Wahoo! It’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival time!
What I love most about this festival is the stories behind the quilts. I made this quilt in August, but it had been in my head for years!
I’ve worked with my botanical sketch motifs for quite awhile, making smaller art quilts, pillows and my going green totes. With these smaller pieces I was perfecting my “free motion sketching” quilting style, and figuring out how to portray lots of pretty botanical specimens. (In response to a question: I don’t mark anything ahead of time, I just go! Videos of me doing that can be found here.) I’ve been wanting to make this quilt for a long time, but I HAD to make it at the end of the summer – in my mind, it summarizes everything that I cover in my newly minted DVD; the colors, the multicolor fabrics, the sketches, it’s all there. Here’s my favorite pair of blocks:
That fabulous piece of multicolor fabric, oh it is just awesome! I can pour the same dyes in the same way 100 times, there always going to do something different!
I’ve got some shows coming up, and then Christmas is looming…but I really want to make another one of these!
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To all the new visitors to my blog – thanks for stopping by. Make sure to go visit more of the quilts in the festival!
37 Responses
the free motion sketching on your quilt is fantastic! I could see that it could be totally addicting. ;o) Happy Sewing!
Wow! Just stunning! :o)
I loved this quilt the first time I saw it! Beautiful work, Candy!
Love your quilt. You are very talented! Keep up the great work.
Wow, the colors are just STUNNING!
I love this quilt. So beautiful. What thread do you use on your botanical sketches?
Thank you! And I use YLI fusions! I LOVE it, slightly variegated, very thick, it gives me just the line I want!
Very inspiring! I love your style!
blocks are very interesting, I like asymmetrical look.
It is absolutely gorgeous – stunning, in fact!
This is an amazing piece. The fabric. The free motion designs. Wow!!!!
Fabulous! Just wonderful!
LOVELY!
(And thanks for all these wonderful big pictures!)
Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I do love that quilt, Candy!
Very creative! I love it!
Fantastic quilt! Your fabric is wonderful and those designs are fun! Looked at your totes and love them, too. Think i need to try something like this one of these days. Thanks for sharing and have a great day
I love the fabric, the quilting, the design! Great quilt!
Your quilt is stunning and the colours are beautiful. I really love the work you are doing with the free motion sketching. It looks wonderful!
i love when an idea comes to fruition! beautiful quilt
Wow! The fabric colors are wonderful and I can’t believe you free hand those flowers?! That’s awesome 🙂
This is great! I’m in awe of your originality and creativity.
Your botanical design quilt has turned out very well. You have really brought your talents together to join the beautiful colors of fabrics with the drawings of natural plantlife. Nicely done!
That is so awesome! I can’t decide which flower is my favorite. And I watched the video…part of me is intimidated and part of me wants to go try that!
design original et choix des tissus peu commun ,très bel ensemble quilt très réussi ,félicitations
Great color and design, fantastic quilting.
Wow, I love everything about this quilt! Great job on your thread painting. I wish it were mine!
What a fun quilt love the way you used thread to create a beautiful image. Great job! =)
Wow, I am speechless. This quilt is stunning! So cool and so simple. You really knocked the stitching out of the park! Awesome!
YUMMY!! with a capital Y!! I love this quilt …. I’m going to watch your video!! I really love the white thread on the colorful quilt. Come see me some time… I love color too!! Hugs
This is fabulous – I love your quilted botanicals, and the wonderful fun colours! Wonderful!
Wow! Such an amazing quilt!
Swoon! I LOVE this quilt! Love all those wonderful hand-dyes and your stitching is just to die for! Just beautiful!
I’ll be coming back to check out more on your site – I like your style!
The sketches are great – I love the drawings and colors of this quilt.
You did a beautiful job–your quilt is awesome 🙂
Sew interesting!
Stunning quilt…I love it. Thanks for sharing.