My entry for the quilt festival is the first semi-conplex quilt that resides on my bed (with a store bought blanket covering it because I have dogs that get on my bed). I sit at admire it quite often when I'm making my bed. I still love it. I made this quilt in 1991 when my oldest son was a baby.
I used paper patterns for this quilt - the ''old fashioned way'', making the patterns then tracing them on the material and then adding the seam allowance. I can't believe how tedious that was and I would never again do a quilt that way - but back then I don't think rotary cutters and rulers were really 'known' yet! I used muslin for the backing and warm and natural batting. I quilted it by machine in a 'stitch in the ditch' and a crosshatching in the borders. Well, here it is in all it's purple and fuscia warmth!
Great colors and pattern, you should be very proud of this!
ReplyDeleteKarin...I love and admire quilts made in this fashion...the old methods are wonderful I think. Infact, I prefer to use a sissor, needle and thread and just do things by hand. I guess you don't get things done as quickly but I sure enjoy the journey. The colors are very pretty also. Glad you keep the cats off it. I have a beautiful queen size flower basket quilt that my mom hand quilted and even put a ruffle and lace that hands from the edges, and last year my granddaughter took three markers! and colored my quilt!!! I told her mother that I hope my granddaughter enjoyed doing that to the quilt because she was the one that would be inheriting it from me! LOL Then she can tell her children what she did to her great grandmother's quilt! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the sampler quilts!
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Oh I love that you've taken the sampler style and given it a modern twist with those colours.
ReplyDeleteThat brings back memories of my first bed quilt! I wanted to use my high school graduation dress and I just started cutting away. That was in about 1990--and like you my quilting has really changed! Thanks so much for the view!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sampler. I can see why you like it so much.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt loved the colors
ReplyDeleteBeautiful sampler quilt.
ReplyDeletevery nice quilt...I like the color choices and placement!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful assortment of blocks you have there. Great first quilt. My first quilt was made by hand too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt. Love all the blocks, colors. Excellent.
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HI Karin, Your quilt is lovely. You could have said you finished it last week as the colours fit with todays fabrics. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt. Love the colors.
ReplyDeleteHi Karin,
ReplyDeleteYour quilt still looks great- in wonderful condition - It is amazing what a difference the rotary cutter has made to quilting- I can't imagine being without one now. It just makes being accurate so much easier.
You did a terrific job or your lovely quilt. May your continue to enjoy it for many years to come.
Regards from a Western Canadian Quilter,
Anna
http://quiltmomsjourney.blogspot.com/
what a great sampler quilt-love the colors (purple rocks).
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OH! I love all the different blocks! What fun to look at! I am a novice quilter with so many unfinished projects! It is so much fun and so inspiring to see wonderful, completed ones like yours!
ReplyDeleteBlessings & Aloha!
(still trying to make it to more great blogs on this Quilt Festival. Hope you can take a peek at mine and if you do please leave a comment on my post, so that I know you were there :o) so glad to meet you!)
what a beautiful quilt--must say those ARE my colors, so that speaks to me (think i have some of that background fabric in two quilts i'm working on right now!!) but it would be a wonderful quilt in any colors. you've done such a great job. thanks for sharing and come visit if you get a chance
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