Friday, October 29, 2010

Blogger Quilt Festival Fall 2010

For my the Blogger Quilt Festival I am showing off my first hand applique & hand quilted quilt.  Did I mention it is also my only one so far?  I love doing those things but it takes time, something I had when I made it but now I don't seem to have any, not to mention that sitting down involves a toddler in my lap with a book. So someday I will make another applique quilt. 

I made it when I was 15 years old (half a lifetime ago! eek!) and I won 2nd in the youth quilting division at the MidSouth Fair (the next year they split the hand vs machine quilts.)

I took an adult class at my LQS (can't  remember the name, it has been 15 years.) I was amazed that me a young teen could do something better than several of the grownups in the class.  My stitches were tiny and invisable on the applique and my quilting was tiny too.   We did freezer paper which we basted with thread and used a green flair pen to mark our quilting lines.
When I made it went with nothing but I loved the backing fabric and chose my colors off of it.  Now hangs happily in my front room which matches it!

14 comments:

  1. Jennifer, that is simply lovely...you did an amazing job at such a young age. Looks awesome!!!

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  2. It's gorgeous

    Love and hugs Gina xxx

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  3. Wow_-that's fabulous work, and so cute, with a folk art feel. Well done!

    Hazle

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  4. How sweet that it has a place of honor in your decor! You did a lovely job. Thanks for sharing your quilt's story :)

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  5. It's gorgeous and the colours are fantastic.

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  6. What a pleasing quilt! I love applique and haven't done much of it, so I do love to see quilts with applique. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Your quilt is beautiful. I love the colors and the applique is fabulous.

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  8. Very well done. I hope you get the opportunity to make another one.

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  9. Lovely quilt! What a precocious teen you were!

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  10. It is amazing! It certainly does not look like a "first attempt" :-)

    ~ Meagan

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  11. That is a great quilt, I wish I had the patience to do the applique!
    Good Job
    Kelley O

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  12. A lovely quilt, especially for a 15 year old:-)

    I just wanted to let you know, I'm viewing this on a iPad ( which often looks different to pc) but it's really difficult to read blue words on brown background, just thought you might want to know

    Benta

    Benta@Hickley.co.uk

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  13. what a fantastic quilt and to know it's your first one--wow! nice you can have it in a place of honor now. thanks for sharing your beautiful quilt and have a great day

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