I'm choosing my "Home" quilt, which is my experiment with improv trees, as my audition piece. The main reason is the following: it's the best made quilt I have ever made (though it looks a little wonky in the picture because it's resting on a hill :D). Every time I look at it, I feel that all the hard work I've put into quilting has paid off. The quilt just feels special! It's also pretty huge (64" x 80") and difficult to constantly take out, but hey, it's mine and I'll do as I like. :)

I also love that when you look at it from far away, it looks like all solids - but up close, it's really a combination of lots of Botanics and Architextures fabrics by Carolyn Friedlander, shot cottons, low volume prints, and some solids. Not something I noticed when my nose was three inches from my machine. :)

The quilting process is almost always the most exciting part for me. I wanted the background between the trees to be like imaginary trees, so I echoed woodgrain (though a more elongated type) there. The trees themselves have more gnarled parts. The sky has swirls of wind, and the trunks of the trees are quilted sharply with zigzags. I love how quilting can bring a quilt even more to life. I especially love figuring it all out and making it happen for my quilts!

Tiny scrap binding rainbow pop (and again, strange hill setting)! Also the back - my Botanics scraps in rainbow order and coordinating yardage from my stash. Sigh.

I adore this quilt so much that, as you've probably noticed, it is my blog header. I blogged more about the final product and process here if you are interested!
I love to take pictures with my quilts! They are just as important to me as people, after all. ;)
Crossing my fingers I make it past the first round! I have an idea I'm itching to try for the first theme, Nautical.


Oooh good luck!
ReplyDeleteJess, this quilt is GORGEOUS! I'm a big Friedlander fan, too. I loved your description of the quilting and how you made decisions about what to do where - I can't wait to see more of your projects. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteYou're quilting is gorgeous! Best of luck! Best, Kate
ReplyDeleteNice entry, good luck!
ReplyDeleteThis is a stunning quilt!
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