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Finish It Up Friday...Churn Dash Medallion Quilt

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I did not piece this quilt.  I was simply commissioned to do the quilting. It is a neat pattern though, I myself have never made a medallion style quilt.  You can't really make out the quilting on the front, there is a lot going on there. I used a sage green thread on top and it really blended well.  I thought about doing an all over floral-type design, but opted for something more along the lines of what I usually do.  I guess I chickened out mostly :S  Those all over quilting designs scare me a bit. Instead, I decided to quilt the medallion churn dash and then do little ones in the small blocks all around it.  I used a pepto-bismol pink on the back.  It coordinated well and I will probably never use it on my own.   On the first outside border I did a bit of a curling ribbon pattern, although you have to know it is there to see it.  I tried.  I went ahead and washed and dried it before passing it on, there were a few spots in the piecing that called for a sm