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Tuesday 2 July 2013

My Sweet Prairie Quilt (in progress)

Every summer, after months of thread painting, I literally get a quilt out of my system and it feels GOOD.  It seems to balance me.  I made a trip to our local quilt shop last week to buy beige as you might of heard.  I came away with these...


On Canada Day weekend I chopped it all up and sewed it all back together again.  /  why does that sound so crazy??  /


TADA!  Quilt top nearly done...  It was a good experience to cut and piece without perfection.  I liked it.  I've never made a quilt this way before.


There's no pattern to this besides the fact that it's a log cabin.  The centers are grey solids that I will be embroidering some love into.  The 'logs' are all the other fabrics placed however I felt like placing them.  They are cut in all directions and of varying widths.  It's my log cabin - my way.


Here is part of the quilt top, hanging fashionably in the wind on my kids' badminton net.  : )  Since then I have added a patchwork border in lots more little squares, and then the yellow & white floral as an outer border.  I can hardly wait to hand quilt this.  They whole thing... maybe in that raspberry color to totally show off the stitches. 

There is my work in progress! : )  Last year's summer quilt will be donated to flood victims of southern Alberta.  Linking to The Needle and Thread Network for WIP Wednesday.


18 comments:

Giddings Art said...

It looks like stained glass on the badminton net. Its wonderful!

sherry said...

nice little and oh so summery

Flo @ Butterfly Quilting said...

Oh Monika!! It is stunning!! It looks like sun shing through a stained glass window..I love it!
(if you feel the need to give this one away next summer...just drop it off here LOL)

HollyM said...

I'm not sure I've seen anybody put together a quilt that fast! You really go at it! I love the somewhat random pattern and the colours, beautiful!

Brenda said...

lovely! will you quilt it yourself? wanna meet at a fabric shop in Saskatoon next week? I should be there on Tuesday-thursday.

B J Elder said...

I really like your quilt - a great take on the Log Cabin block!

Patti said...

Oh I love the colours! You pick the best beiges, lol! It's so summery and pretty. Can't wait to see it quilted! Beautiful!

corina said...

Love it!

Anonymous said...

love it sooooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

cheap rs gold said...

Oh yeah I enjoy the shades! You decide on the top beiges, hehe! It is so sping time and pretty. Cannot wait to find out that quilted! Beautiful!


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Karen said...

It's gorgeous, and so YOU.

Marjorie's Busy Corner said...

Monika; I just love the colors and the way you put this together...

Anonymous said...

Absolutely stunning! very rememencient(sp) of stain glass and Frank Lloyd Wright. You have quite the knack with colour! patsy

Yvonne Campbell said...

The yellow is wonderful with the little pops of color and the design is lovely.

Poppyprint said...

Looks so summery and pretty - I'm excited to see the whole top one day. How lovely to donate your last year's summer quilt. I've sent some blocks to Cheryl for her Recover Southern Alberta project. I hope they get lots of quilts to share!

Anonymous said...

So charming.

CitricSugar said...

This is so gorgeous! I know exactly what it's like to go into Periwinkle for one thing and come out with a stack of fabric... Beautifully done.

Unknown said...

Monika its breath taking .You love what you do an it shows .

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