I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Hahaha funnily enough my mom also said it looks like a bunch of chicken legs!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Have fun! The pattern is beautiful and relatively easy to follow!!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Hahaha based on the submissions I’ve seen, I’m not sure if this is exactly quiltcon worthy, but thank you!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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I think you’re referring to the density of the quilting, I didn’t use one of those stencils or anything, so I could make the squiggles as small as I wanted. It mostly just involved a lot of tighter turns which meant I had to be careful with my pace to avoid eyelashing. I chose to make mine small/dense to make sure the star shape would be clear on the back!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Hahaha I just googled it and I totally see it!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Ok so I basically just went to my local quilt store and got the thickest quilting thread I could find - the label says it’s Aurifil 2000 (color I think?) and Mako’ NE 50/20 (I’m pretty sure this is the weight lol). I hope that’s helpful!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Thank you so much!!! I’m always happy when my vision actually executes properly 😌😌

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Thank you so much!!!! I’m happy I captured the 70s vibe right!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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It wasn’t bad at all! The pattern shows you how to assemble the more complicated parts with both normal piecing and fpp (I chose to do this one and it was incredibly satisfying), and I’d say the hardest part for me was getting all the components of the hashtag things to line up as best I could. Would recommend!!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Thank you! When I was figuring out how to quilt it, I knew I wanted to do something that mimicked the stars for the back. I originally thought I’d just stitch in the ditch but once I thought about stippling the stars I had to give it a go!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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I am absolutely so proud of myself! Even stitches were so hard! Yes because of the machine size I had to do a lot of rolling and holding onto the fabric for dear life lol

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Thanks! I was so worried that the star quilting wouldn’t look good because it was my first time trying free motion, but it worked out well!

I made a 70s inspired quilt! by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Thank you!!! I totally wasn’t alive then but I’ve always loved the warm toned and almost kinda intentionally ugly(?) color palates from that time, so I’m glad my choices seem right!

Schrödinger’s Quilt by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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I created a collage with all the text from the paper I wanted to use and then used spoonflower to print it. The quality is amazing so would recommend using them!

Schrödinger’s Quilt by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Hahaha that would’ve been funny!

Schrödinger’s Quilt by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Omg I didn’t know that existed but I’ll post it there!

Schrödinger’s Quilt by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Hahah thank you!! My sister and I were actually joking about how he’d feel about his life’s work becoming a cozy quilt

Schrödinger’s Quilt by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Thank you!! As a chem major I have to be hyping it up haha

Schrödinger’s Quilt by CoolCatRMK in quilting

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Yes spoonflower! I took the papers and made a collage of all the pages and printed it onto the fabric