30 Aug
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Beach Ball Quilt

My friend, Kim, made this beautiful Beach Ball Quilt to donate to 100 Quilts for Kids. I am so in love with the pebble quilting that she did! What a great cause, and a great quilt!!!

If you’d like to make your own Beach Ball Quilt, stop by her blog for the free tutorial!

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6 thoughts on “Beach Ball Quilt”

  1. Sharon Pernes says:
    August 30, 2011 at 6:36 pm

    What a great quilt!

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  2. Lauren P says:
    August 30, 2011 at 7:36 pm

    I love the pebble quilting!!

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  3. suemac says:
    August 30, 2011 at 11:24 pm

    I liked the tutorial. I wish I had the Go Baby circle die. That would make it easy peasy.

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  4. Candice says:
    August 31, 2011 at 1:53 am

    EEPPPP, LOVE!

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  5. VickiT says:
    August 31, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    This quilt is just too cute. Thank you for the great tutorial.

    Reply
  6. Lynne says:
    September 1, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    That is really lovely!

    Reply

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