Saturday, May 14, 2011

My Blogger First

Okay so for the past couple of days blogger has been out and now I know the frustration other people have been talking about! But now it is back and I can tell you about Amy's Creative Space Spring Quilt Festival. It really is fun so check it out when you have some time to sit and see some very awesome quilts.

This is the quilt I am entering called "Sunshine Flower", for no other reason than I just like it and I love the colors. It is not large about 18 x 24. One of the best things about this quilt is that I did not labor over what to put where. I tried to work more intuitively and just enjoy the process. I did stress a little when it came to the machine quilting because I didn't want to ruin it!!! I decided to just quilt it the way it might look in nature, simple  and not complicated, mostly straight lines and a few curves. The center dots were made with a paper punch my Martha Stewart. MUCH easier than trying to cut them all out by hand and I wanted them very round. It is all hand dyed fabric which is what give the petals that very realistic look. This is completely fused which added to the fun and relatively fast completion. Try it!
I hope you all enjoy this quilt.

Kelly
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30 comments:

  1. Joanna @ ShapeMothMay 14, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Your quilt looks like painting! I love such art quilts. Thanks for sharing :)

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  2. Sand and SunshineMay 14, 2011 at 12:56 PM

    Lovely! This is such an eye catching quilt, you're exactly right the hand dyed fabrics really worked well. Good for you!

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  3. BelindaMay 14, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    That is beautiful! I love the colors, and your quilting just makes the piece!

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  4. ValentinaMay 14, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    How amazing to combine gardening and quilting into one gorgeous and happy sunflower quilt!
    Congratulations, wow: it is absolutely beautiful!
    Smiling from ear to ear, from Cyprus,
    Valentina
    :)

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  5. SaraMay 14, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    The Martha Stewart hole punching is a nice add in--creative idea! Your flower is very lifelike I will add:)

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  6. Karen SMay 14, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    This is gorgeous! The colors make me happy!

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  7. SabineMay 14, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    Sweet quilt! Thanks for sharing.

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  8. What Comes Next?May 14, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    beautiful! It is such a happy cheerful sunflower - I'd love to have it on my wall

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  9. LynneMay 14, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    I love it - thanks for inspiring this novice quilter.

    I also love your blog title picture.
    I'll be back!

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  10. SherrillMay 14, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    That's adorable! I love the idea of a paper punch for the little dots--never woulda thought of that! And how did you do the little 'x' pieces around the ctr. of the flower? It's BEAUTIFUL!

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  11. RachaeldaisyMay 15, 2011 at 3:11 AM

    This is such an amazing quilt! Everything about is is perfect. Van Gogh would want to paint it if he saw it.

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  12. LonciMay 15, 2011 at 4:43 AM

    It is beautiful:)

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  13. Rose HughesMay 15, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    Love your quilt!

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  14. PattilouMay 15, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    It really caught my eye. I myself have a collection of sunflower quilts I've made. I love the way the hand dyes work into the composition of it all and the blue background is stunning!

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  15. antique quilterMay 15, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    just beautiful
    I love sunflowers so this one just calls my name!!!
    love your fabric choices and I think you did a marvelous job quilting it. anything more would have distracted from the sunflower in mho.
    thanks for sharing!
    kathie

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  16. BarbMay 15, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Awesome quilt!
    I love your pure color choices. It's the perfect entry for the spring festival.
    We're getting rain today and boy is my garden a happy! Hope yours is too

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  17. BarbMay 15, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    You quilt does look like a painting....just wonderful!

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  18. BarbMay 15, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    You quilt does look like a painting....just wonderful!

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  19. VickiMay 15, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    It's so pretty! I love that process of just doing what seems right as you go along, that you described here. It turned out beautifully!

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  20. JanMay 15, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    Your sunflower looked like a painting to me at first. When I enlarged it, I saw all of the wonderful detail. It is just beautiful!

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  21. JanetMay 16, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    It's a really happy fun quilt. I love it and it's perfect for your spring.

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  22. DeonnMay 16, 2011 at 12:05 PM

    Way cute, love your style!

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  23. MelindaMay 16, 2011 at 7:13 PM

    Much quilt love for this one! I like the simplicity of it just being one item.

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  24. stitchinpennyMay 16, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    This is amazing, I love this quilt.

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  25. MillieMay 17, 2011 at 9:09 PM

    Terrific! Great color! Love the idea of using that hole punch!

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  26. KarenMay 18, 2011 at 2:57 AM

    This is a delightful quilt. I love the beautiful rich colours. Great quilting, too.

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  27. LynnMay 20, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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  28. JudyCinNCMay 21, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    Perfect reason to love this quilt. Very beautiful. Judy C

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  29. AnonymousMay 24, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    This is so lively. Love the leaves! Although you worked intuitively, clearly you have really looked at sunflower leaves to get the shading right. Great colour sense too, Pinkadot!

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  30. AnonymousMay 24, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    This is so lively. Love the leaves! Although you worked intuitively, clearly you have really looked at sunflower leaves to get the shading right. Great colour sense too, Pinkadot!

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