Every so often I get grandiose ideas and make extraordinarily ambitious plans. My hopes of making a queen-sized quilt from Workbasket's Quaker series is just one example of this tendency.
I intend the center medallion of the quilt to be the Quaker House with the four Quaker "trees" representing the seasons in the four corners of the center piece. Then surrounding the center piece is a large rectangle made up of all the domestic/farm animals and an outer and even larger rectangle made up of woodland animals. All of these stitched pieces will be border by log cabin style quilting frames in calico and solid cottons in deep to medium greens. That's the vision anyway.
So far, I have stitched
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| The House |
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| The Summer Tree |
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| The Autumn Tree |
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| The Winter Tree |
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| The Spring Tree |
20 comments:
Wow! Grandiose is correct! Awesome idea Regina. Beautiful work. Love that swan.
It's always good to have a plan and you are well on your way with completing yours!! I can't wait to see the finish!! Laura
That is gonna be SOME quilt when completed! Love them all but the bunny and turtle are my faves! Hugs!
You have a good bit stitched for your quilt. I am interested in the house design you have stitched. What leaflet is it in?
Have a wonderful day!
Robin in Virginia
Wow! This is going to be an amazing quilt and you have so many motifs already stitched! This project is definitely going to be fun to watch.
Awesome Regina. You have so many of them done. I love them all and love the idea for the quilt.
Linda
Grandiose indeed but will be an heirloom. Your stitching is beautiful.
I want to do the same with the PS alphabet series but I only have one letter completed.
Such a wonderful idea, its going to be stunning when completed.
This is a awsome idea what patterns are on your wish list? You are doing a great job
tweety
tweetyandtazzrocks@gmail.com
They are all wonderful! I enjoy working on a series sometimes!
Fantastic idea! I get grand ideas like that too but tend to get as far as sketching out the layouts!
I love the different animals, especially the way the Quaker motif makes the cow's udders.
Just gorgeous! The pig is my favorite, but really all of the finishes are beautiful. The quilt will be a real treasure once completed.
Carolyn
As I scrolled down, I expected one or two finishes, not all these! You're nearly there! Brilliant. Irene xxx
Beautiful stitches! I'm not a quilter and can't visualise what you describe but I'm sure it's achievable given how many you've already stitched, and will look fabulous!
Hah, love that cat. This will be an amazing quilt. How many more animal motifs do you have left?
Wow! You are going to have one gorgeous quilt when finished. All the finishes are great, although my personal favorite is the pig.
Carolyn
I think you are WELL on your way to making that Grandiose Quilt! Congrats on all those finishes! You will do it!!
It really is going to look so wonderful when completed into a quilt.
That is a GREAT and GRAND idea! I love it and the house is pretty darned cool!
What wonderful stitched Quaker pieces, I love how they all look.
Kay.
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