Hellooooo Amy's followers.
Below you will find my entry into this year's Bloggers Online Quilt Festival. Since this is my first entry, I am very excited.
The quilt is titled Mountain Mama's Garden. I've done several quilts focused on the hills of West Virginia; the earlier ones were wall hanging sizes, but I've wanted to do a big quilt using this theme for quite some time. Last fall, I took a class in crazy quilting and decided to try a crazy quilt landscape. And VOILA!
The Process
I love the effect of light caught in facets of space that is created by the crazy block form and the mix of color values. I enjoyed making this quilt. Piecing the blocks was exciting and I couldn't wait to finish that part. A few weeks before I began this quilt, I'd purchased some gold and silver thread at a yard sale that seemed perfect for hand quilting the sun and a few rays.
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| A closer view. |
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| My sun center rather resembles a bird. Hmmmm, maybe a phoenix. |
I debated back and forth between hand quilting and machine quilting. I have a fairly new Handi-quilter 16 and decided quilting this piece would give me more practice in using it. So I machine appliqued a few clouds in the sky and echo quilted around them. Then, I quilted the hills, and lastly the flowers. The machine quilting went well until I got to the hills and changed threads. It seems the tension went haywire. It didn't return to normal even stitching until after I'd finished that section and changed treads again. I learned that I need the same kind of thread on the spool as in the bobbin for smooth quilting. Each time I use my handi-quilter, I learn new things. My handi-quilter is the sit down model, with the table, so all quilting is hand guided. As I am still learning to machine quilt, tips and suggestions are very welcome.
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| Mountain Mama's flower garden. |
I am so happy blogger is back up and I can participate in this spring's Blogger's Online Quilt Festival.
beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteincredible! thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! I really love it:)
ReplyDeleteThis quilt sparkles!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome quilt, love all the freeform piecing, gives the quilt a lot of texture and movement. And it looks great out in nature. Have you seen Flavin Glover's logcabin scenes, I think you'd like them.
ReplyDeleteCome see my entries #211, repro cheddar orange stars and #215 antique 1850 applique flower garden
I love the quilt. The seam lines really appeal to me. I love to tale pictures with repeating lines. Your colors and concept are so wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt; I've become a follower!
ReplyDeleteTotally and absolutely wonderful quilt! Love the design, colors and fabrics. Wow. You havecdone an awesome job. Like Phoenix reference. Thanks so much for sharing and have a great dat
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful quilt! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI am full of admiration for the work you have done on this quilt. Beautiful use of fabrics and colour. Great quilt!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness...exquisite work :-)
ReplyDeleteOh wow, you created a wonderful quilt.
ReplyDeleteI think you have proved that it pays off to think big! Very pretty landscape quilt. And I recognize myself in the wish to try new ideas and techniques. That's the best way to learn! And thank you for your nice visit.
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Stunning quilt!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comment. Your quilt is gorgeous. I love all the broken colour and the sparkling sun.
ReplyDeletelADY! Anyone that can create a quilt this beautiful can do a tshirt quilt. I love landscape quilts. Yours is just breathtaking.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my quilt. I will warn you that tshirts will try the patience of a saint. Mine are not as flat as I wanted them to be. I pinned, basted, ripped out,basted again pinned as I went in small sections, use clips to anchor. I mean we were only talking about 43 X43. I do not think it is possible to do a totally flat tshirt. Frame or no frame. I think it would sag some even with a frame. Good luck. We will talk again. I really love your quilt.
Mary
So a lot of great work you have in your blog, I'm impressed with the art you create the fabric. Great blog, I will be happy to visit later and look at all the beautiful you make ..
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day.