24 May Blogger’s Quilt Festival
I am excited to participate in Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival. I certainly had a lot of fun last time looking at such a wonderful collection of quilts.
It is difficult to decide which quilt is my “favorite”. In the end, I chose “A New View” because I haven’t talked about it before and it still makes me smile when I look at it.
I finished this quilt almost two years ago now. I happen to remember because I wanted to put it in our guild’s quilt show and worked really hard to finish the quilting in time. The things I love about this quilt:
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That it is scrappy, but not multicolored.
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The transparency of the blue windows.
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The asymmetry of the design.
- The quilting. I quilted a squared spiral design in the brown blocks, a diagonal design in the blue blocks and a triangle design in the sashing.
- The brown – it is much richer in real life.
- The process of finding all the browns (I did use a lot of scraps from my stash, but I had to buy some new ones too).
I do love working with scraps in a limited color range (another favorite example here). I haven’t been doing much of that lately, but I am not finished with the idea and I know I have more quilts of this type in my future.
I hope you enjoy Amy’s Quilt Festival! I plan to set aside some time tomorrow to indulge my need for quilt beauty!
Anne at Film and Thread
Posted at 12:18h, 17 JuneThis is so striking. The blue windows are just amazing against the brown. I really love it!
kristin
Posted at 19:42h, 09 JuneI really love this. It makes me think of that saying, "When a door closes, a window opens." Even if it's a little window, it's there.
debbi d-w
Posted at 18:03h, 06 JuneLove the architectural quality of your quilt! I'd love to join a quilt a long with your idea of limited color pallete scraps – think about it!
Sarah Craig
Posted at 02:38h, 06 JuneThat is one really impressive quilt!! Love it!!
Laurel H.
Posted at 14:45h, 04 JuneThis quilt reminds me of parquet flooring; really nice! The blue is a really great touch.
Heather
Posted at 00:18h, 02 JuneOh wow. I immediately felt that those were blue windows. They seem to glow with the sun behind them.
Michelle
Posted at 23:14h, 31 MayWow! Your "windows" really look like windows. What an awesome effect.
Eileen
Posted at 03:57h, 29 Mayvery nice–fascinating how the window works so well, and the browns are lovely. i liked the quilt you had the hot link to also–love daisies and those colors are ones i love. great compositions
Rose
Posted at 04:05h, 28 MayThis is really different…I hope everyone clicks to see the big version. It is wonderful when enlarged…you can see my entry HERE.
Susan Michele
Posted at 01:25h, 28 MayBrown and blue are so awesome together. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.
SewCalGal
Posted at 18:55h, 27 MayOMG Beautiful quilt. Vibrant. Love your design, fabrics, colors. Just delightful.
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Kate
Posted at 06:09h, 26 MayWow! Those blues really do look transparent! Very clever.
RosaMaría
Posted at 15:22h, 25 MayI love the mix of blue and brown! beautiful desing!
kwiltmakr
Posted at 18:19h, 24 MayAwesome. I like how you did the blue blocks, they really do look like windows.
Jessica
Posted at 15:55h, 24 MayBeautiful! I can't believe those blue windows…they really do look like windows. The blue pops right off the quilt…almost like the ocean is outside.
Angie Padilla
Posted at 15:46h, 24 MayOk, so I have to agree with every single point about why you love this quilt. Ditto, ditto, ditto. And your Midnight Dance is to die for.
linda
Posted at 15:29h, 24 MayI like this one a lot!
Sandra Schwab
Posted at 14:31h, 24 MayI love it! This is a truly beautiful quilt!
Lonci
Posted at 14:10h, 24 MayFantastic quilt,very impressive:)
Dolly
Posted at 14:00h, 24 MayThat is just something……….there really IS a transparent look to the 'windows' !
Lisa
Posted at 13:43h, 24 MayThis is just an AMAZING quilt! I really like how the blue is so transparent with the same patterning as the rest of the quilt. I really love the depth of your quilts!