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Back Yard Beauty from Splendiferous

Back Yard Beauty

36 x 36"
Hand dyed (by artist) cotton sateen, hand painted commercial black fabric, cotton thread
fused applique, extensive thread work, machine quilted

To be exhibited at International Quilt Festival, Houston 2018, as part of the Power of Women exhibit.

Step-by-step progress photos at this previous post.

Also on exhibit in the show as part of the Hands All Around special exhibit:

Dizzy Miss Lizzy

52 x 54", cotton fabrics, machine pieced and quilted

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added by wlstarn 6 years, 1 month ago. under art quilt , bloggers' quilt festival , colorful , dyeing , ecology , floral , flowers , garden , hands all around , international quilt festival , iqa houston , machine quilting , nature , power of women , zinnia

Not the only tone it down - Bloggers' quilt festival from Elvispeth

I'm sure I'm not the only one to enter an APQ tone it down quilt in the scrappy quilt category of Amy's creative side - bloggers' quilt festival

I finished this top ages ago, and it is such a pretty quilt. Having been busy with crocheting tea cosies for the last six months, I finally got around to quilting this top and I'm pretty happy with the result. Sadly, its now too hot to use it, so I'll have to wait for some cooler nights.

so pretty!

Detail of the quilting and the back

One block ...

added by Elvis Lives 10 years ago. under apq , bloggers' quilt festival , scrappy , tone it down qal

Bloggers' quilt festival - my original peacock from Elvispeth

This is the quilt I didn't submit in time for the last bloggers' festival but am submitting for this one. http://amyscreativeside.com/bloggers-quilt-festival/

I made this quilt for my niece, who wanted a teal coloured quilt.

First, I drew a small scale drawing

Then glued together long strips of grease proof paper, to draw the entire quilt at full scale.

I made the body, then sewed the tail together.

Each eye is made from four different fabrics, with two of them needle turned applique and the smallest and largest machine appliqued. Fifty three eyes later........

The back was ...

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