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Friday, May 20, 2011

River Valley Walk 2008

 



I am enjoying all the beautiful quilts entered in this year's Bloggers' Quilt Festival. If you have a minute, take a browse at Amy's Creative Side and you won't be disappointed.

I have chosen to enter a sampler quilt I made in 2008. This quilt is an example of what I love to do best.....play around with fabric. I often have "experiments" laying around and decided to join a few of them into a sampler type quilt.

The colours in the quilt are influenced by a walk I took one fall day, in the beautiful river valley, in our area.








Because of all the different blocks it looks different every time I fold it.

 
  


I probably learned something different from each different block. Just playing with each technique gave me more experience. I was to challenged to throw caution to the wind and trust my own instincts. 
 

This quilt ended up being a bit of a hodge podge but, it's one of the few quilts that I haven't given away....I use it almost every evening, when I'm in Victoria.

26 comments:

  1. This quilt is fantastic,congratulation:)

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  2. Great quilt! I love that when you fold it a different way, it looks like a different quilt. Very fun.

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  3. What an amazing quilt. I love all the colors. I will definitely be following your quilting journey!

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  4. ooooh! I love all that COLOR! It's lovely!

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  5. This quilt is AMAZING!
    A real tour de force. I love it.
    Deborah

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  6. I wouldn't give it away either. the blocks are all so different, but it comes together beautifully and makes me want more.

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  7. Thanks Lonci, since you are set at no-reply, I'll thank you here for taking the time to stop and leave a comment.

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  8. I love those gorgeous colors and orignal piecing! Beautiful!

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  9. I love all your quilts but this one is my favorite! Very, very cool.

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  10. Hi, its gorgeous, a piece of modern art. Beautiful :)

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  11. Thanks...having my quilt called a piece of modern art......makes me sooo happy. I answered here, as you are set at no-reply

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  12. pretty colors. I love your quilt

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  13. I too ~ think this quilt is gorgeous! Great choice! The colors are so bright and fun! And each block is different..... Love it!!

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  14. Wonderful, wonderful quilt! I love the photo of it on the black couch with the white apartment building outside. It works so well in that space!

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  15. It's a piece of art!! Just gorgeous!

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  16. Thanks Colleen...what a lovely compliment.

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  17. the colors are simply fascinating ... I don't really see the design, I see the colors. Which I think is really interesting, because I really feel like I see a work of art through the colors, not the mechanical design behind it (btw ... that is a compliment LOL :-)!!!

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  18. This is just gorgeous! I'm inspired to put some sample/play blocks together from this. Thanks for posting and sharing!

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  19. Thanks...I hope you give it a try.

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  20. Fabulous quilt! I love the colors and the patterns in the different blocks.

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  21. I love this quilt! It is a piece of modern art and it also looks wonderfully snuggly on your sofa!

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  22. How wonderful to use your art quilt sampler in your daily life !! That's really touching. AND: your quilt is just beautiful!!

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  23. I love all the different designs going on in your blocks! So creative!!

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  24. I've never a big fan of sampler quilts, but this one is great!

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Thanks again for all your wonderful comments
Marianne