zaterdag 14 mei 2011

Bloggers' quiltfestival, spring 2011

For the second time I'll participate in this festival.

Last year in october I visited all the blogs and admired all those different, beautiful quilts.  At that moment the quiltvirus HIT me..........  I started to make some doll quilts and I am working now on a Grandmothers' flowergarden quilt.

I bought some books about antique quilts. I bought this book:

It's beautiful , I can recommand it to you!  Of course I also bought a book about Dutch antique quilts, it's translated in English , a beauty!!! It's called A history of Dutch quilts, by An Moonen. I am sure you want to make a lot of quilts that are represented in this book.

And now where you are waiting for, the quilt ........
After making some doll quilts I wanted to try a bigger one, I already had the Fandago fabric, designed by Kate Spain, that i bought because of the beautiful colorcombination. 
The pattern is based on the 'bluestone walkway pattern', that you could find here. The quilt measures 63 x 84 cm. 
I made it all by hand, not a single machinestitch!!! And I can tell you, I am very happy with the result. 
Here you can find all the other quilts.

21 opmerkingen:

  1. what a beauty! and hand stitched! congratulations.

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  2. Beautiful! What an accomplishment!

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  3. How pretty! You did a great job and I can only imagine the satisfaction you must feel having stitched it all by hand.

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  4. How amazing that you sewed it all by hand! It's so pretty.

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  5. Congratulations, Baukje: lovely-lovely- looooovely!
    It is gorgeous: Goed zo, Meid!
    groetjes uit Cyprus,
    Valentina

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  6. Very beautiful cheerful darling, Quilt work

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  7. This is a great design, great hand stitching!

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  8. Goodness you deserve a medal....all handstitched! Fantastic and it is gorgeous! I Love your quilt :-)

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  9. As a huge fan of Fandango I can just look and admire your quilt :) Beautiful!

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  10. What a beautiful use of a beautiful fabric! I am so impressed by the complete use of hand stitching. WOW!

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  11. Wow, its beautiful! And I am super impressed that you did use a machine at all!

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  12. Baukje your quilt is stunning - great job. Can't wait to see your future creations.

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  13. your quilt is amazing. I love your fabric choice and how you used it within the pattern.

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  14. Your quilt is beautiful! Thanks for sharing it!

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  15. I love this fabric choice - it's one of my favorite lines! The quilt looks AWESOME! Congrats on the all hand-quilting!

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  16. Your quilt is beautiful! And you did all that by hand ... Wow! I love that Fandango fabric and will definitely have to get some.

    Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such a wonderful comment! It is nice to meet you. This festival is really fun.

    Nancy aka Quilts Sew Shabby

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  17. I love the design in your quilt. Gorgeous choice of fabrics. It looks wonderful!

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  18. I love it and wow! All by hand! I don't have such patience and dedication.

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  19. You really went for the primitive way of doing your quilt. It turned out beautifully. Thanks for sharing.

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  20. lovely and love fandango. have a layer cake of it that i'm trying to figure out what to do with it. great design and wow--all by hand? unbelievable. thanks for sharing and have a great day

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  21. I'm a slowpoke, just getting around to looking at your quilt now. It is very lovely. Kate Spain is one of my favourite fabric designers.

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