Sunday, October 11, 2009

windmills in the wind


I've been terribly slack with posting a picture of my latest quilt - but I finally got outside this afternoon to take some shots and after battling the wind, I got a couple of good ones! And I thought it would be a good entry for the Park City Girl Fall/Autumn Quilt Festival.

I started this quilt a little while ago - during Easter this year actually. I found the white tulip print material in Melbourne when I was there for Christmas last year and knew it would be great in our lounge room which is predominantly blue. After free motion quilting my first quilt over Easter, I got very inspired and starting cutting fabric up for this one immediately. And now it is finally done.
It was quilted by Belinda of Eucalypt Ridge Quilting and I just love how it turned out - thankyou so much Belinda!

I didn't want to buy any extra fabric - hence the pieced back, but I am glad I did it now. It makes the quilting a real feature and I love it almost as much as the front.


And now I am off to snuggle underneath it on the couch and watch the first season of Grey's Anatomy - I love Sundays!

Make sure you pop over here and check out all the other AMAZING quilts in the quilt festival! And grab a cuppa first!

22 comments:

Ariane said...

It's a beautiful quilt. I love the colors. The quilting is really nice. Thanks for sharing.

Zonnah said...

Very cute!

Vicki said...

So pretty!

a good yarn said...

I remember you first posting about this. It has turned out so well and the quilting is fabulous! Love the pieced back. Ann :)

Marianne Penner said...

Very nice quilt. I love the pieced back.

Lana Lulu Handmade said...

This came out beautiful!! I love the back as well. I love visiting your site. I have passed on the Blog De Oro award to your blog. You can check out the post on my blog: http://lanalulucreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-first-blog-award.html. To accept the award, just copy the image, paste it in a blog post, and select the 10 blogs you think should receive it next. Thanks for your inspiration! Keep it up!

Jenn said...

I love your windmills...they are definitely blowing in the wind! I REALLY like the back! It turned out perfect!

Anne at Film and Thread said...

Your windmill quilt is fantastic! Great colors together!

Sarah Vanderburgh said...

Great quilt. I love this pattern and the colours.

Allie said...

Beautiful quilt, front and back!

Chookyblue...... said...

all windmills need lots of wind............lol........lovely quilt..........

kathy said...

Fun colors!

Kym said...

I love this quilt! Beautiful bright colours and striking pattern. Perfect for snuggling under.

Latane Barton said...

I am amazed at how wonderful your windmill quilt turned out. The colors are just super fabulous. Great job.

QuiltSue said...

Great quilt and I love the backing nyou made.

Leslie said...

this is so pretty. i love the whirlygigs!

Quilts on Bastings said...

What a beautiful quilt. I love the quilting on it - I love how it stands out on the back too.

Rene' said...

Such a pretty quilt. I love the pieced back. Thanks for sharing.

Sara said...

This is a very neat quilt. And I love the pieced back. I have never done that before, but I think I am going to after seeing it so much in this quilt festival!

Diane said...

Love these colors! This is so fresh looking!

Unknown said...

So pretty! Thanks for sharing :)

Natalia from Piece N Quilt said...

It's very cute! I love your fabrics!