Each year the wonderful Amy of AmysCreativeSide.com sponsors a Bloggers Quilt Festival and this year's festival began today and runs for an entire week. It's a fabulous show and tell, and a chance to meet new quilters along the way!
My first entry is my recently completed Menorah mini quilt, which actually started out as a practice piece during the 2012 Freemotion Quilting Challenge hosted by SewCalGal. Somewhere along the line I became a bit discouraged with my effort and it was tossed into the pile of FMQ practice pieces, most of which became kitty quilts at some point. This one languished in the closet, was packed up and moved across country in 2014, moved again in 2015, and remained sequestered in a dark corner until a couple weeks ago.
When it emerged into the light of day I thought 'hey, this isn't THAT bad' and decided to finish it up. Funny how that happens isn't it? So one more day of quilting the radiating lines around the central area, squaring up and binding attached, here is my completed mini, measuring about 11 inches square.
And the original inspiration for my mini, a concrete garden plaque we found in Oregon a number of years ago. It hung on the front of our garden shed there, and while it has yet to find a permanent home here, I'm hoping to get it hung soon.
I hope you'll visit the Bloggers Quilt Festival and enjoy all the other beautiful creations. I hope to be back tomorrow with my newest finish, just as soon as the last stitch is put in the binding. See you then!
19 comments:
That is just perfect and i love the fact you duplicated the plaques imperfect ring. Denise@fortheloveofgeese
Wow -- great job with this challenging replication! :)
Your replication of this plaque is so impressive to me!
I am glad you pulled it out and looked at it again. Very nice
Such a beautiful job....great quilting too:)
Very cool replication of that plaque. Worth the wait! ha
It turned out wonderful! Great finish!
Wow, your replication and quilting are amazing!
Wow, what a fantastic rendering! The quilting in the center with the colored thread really defines the design.
You really captured the essence of the original plaque. The quilting is wonderful.
Lovely! I love how the small stippling around the arms of the menorah make them stand out. Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing.
So worth your finishing it up! It's fabulous.
What a beautiful replication!
I don't know what you thought was bad about this to begin with but I think it's amazing. I like all the detail and especially the straight lines radiating from the center. Well done!
You have created a wonderful mini and matches the inspiration to a T. Minis are so nice to be enjoyed in a small area. This is just lovely!
Such a good thing that you saved the piece. When a project isn't going well it often benefits from being put away. Later, with less stress, it works up beautifully.
Wow! Great quilting. This looks amazing!
Beautiful! The detailed quilting has really given this design so much texture.
Wow, that is beautiful. Love the choice for binding, too. I'm envious of that quilting!
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