburst QAL quilt with CanoeRidgeCreations and I saw the Patone Challenge was Radiant Orchid I knew I had a quilt for entry.    "Giant Purple Starburst"  60" x 60" Aurifil thread straight line quilting Linking up with the Quilt size Patone Challenge HERE  Please.....Stay tuned for the open voting!!!! 

Project Quilting Season and Patone Challenge

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  Project Quilting challenge = done! Here is my "Sweet Treats" inspired quilt for this round of Project Quilting hosted by Kim over at Persimon Dreams HERE My sweet interpretation comes from a couple of places. First, the Olympics starting this week. Love this! I love all the quilty goodness all over the place at this years Sochi Olympics. Such fun colors too! So watching the pre-Olympic news I caught a lot of their logos and one that kept coming up is the use of 'equilateral' triangles. I have wanted to try them again.  Second the location and all the beautiful scenery at the Olympics is just breathtaking. I am loving some of the beginning events too, especially the snow events like slope skiing. I then thought the triangles in shades of purple looked a lot like 'rock candy'. So this is my "Purple Rock Candy Mountain" quilt: Note: It just started snowing like crazy here so that is added bonus to my challenge theme. I have the mountai...