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Saturday, 30 October 2010

Blogger's Quilt Festival

This is my first entry in the Bloggers Quilt Festival - which Amy has organised again this autumn.

I am entering the Authentic Quilt I made for my brother's 30th birthday in July this year.


I followed Dana from Old Red Barns Quilt Along several months after it was finished.  This is the first big quilt I have made and I learnt so much quilting it particuarly how much easier it is to quilt if you have basted well.


The female members in my family were a little disappointed that the first quilt I gave away was to my brother and warned me he may not appreciate it.  His reaction was so funny "You made it?  What with?".  When I said fabric he replied "But it looks like newspaper!".

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17 comments:

  1. {Leila}Where the Orchids Grow30 October 2010 at 14:06

    he he that's funny!
    Beautiful quilt! I'm impressed you could make something so pretty just out of newspaper ;-)

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  2. moira30 October 2010 at 16:30

    lovely - the binding is a triumph, i think :)

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  3. Lynne (Lily's Quilts)30 October 2010 at 16:35

    I am laughing my head off at that - I love love love this quilt and I love authentic and how simple you kept it - the perfect manly quilt!

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  4. Jen30 October 2010 at 16:41

    This is a great quilt! I remember when you first posted about this. It's really lovely!

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  5. Linda at Roscoe's Ma30 October 2010 at 17:08

    I really like this quilt! It is a great 'man' quilt and inspires me to try this color combo. Nice job!!

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  6. Deborah30 October 2010 at 20:29

    Great quilt! I love the color combination!

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  7. Miri31 October 2010 at 17:50

    Fabulous quilt! Love the fabrics!

    Your brother is quite the comedian isn't he!

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  8. Jen T31 October 2010 at 23:12

    I love this quilt! Great job!

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  9. Elizabeth1 November 2010 at 18:03

    Your brother's response was too funny. Guys just don't get it! Beautiful job!

    xo -El

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  10. Sandra1 November 2010 at 18:21

    What a crisp modern quilt. I'll bet your brother did get it after all. Congrats on such great quilt- esp. for your first large one.
    Come see my 1890 antique schoolhouse quilt and
    black/white/pink scrappy miniature

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  11. Pattilou2 November 2010 at 09:43

    A fun quilt indeed and your brother's response sounds like something a guy would say! Your choice of blocks for the fabric is great.

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  12. Marg2 November 2010 at 19:50

    A lovely quilt, it's fabulous in Authentic. Love your brother's comment.

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  13. Kari V.2 November 2010 at 20:32

    I hope your brother cherishes it! I love that fabric line too.

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  14. Tiffany3 November 2010 at 07:04

    I'm working on this same quilt along right now as well, and mine is similar to yours as I'm doing it mostly in black & white with one strip of pink in each block. It's nice to see how yours turned out!

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  15. Karen4 November 2010 at 10:53

    This is a lovely fabric and it works so well in this quilt design.
    Your quilt looks great.

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  16. Cathy5 November 2010 at 02:46

    Good quilt for a man, and gotta love the comment!

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  17. Unknown12 November 2010 at 19:15

    Oh my, upon reflection I can see why he says it looks like newsprint!!! Awesome and he probably calls it "Newspaper"...lol. The fabric is so great for the railfence pattern. Great quilt and I think it should be called Newsprint...lol after your brother. lol..

    hugz
    Pam

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