It's time for the very popular Bloggers Quilt Festival. Thank you so much Amy for hosting this event for the 4th time!I want to share a quilt that I recently finished. It is a wall quilt, and it started out with some "blueberry fool blocks" that I received in a swap with my friend Clare. Lovely palette of blues...
I started playing with them, forming them into a medallion. Adding some solids and a star.
By then the top reminded me of a norwegian winter landscape: snow and crisp, blue shadows...
So, I added a phrase from a favorite norwegian singer, Anne Grete Preus (in my translation it will say something like: the sun sits low on the horizon, under the tall sky).
The letters are inspired by Tonya.
The quilt is long and narrow, 30" by 60", fitting for a wall hanging.I had a lot of fun quilting by hand, creating different textures.
Sometimes its fun to start playing with some fabric and see where it takes you. Trusting yourself to create as you go... Trying not to put on a lot of pressure.Thank you for your visit! And please, enjoy more beautiful and special quilts at the festival here.
49 comments:
Congratulations Marit ona wonderful finished quilt and your entry for the Quilt festival!
This quilt is totally awesome! Love those Norwegian words!!
- ganske enkelt - særs tiltalande!
Oh, a fabulous quilt! So much fun to see the starting point and what you've added to it! The hand quilting gives it such beautiful texture. WOnderful wonky letters! Thanks for sharing your quilt!
Love it Marit.
Really interesting piecing and stunning quilting!!
Andi x
Hei!! Den er KJEMPEFIN!! Du er en stor inspirasjon!! Ha en fin helg!! AnneK:-)
Love everything about this, Marit, the colors, the wonkiness, the lettering...every THING! Thanks for sharing.
another beautiful finish!! great job!!
What a wonderful work, congrats Marit, I love it !
I'm so in love with words, so this quilt is extra fabulous! Wow, the colors and everything. Definitely one of my favorites!
I love how you use yellow as an accent. It really moves your eye around the quilt. The letters are super cool!!
I LOVE your quilt! So scrappy and creative. That star in the center and the borders with words are great additions. Beautiful hand-quilting too! I always love your quilts!
This is so spectacular - I love every inch!
Marit...I love this as well as your vision. It is like a winter landscape. Wonderful! mary
this is such a great quilt. i love the hand quilting you did.
Marit, This quilt is FABULOUS! I luv it! Well done! Have a great weekend.
This is simply amazing! You have a style all your own!
Jennifer :)
Very simple but very effective. I love how you included the words in it.
That is a great quilt for the bloggers festival. It lifts the spirit.
I love seeing all the hand quilting! It adds such a wonderful texture.
The hand quilting is very particular and stunning may I add! Beautiful star and the colors work very,very well together.
Just a wonderful quilt. Love all the blues with some brights thrown in for accent. Lovely hand quilting.
What a truely amazing quilt! I like the way the post unfolds, adding more and more. I love the hand quilting.
Really lovely. Love your use of colour!
Wonderful quilt Marit and I love the phrase!
I really love this quilt Marit! I love the star as the center and your wonderful use of color! The hand quilting really gives it that beautiful movement and texture and it's so nice to see Clare and Tonya's influence as well. I enjoyed learning the translation of the words. Great job!!! Thanks for sharing!
I love all your quilts...and this one too! Great job!
nichi
Gorgeous! This is one of my favorites this time :)
It's lovely!
What a wonderful arrangement of color and blocks.
Angie - www.craftedAngles.com
This has grown into a wonderful quilt. Great colours and design!
I love the quilting, too!
This is just wonderful, I love seeing everything.
I love this quilt! Great use of colors.
I love this quilt because it is UNIQUE~why do so many quilters feel they have to be just like the others? your quilt is perfect~ :)Happy Halloween my friend!
Beautiful quilt, Marit!
Love everything about it.
This is so fresh and fun, Marit! I really like the Norwegian language in the quilt and your hand quilting!!
What a great winter quilt! Love the idea of how you framed the star with all of those blue scrappy blocks. Great finish!
That is really unique and pretty! I love the striking colors and the star in the center!
Woaw, what a wonderful quilt !
i love your quilt, blue is my favourite colour!
cheers from Portugal!
Very pretty! I like the white fabric framing all the blue. It's marvelous!
I love the colors! Just beautiful! :)
Wonderful quilt! I love the hand quilting, especially, and the bright colors are cheerful.
As beautiful as the Norwegian landscape! Tusen Takk!
Oh crumbs (no pun intended). What a wonderful quilt those little wonky patches of blue turned into.
Stunning!
Your quilt is so cool. I love how you made the medallion and did some improv letters. Its really great.
Love it! I adore how the center block just stands out.
gorgeous quilt and your quilting is beautiful! great job.
I love the colors and the medallion and the words. It all came together wonderfully.
fantastic quilt. colors are great, the medallion is such a nice idea, the words add so much and your quilting is marvelous. thanks for sharing and have a great day
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