So…do you know about the Blogger’s Quilt Festival?
I thought I’d share an old one with you this time.
Back in 2005, my sister gave me a sewing machine for my birthday. It was a simple model Brother that kind of changed my life. That year was stressful (though little did I know that things could get even more challenging) and somehow learning how to work on precision patchwork kept me afloat from day to day. That year she celebrated a big birthday ending in a zero, so I decided to try to make a fancy quilt for her.
With stacks of blue and cream fat quarters and a new-found love of the depression block, I thangled my way through the hsts and then hand-quilted for months. (It would take six years for me to muster the courage to learn how to machine quilt.)
I loved every moment of the quilting. Fondling cotton is an amazing sensory process that I wish I could indulge in more often.
And she liked it!
Of course she liked it. It is great! Thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous!
How could she not like it? It’s beautiful!
How sweet of your sister to get you hooked on this great creative outlet. Did you think she wouldn’t love her quilt? It’s beautiful!
Who wouldn’t?! Gorgeous.
how could she not love it! it is so beautiful!! this quilt reminds me of the quilt I started a couple years back. Same colour scheme too!!
(Don’t harrangue me about the amount if UFO’s I have, please? ;) )
It’s lovely. Such fun use of value.
WOW. The fact that you hand-quilted this? Astounding. It is beautiful. I love the layout and the scattering of blues!
I am AMAZED that it is only since 2005 that you’ve been making quilts. It’s weird I just thought you’d done it forever. SUCH TALENT. Love that. It’s like water finding its own level – the craft finding their person and vice versa.
Beautiful.
Love it, and of course she would too! Have a great weekend (it’s a long one here in Canada…yay!!!!). Loving the virtues project too by the way…can’t wait to see it all come together.
It is so lovely! But must ask – how did you finish the edges/sides? They look so crisp!
C, this is GORGEOUS!
She liked it? Noooo she LOVED it!! What a wonderful gift!!
Hugs ~~ Suz
This is just beautiful. What a great job.
WOW. Gorgeous.
This is lovely, the colours are gorgeous. I’m hand quilting a double bed sized quilt and it is a labour of love, the more I quilt the softer the whole thing becomes, magic!
beautiful birthday quilt …i love the blues and it looks so soft ….i have a hand appliqued rosewreath quilt i have been handquilting for almost 10 years for my sister { i hope to post about it next bqf] and it is soooooo soft xoxox
hello. i’m your long lost sister. where’s my quilt?
Oh, that’s fabulous. Look at your clever use of color right off the bat with those blue background sections instead of keeping a consistent look. Thanks for sharing this!
So lovely, so homey!
Beautiful!
how could she NOT love it! It’s fantastic!
It’s gorgeous. I love the texture that the hand-quilting gives it.
Of course she liked it, it’s beautiful and you made it. I had to laugh, though… it’s taken you 6 years to muster the courage to learn to machine quilt and taking me just about as long to coming around to wanting to learn to quilt by hand! :D
I love this pattern!!
What a wonderful heirloom. The hand quilting makes it even more beautiful.
Very nice! Love the colors. As a fellow hand quilter, I appreciate how long they take. But they do make a quilt SO much more snuggly, don’t you think???
she better *love* it! wonderful quilt and woohoo, hand quilted!
I’m so glad she gave you that sewing machine….the quilt is beautiful.
I love this pattern! So striking
I can see why she liked it – it’s lovely! Gorgeous mix of colours.
Love this quilt! And I’m not normally a “blue” person, but some quilts just look better in blue & white-this is one of them.
I’m not surprised she liked it, it’s lovely, and in my favourite colour!
That quilt is absolutely LOVELY! Actually, all of your works are lovely, really. I’m curious, what type of sewing machine do you use now? Have you upgraded to a fancy, smancy model??? Do you have any tips for straight line machine quilting? When I realized that YOU do the quilting, I was like how does she do that? Every time, I see your quilting I say, “How does she do that?”. I’ve tried 3.5 times and after giving the seam ripper a good workout, I iron the top and send it out for longarm quilting :( Any tips would be greatly appreciated. Do you have a tutorial available?
of course she liked it! it is beautiful! and i am also amazed you hand quilted it. that for some reason is much more intimidating to me…
No wonder she loved it. It’s just beautiful. Thanks for sharing and have a great day
What a wonderful gift!!!
What a nice story, and the quilt is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Such a tribute to a great celebrated life. I knit lace shawls, but now I’m thinking this would be better.
I am not surprise she likes it!, it is so pretty!
love the simple colors!!
It’s a lovely quilt – I especially like the way you have used colour.
Good thing she liked it….don’t know why anyone wouldn’t….it is beautiful.
Well, yes, of course, she liked it! It is beautiful and looks so soft and cuddly. Great job!
Well, I am glad that you wrote about your first sewing machine. I am alos beyond glad that you learned to sew.
Beautiful!
love the quilt! so what do you sew on now? or do you still use the brother?
Just lovely! The hand quilting is gorgeous. I’m trying to garner up the courage to start my first handquilted project, and seeing this is very inspiring! Thanks for sharing. :)
How could she not like it?! It is gorgeous!
I love that you used blue for the background in a few of the blocks. Keeps it interesting to look at!
What a delightful quilt! So glad you enjoyed the process.
A lovely quilt! I really love how you used the colors in this quilt!
Your sister’s quilt is beautiful. I too have started one in blue and white. Maybe your sister had a plan -buy you a machine and she would get quilts! It’s lovely.