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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Tropical Twist

I was asked by a dear friend to make a quilt as a wedding gift for her daughter.  She gave me a great deal of leeway.  I was asked to make the quilt blue and orange, and she wanted it to have a scrappy look.  I sent her a few pictures of quilts, and we decided on this Bonnie Hunter pattern, Tropical Twist, from the January/February 2009 issue of Quiltmaker.  I purchased the batiks in five states... Wyoming, California, Wisconsin, Utah and Arizona this summer.  I am really pleased with how it turned out.  I quilted it freehand.





I found a new place to display finished quilts for photographing -- from our new arbor in the back yard.  It worked out great!
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4 comments:

  1. Teresa SilvaAugust 23, 2012 at 10:28 AM

    Your quilt turned out so beautiful. Love the colors and your quilting looks lovely.

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  2. DianeAugust 24, 2012 at 4:19 AM

    what a beautiful quilt-love it. And love you're new 'display' area. I'm always trying to find a good way to hang a quilt outside to photograph! I never thought to use skirt hangers like that-it might work on my deck!

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  3. EstherAugust 25, 2012 at 6:14 AM

    This will be a treasure for sure. I love the color choices, and what a clever way to hang a quilt for picture.

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  4. Kati from Kati's QuiltingAugust 25, 2012 at 1:44 PM

    Your quilt looks gorgeous! The quilting is absolutely awesome, I love it! I was hopping over from Confessions of a fabric addict :)

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