bloggers quilt festival - spring 2010

It's festival time again! Lots of pretty quilts to see, good stories to be shared. And the best of it all - no volcano interfering!

I wanted to share two quilts I made that are close to my heart. These two string quilts are not living with me anymore, they were gifted to my oldest nephew and my oldest niece who both turned 15 this april / may.

Proud and happy for them, I wanted to give them "a hug that lasts". This is their first quilts. Living in Norway, quilts are not that common, even if it is a growing interest in this great old craft.

So these two quilts have strings attached, hart-strings. I really put my hart into making them. The quilts were started last spring, and I finished putting on the binding this spring. They are sewn on foundation muslin, and professionally quilted in a beautiful manner with harts / stars all over. The quilts measure about 60" * 75" and are intended to wrap these two lovely teenagers up in a warm hug!

Enjoy more stories and great quilts on your virtual quilt show tour!

Thank you Amy for hosting this event, and thank you for stopping by...

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quilt festival -spring 2009

Amy at Park City Girl is hosting a virtual quilt show. This is a wonderful opportunity to discover a lot of new bloggers and see and hear about their favorite quilts!

It is hard to pick one favorite, but I think mine will be the Spiderweb I am making. It is not finished yet, it will probably not be in another year. The reason for this is that I'm using my best scraps in this quilt, the fabric you love so much that it hurts a bit to actually cut into it and use it....

So, why i this my favorite?

It's bold, bright and cheerful colors
It's connection to tradition (very old pattern) as well as today (modern designer fabric)
I's connection to quilts that I have already made and gotten fond of

But maybe most importantly it's metaphorical meaning, embracing the connections this wonderful www and blogger has given me, all the inspiration and nice blogger friends I have made in the last year.

So I'll enjoy making more blocks as I go ahead venturing into new quilts, hopefully brave enough to cut into more of my most favorite fabrics......