Friday 6 April 2007

STRING STAR

It is Easter and beautiful weather outside, ground enough to show a cheerful quilt. This quilt was made some time ago (8 years) and it is from the same book as the last one (the scrappy blocks) I showed. The book is called Quick quilts from the heart by Liz Porter and Marianne Fons.
This quilt has been hanging in our living room for a long time and although it doesn´t get direct light from the sun, some of the fabrics are getting quite pale. The quilt is machine sewed, hand appliqué with a buttonhole stitch and hand quilted. I was childless then and had a lot of time!

I wish you all a happy Easter and for the ones who are allowed to, a lot of chocolate goodies!








15 comments:

Anne Ida said...

That is a beautiful quilt, and wonderfully scrappy! It must bring a lot of cheer to your living room :o) Happy Easter, to you too!

Bea said...

Happy Easter Gwen! I´m so happy to have your scrappy quilt here. I love him. It´s a wonderful one! He feels good here in our home, don´t care! :-) My sons wishes to have such a masterpiece for there own ... sometimes in one of my following lives :-)))

Diana said...

Your spring quilt is absolutely stunning! There is so much to look at, from the scrappy star in the middle to the beautiful applique.

Have a happy Easter!

Anonymous said...

An another marvellous quilt ! Happy Easter to you and your family

Quilts And Pieces said...

I love that string star! I think I might even have that book. Now I have to go down and look for it! It is beautiful!

atet said...

What a lovely quilt. Happy Easter and enjoy that lovely spring weather!

Quilty said...

What a beautiful springquilt. I do like it as much as the scrappy quilt.
That must be a very good book, is it still available in shops?
Happy Easter to you.

Chookyblue...... said...

Very nice doesn't matter if you did it awhile ago just to show us if you have not put it on the blog before.

Chookyblue...... said...

Very nice doesn't matter if you did it awhile ago just to show us if you have not put it on the blog before.

Rose Marie said...

Oh, your quilt is beautiful and your applique and hand quilting is lovely! C'est tres bien! Joyeuses Paques!

Mrs. Goodneedle said...

String Star... "Spring" star! It's gorgeous! Thanks for sharing, Happy Easter!

Cordula Klöfkorn said...

It is a wonderful quilt. I am deeply impressed especially from your applique and handquilting.

You have a great blog, and a lot of beautiful quilts and bags. Nice to find you.

Anne Ida said...

Hi, leaving you this message here seeing as I don't have your e-mail address :o)

I was challenged by Rose to select my five favorite and inspirational blogs for The Thinking Blogger Award, and you have been selected.

Please accept this as an honour, and play along to select the five blogs that makes you think and/or gives you inspiration. I just want to thank you for beeing an inspiration to me!

Cynthia said...

what a beautiful quilt. Hope you had a lovely Easter.

Mama Spark said...

This quilt is beautiful! I am just beginning some hand work myself, hand qilting a small piece. I am struggling, but I think it is coming along!