I am participating in the Fall 2009 Quilt bloggers online quilt festival! This is EXCITING!! My quilt was made a few years back in a 9 mo. long class at one of our wonderful LQS'. This was back in my 'formative' years of quilting and the sample of this quilt hanging in the shop amazed and FRIGHTENED me especially when my compadre asked me to take the class with her. YIKES, NO!! But I relented and SO glad I did. I learned SO MUCH with the making of this quilt. That eagle and ALL OF HIS LITTLE FEATHERS are appliqued and I was NOT an appliquer. But, like I said, I learned tons on this quilt and now am an
applique nut (not that I'm good, I just love it!!).
We worked on a corner or center segment each month then went home with LOTS of homework. I did OK for the first couple of months then quickly fell behind. They languished in a box inbetween classes and THEN, when we were getting ready to move out of state, I decided to get my rear in gear and get er done! I finished and left it in the capable hands of my wonderful longarmer. She did a GREAT job!
I thought the little bear and bunny with the watermelon were SO cute. Like I said previously, I was NOT an appliquer but learned lots when working on the applique in this quilt.
35 comments:
Love your quilt - and the hands.. I will tuck that away for the right moment. Thanks.
Ditto, the hands are my favorite! What a beautiful quilt! I love this little festival, it is so fun to meet new quilters!
It is beautiful!
Lots of lovely blocks to look at. Well done.
That is so nice that you replaced a block with the hands. What a nice job you did on the quilt. Glad you finsihed it.
I love the hands! What a wonderful idea. You did a very nice job on the quilt. Aren't you glad you finished it?
Bari
This is a great quilt! Of course I love it since it's patriotic. Awesome job, my friend.
Nice quilt and you did a lot of work on it...
Sherrill, this is fabulous. It is amazing, love the colors, love the squares. Love the hands too! Thanks for sharing this.
What a lot of work! Good job sticking to it, and now you have something to treasure!
Your applique is fantastic! Love the variety of blocks!
This quilt obviously holds a lot of memories for you, from your early quilting days.
When I was a new quilter, I thought I had to follow patterns exactly. Swapping one block for another sometimes is just the thing we need to make a quilt totally ours. What could be better than a little one's hands. Congrat's on a work of art!
How great that you have a quilt with so many wonderful memories. The hands are such a great touch, did you do fusible or needle turn for them?
You've given me an idea for my mom for Christmas/her birthday
this a great piece. Changing the to the hands make it very personal.
Your quilt is beautiful. I love the eagle in the center and the colors are great too!
Gorgeous quilt.
This quilt has wonderful color and lots of interest in the squares. I love your idea of including the hands. Thanks for sharing this piece of art! ~ Sarah
I love it. It's beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
It's lovely. And the little anecdotes add a personal touch.
The hands are a great idea. Kudos to you for stepping out of your comfort zone to learn new techniques. Thanks for sharing.
I'm so glad you decided to "get your rear in gear" and finish this, it is wonderful, and I love the personal touches you put in, too!
Wonderful quilt. What a nice patriotic design.
It's a very nice sampler quilt. I bet you are glad that you finished it. I love the country style colors.
Sampler quilts are great for learning different techniques, aren't they? This one is nice.
Very pretty...it is fun to learn new techniques, isn't it?
I love this quilt. The colors are beautiful. Love the hand block.
If this is your learning piece...wow what a curve you are on and how lovely can it get! Keep at it. Thank you for sharing.
I love samplers!! what fun!!
Lovely quilt. Lots of interest.
Jocelyn
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Wow you did a truly awesome job with what appears to be a very difficult pattern.
Very impressive! Thanks for sharing your quilt in the Festival. =)
Spectacular array of blocks. It's really pretty.
I like it the quilt very nice.
Marika
A beautiful quilt. Looks like a lot of work but very worth it.Not sure which is my favourite block, I like them all.
What an unusual quilt. It's beautiful.
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