Finally a friday finish to share:
my pushing up daisies is 67" by 85"
partly quilted by hand (the background) and partly by machine (the daisies)
started a year ago, inspired by Kathy Doughty's quilt garden party from her book making quilts.
My aim was to use the growing pile of scraps and bigger left over pieces of blue and green. I also finally got a chance to play with the dresden block. The process has taken some time, including a bit of considering how to proceed. The background came together fairly quick after grouping my scraps by color, the dresdens took quite a bit longer to materialize. This design is a play in contrasts of value. Some of the daisies blend into the background, others seam lifted out from the background. I spent a long time playing around with placement of the daisies.
The binding is also quite scrappy, as I happily cleaned out the leftover green and blue excess pieces of binding that I keep in a little plastic box, all cut at 1.25"
This quilt is very soft due to the hand quilting and the thin cotton batting. (quilters dream request). And I am still considering adding some quilting to the yellow flower centers (which is just hand sewn to the petals,) either by hand or by machine. For now I am just happy to snuggle up and test it
; )
Happy friday!
57 comments:
Absolutely beautiful!!
Wow, Marit, that quilt is just gorgeous! Love those blue and geen shades.
How nice to read from you again. I missed your posts.
Wow what a beauty!!
Du er knall dyktig. Kjempefint. Likte både fargane og designen. Go´e helg
Oh my goodness!! I LOVE this! So gorgeous.
Absolutely marvelous! Fresh, scrappy, casual and cozy. This one may be my favorite of yours. Although, I always think that when you post a new finish. Congratulations! Just lovely.
Stunning -so fresh looking. Love those colours.
It's beautiful! I can't blame you for wanting try it out a bit! So nice to see your work again!
Gorgeous! Love this interpretation of this particular pattern. You totally nailed this one.:)
Lovely.
This is very very pretty!
Beautiful quilt! I want those daisies growing in my garden. ;o)
beautiful quilt!
Oh my gosh this quilt is stunning. I just love it.
I've been missing your posts too.
this quilt is GORGEOUS!!
wow! that is so beautiful - the colours, the scrappiness, the quilting. Everything!
Wow, Marit, you did IT again! This is the best dresden quilt I have seen and my favourite! Colours are so beautiful, pattern is fantastic! I love how the colours MIX like in the garden. Perhaps you could stitch only few knots on the centers so they don't get too flat. This is so inspiring quilt! I haven't had any interest for dresdens but now I surely have! I wish you wonderful weekend and sunny autumn! x Teje
Fantastisk quilt! Allt är perfekt - färgerna är underbara och blommorna är ljuvliga och hela den underbara scrappiga looken knyter ihop allt till en ljuvlig quilt!
Kramisar
Wonderful!
Fresh and cheerful and warm!
I love it!
I. JUST. LOVE. THIS. The colours and prints are perfect. What a treasure!
One word: stunning!!!
Really really beautiful, thanks for so many photos - I don't get tired of them!
Vakkert og sommerlig. Fint å kunne holde på sommeren litt lenger. Lekre farger også.
What an awesome quilt! I love the colors and how the daisies just seem to float. Nice work.
Fantastisk flott quilt!
What can I say......I'm speekless. Soooo beatiful!
It's beautiful!!
Well that is absolutely stunning Marit!! You have interpreted this pattern so beautifully, I adore what you have created. xo
I am not a blogger but follow faithfully. This has got to be one of my all time favorites. Scrappy, traditional, hand and machine quilted. Just the best of everything. Thanks for sharing.
Virkelig flott! Bra bruk av restestoff.
these colors are just fantastic! It looks so soft and snuggly. Love it!
This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
How cheery and fun and totally cute! I love all the different sizes of the dresden. cute cute cute!
Never did understand the dresden craze but you have made me see the possibilites with new eyes, you have created a lovely quilt of which I am seriously wanting to make as well !
ÄLSKAR DEN....helt fantastisk...wow!!!💗💗💗💗
beautiful I love the color green
Missing your posts, hope all is well.
xo
I have just found this via Pinterest, it is gorgeous! I have been wanting to make this quilt for some time now, but you have given it a new twist. Love it....
Hi :)
This is quite stunning! May I feature it on my blog please? I am starting a new weekly feature called "Caught My Eye" and will have a photo and a link to five things that caught my eye that week. Yours would be in my first post on January 2.
Thanks!
So pretty! A fabulous quilt!
Oh my! That is Beautiful! Worth all the long hours! Stunning!!
Wow, I cannot begin to express how much I love the quilt. Such inspiration, I would enjoy having the quilt at my house :-) !
I am positively IN LOVE with this quilt!! It's perfectly scrappy and feels so effortless. Thank you so much for sharing.
I LOVE this quilt. Seeing it for the first time via Pinterest. Its beautiful. Great job.
Absolutely stunning
What a beautiful quilt, you should be proud of yourself, you did a great job!
KATRIN W.
This is sooooo lovely and cheerful and absolutely perfect!
Hei!! Nå fant jeg en fantastisk quilt!! Wow!! Den er nydelig!! Du er så flink!! Jeg føler meg ferdig blogget, og da blir det ikke til at jeg følger med hva som blir lagt ut. Men det var bra jeg skrollet meg nedover siden din!! Det ser jo ut som du pusler på og syr du også. Jeg syr stadig og koser meg med det. (Jeg strikker også) :-) Det går mot sommerferie og jeg drar på hytta lastet med nok forming for 3 uker. God sommer til deg!! Anne Kari :-)
Incredible in every way! Would you ever consider writing up directions or a pattern and sharing?
Awsome wuilt!!!! Is there s pattern?? I want to make one of those!!! Thank you in advance !!
I love it! It is absolutely delighful.
I have just written to you, have you received my message? Hoping the email address is the good one!
Best,
Katell, France
These quilts are beautiful
So pretty, just love the colours and the pattern. Yummy, Yummy.
How lovely! Fresh and modern.
I absolutely love this quilt. My mom had a picture of it from one of her online sewing groups so I did an image search to find it. She is going to try to copy it as well as she can, with turquoises, teals and purples for my newest baby girl's quilt :-) I like it so much I hope she can make another for my own room someday in greens and pinks! Gorgeous job and it shows your artistic ability that you put this together out of scraps!
Is there a pattern for this quilt?
Hi Marit, I've only just discovered your gorgeous quilt. Do you have a pattern? It's the only quilt I've ever seen that I would want to try making.
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