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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Bloggers Quilt Festival









Behold, my first entry into the Bloggers Quilt Festival, a wee online quilt show organized by Amy of Amy's Creative Side.  Thank you for the opportunity, Amy.

Lumberjack Butterflies mini 1

Lumberjack Butterflies II
Approx. 30" x 30"
finished June 2001

The lighting isn't so great in the photo because I took the picture where the quilt hangs, in my entryway.  I was on a kick awhile back of making miniatures of bed sized quilts I'd designed…but had not completed because they are, well, bed sized.  I hand quilt, as you can see in the photo below.  Hand quilting a miniature is much quicker than tackling its full-sized counterpart.

Lumberjack Butterflies mini 4

Each butterfly sports a plaid fabric from my stash…or, more likely, from my scrap pile.  I think every doodle pad flower on the quilt has a plaid, as well.  These are manly butterflies, you see.  Don't mess with 'em cuz they can take you out.

Lumberjack Butterflies mini 2

What I Learned in This Quilt
  • I think this is the first time I used a pieced background for applique.
  • I designed the butterfly pattern based on an illustration in a butterfly book I happened to have.  In the bed-sized version, the butterflies were taken from someone else's quilt pattern in a magazine.  So, designing my own butterflies makes the quilt feel more like it is mine.
  • I gave myself permission to use doodles in a quilt.
  • I'm pretty sure I used my Electric Quilt software to draw the curves in the sashing quilting and the quilted bunting along the outside borders.

Lumberjack Butterflies mini 3

Thank you!  Please enjoy perusing the other blogs on the Quilt Festival list.  Just click on the logo at the beginning of the post to find them.

20 comments:

  1. gorgeous!

    margaret
    www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com

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  2. Thank you for this amazing treat! I love the applique, your hand-quilting and most of all that it is a mini!
    greetings from faraway Cyprus,
    Valentina

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  3. Very pretty! I've always loved homespun plaids. You did a great job incorporating them in this quilt. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  4. I love it and your hand quilting is beautiful!

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  5. I love your mini quilt and quilting, it is wonderful! Thanks for visiting me and for your sweet comments.

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  6. I loved this quilt and quilting is magnificent

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  7. Wonderful butterfly quilt! Love the quilting!

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  8. Love the plaids. So different than the usual prints one would find for wimpy butterflies.

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  9. this is beautiful! your hand quilting is amazing!

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  10. I could easily find a spot for this quilt in my house. So beautiful

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  11. I adore your miniature quilt and it is beautifully quilted. Love the macho butterflies too!!

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  12. This is a beautiful quilt, Jen. I love the plaids, the butterflies, the setting and the hand quilting!! Well done!!

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  13. Awesome! Love the plaid butterflies, and your quilting is beautiful.

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  14. That's a neat idea, making the miniature,......I'm afraid I'd never finish the big one once I had the little one to please me daily !

    Very pretty and intricate with detail.

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  15. What a charming quilt, the pieced background is effective and I love all the great plaids. Much stronger than the usual 30's colors and fabrics you see in butterfly blocks. Beautiful quilting.
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  16. those butterflies are buff!! but also beautiful==maybe handsome is better? your quilting is exquisite! thanks so much for sharing. come visit my blog and see my little giveaway: http://fligamapoof.blogspot.com/

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