Blog Anniversary! Top 10 quilts to date!

To celebrate four years of blogging as Magpie Quilts, here in no particular order, are the ten quilts that I have sold (or still have for sale!) that I love the most! Enjoy!
Tiny windmills
Almost antique sawtooth
Dresden Star
Sampler patchwork
Bearspaw Quilt
Irish Chain quilt
Kaleidoscope quilt
Baby Quilt
Baby Chevron Quilt
Chevron Quilt
Which is your favourite? I would love to know!

--Ann

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  1. Michele T26 April 2015 at 05:49

    They are all lovely and I'd have to say that Kaleidoscope is my favourite!!! Congrats on celebrating 4 years of blogging and I'm looking forward to your future posts for inspiration!!

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    1. Ann Symes26 April 2015 at 08:26

      Thank you Michele! The Kaleidoscope is a great quilt!

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  2. Quilting Tangent26 April 2015 at 06:22

    I like the sawtooth, but would like brighter collors.

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    1. Ann Symes26 April 2015 at 08:29

      The longer I quilt, the brighter the colours I use. If I did this pattern again, I would go for brighter colours for sure.

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  3. quiltingteacher26 April 2015 at 08:46

    The sawtooth is my favourite Ann !
    Lorette

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  4. QuiltinGram26 April 2015 at 12:19

    They are all lovely but Kaleidoscope is my favorite!
    Congrats on 4 yrs.
    Cathy Cameron

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  5. Pamela26 April 2015 at 16:04

    I love the Dresden Star! It looks like a challenging block!

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