blogger's quilt festival - hand applique
Thanks Amy for hosting!
This quilt is entered in the Applique Quilt Category. Voting begins May 24!
I am entering this extravaganza of a quilt that I have been working on for three years! It is a pattern from Kim McLean. This is 100% hand applique and hand quilted! All edge-turn applique with giant rick rack around the outside border. The fabrics are mostly Amy Butler and Kaffe Fassett.
Also, I have to add that I think this quilt is the last of its genre for me! I started this several years ago and I love it. For 16 years I worked exclusively by hand. But now I have moved on to machine quilting and MUCH smaller quilts.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. If you'd like to see more of this type of work, there is a wonderful blog called Glorious Applique that Kim McLean contributes to as well an many other quilters who are doing similar patterns.
Please leave me a comment below - it is so fun to hear from people.
Wow, your last photo should be the first one! Amazingly gorgeous with these lush fabrics!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I wish I had a huge photo studio to shoot proper photos. :)
DeleteAnd yet more fabulous gorgeousness! This is my favorite colorway ever (BRIGHT) and once again your handwork looks beautiful. I think my favorite part is the striped cow!
ReplyDeleteThat striped cow was one of the first applique pieces I made for this quilt. It was just meant to be. It has been a long process - just gotta finish that binding and I will be done. Thanks for your comments and kind words Shannon!
DeleteI love Kim McLeans patterns and admire anyone that takes one on. There is so much work involved, just picking the fabrics let alone appliquing all those little tricky shapes. I love the fun colours you have used and the zig zag border looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachaeldaisy! You're right - this is a big committment and a big quilt. This is actually my second Kim McLean. Such a happy pattern! Thanks for your encouragement!
DeleteWhat an absolutely epic achievement! It's wonderful.
ReplyDeleteCatherine: many thanks for the comments. Love the word epic - it kinda fits... three years in the making!
DeleteBeautiful applique! I love your fabric choices too!
ReplyDeleteCarla: I appreciate your comments. It was way too fun to collect the fabrics for this one!
DeleteThat is insane! What a terrific quilt. I can't imagine doing all of that applique.
ReplyDeleteYep... all by hand too! But I had a great time with it. Kinda ready for the journey to end... so close. Thanks for your comments and for stopping by.
DeleteYour quilt is beautiful. I'm working on the same pattern so I can really appreciate all of your hard work. The Roseville Album is definitely an heirloom. Congrats on your finish.
ReplyDeleteHopefully you're seen - or contributed to - the Glorious Applique blog. If not, check it out. This pattern is wonderful... but oh so big! No idea what I will even do with this one now that it is finished!!
DeleteHoly wow - that must have taken you a while! Impressive work.
ReplyDeleteYou are so kind! Thanks for all the encouragement and for stopping by!
DeleteThis is some serious work Teresa...I'm not brave enough, as of yet, to take something like this on. Amazing !
ReplyDeleteThanks Vickie! I enjoyed it... but doubt I will ever do one like this again. I finally figured out how to take a photo of it today and updated my post with a slightly better photo of the whole thing.
DeleteYou are a superstar, girl. This is GORGEOUS! I'm inspired just looking at it, I need to get going on one similar. Well done - I hope you enter it all over, it's deserving of being shown off!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joan. I actually had not considered entering it anywhere - maybe I should!! Great idea. I will try to find some places - I was just consumed with getting it done. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteIt is an amazing piece of art work. The choices of color, well designed. Amazing me the most is your fine, well stitched stitching. Nice Work!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ming. I appreciate you taking time to look at these!!
DeleteBeautiful work on this Teresa! I love the happy colours you have used. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteYes - these are very happy colors. Thanks for stopping by and taking time to comment!!
Deletewow! This is just incredible. Such beautiful work! No wonder you won!
ReplyDeleteWendy thanks for the nice comments. i appreciate yor kind words!
DeleteYour Kim Mclean quilt is quite grande!! Happened upon your blog and am catching up on old post. Does this quilt have a label ??? it better and that label better give a few details besides Name, etc. Sorry to hear you are not going to do another glorious quilt. I have a half dozen of her patterns and yards and yards and yards of back ground fabric for when I begin, ha ha. You are to be commented to have finished!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDear Unknown. You are a "no reply" blogger, so I don't know if you will get my reply. Thanks for your comments! You are so right. This one must have a label. I have made a bunch of labels and never got around to attaching them. I will make sure to do this. Thanks so much for stopping by and for your comments!
DeleteAbsolutely! Appliqué embroidery digitizing has been a game-changer for my quilting projects. The level of detail and precision it adds is incredible. Plus, it's so much quicker than hand embroidery. If you haven't tried it yet, I highly recommend giving it a shot for your smaller quilts.
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