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Friday, 17 May 2013

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Spring 2013


It's springtime and that can only mean one thing.  It's time for the Blogger's Spring Quilt Festival.
It is organised by Amy from Amy's Creative Side and  I must pause here to thank Amy for all her hard work in organising the festival.


This year we are allowed to enter two quilts.
This is my first entry - my snow dyed butterfly quilt.


 I snow dyed all but the peachy fabric for this quilt myself.  It measures 42" x 47" and is my own design.



I free motion quilted this on my domestic - I have a Janome 1600.  This is the center section.


I machine appliqued the butterflies then worked a bit of trapunto to make them stand out. I quilted freehand feathers and pebbles behind them.

I then added two more layers to the butterflies....


and added a fuzzy center for the bodies.  I crocheted them with some funky fur yarn and sewed them down very securely.







I am entering this quilt into the Favourite Baby Quilt catergory,
Thanks for stopping by my blog and I'd be thrilled if you voted for my quilt.
Rhianon.
http://www.inlinkz.com/?refId=3267
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29 comments:

  1. Marjorie's Busy Corner17 May 2013 at 04:08

    Both quilts are gorgeous Rhianon

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  2. Seams Sew Together17 May 2013 at 04:08

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  3. Seams Sew Together17 May 2013 at 04:09

    Love it your quilting is fabulous!

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  4. Karen @ Pieces of Contentment17 May 2013 at 04:37

    that's quite a work of art. The quilting alone is marvellous but you have hand dyed and also created three dimensional components - so much creativity and patience.

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  5. Kati from Kati's Quilting17 May 2013 at 05:02

    Your quilt is jaw dropping now I see I can't even stand a chance against you! :)))

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  6. CitricSugar17 May 2013 at 06:58

    I love this one and it almost makes me sad that all our snow has finally melted away and I have to wait before trying my hand at snow-dying... :-)

    Thanks, as always, for the inspiration!

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  7. Quilting Babcia17 May 2013 at 07:04

    Simply lovely - so soft and cuddly with your snow-dyed fabrics!

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  8. Mary17 May 2013 at 10:24

    I've never seen 'snowdyed' fabrics. so soft and pretty, love the 3-D butterflies.

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  9. Patti17 May 2013 at 11:53

    Love your snow dyed fabrics, and the quilting on this is just amazing! Really beautiful.

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  10. Sandy17 May 2013 at 15:31

    Your quilts are extraordinary! Beautiful fabrics. I'm not sure I understand snow dye fabrics, but I do love them!

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  11. Vroomans' Quilts17 May 2013 at 20:12

    This is just the softest, prettiest colors - love the butterflies and the quilting is gorgeous.

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  12. a maidenhair fern17 May 2013 at 20:51

    Wow, beautiful quilting.

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  13. Karen18 May 2013 at 05:04

    Your quilt is a delight. Lovely colours from the snow dyeing. The design works beautifully and the butterflies are gorgeous.

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  14. Lorna18 May 2013 at 12:46

    I have never heard of snow dyeing. But if this is what it looks like I am adding it to my todo list. Your machine quilting is beautiful. What a wonderful entry!!

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  15. Dianne Neale18 May 2013 at 23:32

    Wow, your work is amazing. Good luck!

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  16. Barbara19 May 2013 at 10:24

    I love what you've done here. Simply fabulous workmanship and beautiful quilting.

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  17. Amy19 May 2013 at 21:56

    What a beautiful piece! Your quilting is unbelievable.

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  18. Sarcastic Quilter20 May 2013 at 13:06

    Wow! Love this.

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  19. Jean22 May 2013 at 11:20

    This is beautiful. Amazing quilting and the butterflies are a great added touch.

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  20. Martine Kuciel23 May 2013 at 06:14

    superbe ces couleurs pastelles sans oublier cette magnifique envolée de papillons.

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  21. Susan Lawson23 May 2013 at 08:12

    Beautiful quilt, I love those butterflies!

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  22. Rachell23 May 2013 at 08:24

    so amazing! great job! how did you make the extra layers of butterflies?

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  23. Valerie the Pumpkin Patch Quilter25 May 2013 at 09:33

    I LOVE your 3d butterfly!!! You have such a wonderful sense of color, great quilt!

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  24. Patricia26 May 2013 at 05:46

    So soft and delicate and FUN!

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  25. Debi R29 May 2013 at 03:28

    Your baby quilt is delightfully beautiful! I hope it wins!

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  26. vexa1 June 2013 at 23:05

    Congrats! It's beautiful.

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  27. ipatchandquilt1 June 2013 at 23:11

    I am in AWE!
    Congratulations on your victory in the baby quilt category!
    Your FMQ is fabulous!!! I wish I was as good as you! I have only been FMQ for a few months, and I do see progress, but nothing near your kind of standard!
    Great job!
    Esther
    esthersipatchandquilt at yahoo dot com
    ipatchandquilt dot wordpress dot com

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  28. Janet2 June 2013 at 05:56

    Congratulations! What an awesome quilt!!

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  29. Carla2 June 2013 at 20:23

    Congratulations on your win! This quilt is beautiful.

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