The "Blackbirds in My Winter Garden" quilt
10-16-2016, 04:07 PM
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The "Blackbirds in My Winter Garden" quilt
Here are some pics of one of my quilts that I finished in 2012 after I fell off the radar here back in 2011. I had actually posted a couple of pics of some of the blocks in progress back then so it may look familiar to some of you. The main portion of this quilt (the 9 center blocks) is based on the pattern called "Winter Garden" by Blackbird Designs from their "When The Cold Wind Blows" book.
I wanted my version to be larger so I added the border which is based on the "Autumn Thistle" pattern from the same book. But I took some liberties with that pattern and added berries and blackbirds to the border, thus their "Winter Garden" became my "Blackbirds In My Winter Garden".
I like the blackbirds, the black of them adds a nice pop of color to an otherwise neutral quilt. I made some of them in flight, some turned to look at other birds behind them, to give it some interest. I also added the "2012" to the bottom to personalize it and make it more my own. I then quilted it on my Gammill longarm. It's king size at 102" square. This quilt won 2nd place in my county guild's quilt show in 2014.
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I wanted my version to be larger so I added the border which is based on the "Autumn Thistle" pattern from the same book. But I took some liberties with that pattern and added berries and blackbirds to the border, thus their "Winter Garden" became my "Blackbirds In My Winter Garden".
I like the blackbirds, the black of them adds a nice pop of color to an otherwise neutral quilt. I made some of them in flight, some turned to look at other birds behind them, to give it some interest. I also added the "2012" to the bottom to personalize it and make it more my own. I then quilted it on my Gammill longarm. It's king size at 102" square. This quilt won 2nd place in my county guild's quilt show in 2014.[ATTACH=CONFIG]560377[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]560378[/ATTACH]
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10-16-2016, 04:48 PM
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You have a really good memory! Yes, this is one of the ones that accompanied me on a business trip to India back in 2011 when I was working on it.
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