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Friday, May 18, 2012

Blogger's Quilt Festival

Amy's Creative Side


After reading some wonderful blogs I got to the point that I decided to participate in the Blogger's Quilt Festival at Amy's blog this year. I'd like to participate with my quilt that I made not so long ago and it was clearly a very favorite. I was inspired by Sandi Colwell's Leahbelle's Garden Quilt.



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My friend was expecting a baby girl and I was thumbing through the magazines and found this quilt which I really liked. I took the idea and pieced the background, then drew some flowers then fused them down. I decided to put chenille strips to outline the flower petals. It  was my first time making chenille strips and I got so many questions about it that I wrote my first tutorial. It ended up on craft gossip and I got a lot of viewing on my blog. At that time  I started to follow Leah Day's Free Motion Quilting Project where she demonstrated a different quilting technique every week. I started to practice free motion quilting and decided to stipple the quilt. It came out really nice and I'm proud of this one. My friend was stunned when they received it.

My interpretation came out like this:


Some close-up pictures:



And the pieced back:

I'm linking up to Amy's Creative Side. If you feel like it, please join the fun!


Til' we blog again! :)
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15 comments:

  1. NicoleMay 18, 2012 at 11:08 PM

    Love those petals! I'm betting a little baby would love touching them.

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  2. carol funMay 18, 2012 at 11:25 PM

    What a great quilt! Your addition of the chenille flowers is a wonderful touch (oh that turned out a bit punny - but I mean it as a compliment!)

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  3. CindyMay 19, 2012 at 12:47 AM

    Love the added chenille....cute quilt! And way to go on quilting it yourself.

    Happy Quilt Festival.

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  4. DerrithMay 19, 2012 at 1:12 AM

    Wow-the chenille is so unexpected. I love it!

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  5. CitricSugarMay 19, 2012 at 1:15 AM

    How interesting! Lovely work.

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  6. a maidenhair fernMay 19, 2012 at 1:33 AM

    Wow, this is beautiful. Way prettier than the pattern picture. I love the pinwheels you added. Keep creating!

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  7. CynthiaMay 19, 2012 at 1:42 PM

    Love it! I like the chenille for texture too...looks great!

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  8. MomMay 19, 2012 at 4:49 PM

    The textural flowers are great!

    Check out my blog if you can...

    Margaret Gunn
    www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com

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  9. Rosemary DickinsonMay 19, 2012 at 8:18 PM

    Kati, I just love the flowers! So neat. They look so soft. Love it!!

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  10. What Comes Next?May 20, 2012 at 1:01 AM

    great quilt! Love those flowers!

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  11. WendyMay 20, 2012 at 12:07 PM

    Wow, this is really special, the flowers are fantastic

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  12. EditfoltMay 22, 2012 at 2:54 AM

    Nagyon különleges ez a virág. Tetszik!

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  13. pinsandneedlesMay 22, 2012 at 5:23 PM

    Wow! What a cute idea for adding texture to your quilt! Love it and thanks for the tutorial.

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  14. CindyMay 23, 2012 at 3:31 AM

    Very nice. I love the flowers.

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  15. em's scrapbagMay 26, 2012 at 9:55 AM

    Love the dimension in this quilt!

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