Caswell Quilt
 

This is the Caswell Quilt, designed by Corliss Searcey of Austrailia, inspired by the Caswell Carpet that is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. I completed it two days ago after working on it for 22 months while in the midst of designing a new home, building it, and moving from my farm I had lived at for 49 years. I had posted a question about quilting it here and promised that I would post a picture of it when completed. It is hand appliquéd wool on cotton and hand quilted. It will hang on a wall above my staircase in my house. I love it :)

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What a masterpiece!

Wow! Wow! Wow! Absolutely beautiful! I admire not only your exquisite, detailed work but the amount of effort to hand applique and hand quilt this is quite impressive. Congratulations on your fabulous finish! You must be very proud to display this in your new home.

Beautiful!

Christine

Beautiful details in your quilt. It will be the conversation piece of the house. Best wishes in your new home.

A stunning quilt to be sure. You should be quite proud of yourself and it sounds like a wonderful display space for this quilt.

what a masterpiece.

It only took you 22 months? I'm amazed! It's gorgeous!!

Gorgeous quilt! I love the detail and certainly admire anyone who has the patience to stick with a job that long! Well worth it! I especially like the muted colors...makes it more regal...IMHO

Beautiful!

It is fabulous! I really enjoy wool applique. So nice to not have turn edges under and it is so luxurious looking.

Absolutely stunning!

What a welcoming masterpiece and a great conversation piece for you new home. absolutely stunning!

You've been one busy lady. What a wonderful addition to your new home.

Good job!!

It will be the perfect fit for your staircase! You have done an amazingly beautiful creation and it will be a joy to see it every day!

Fabulous. What a beautiful quilt.

Amazing that you could do such a complicated and lovely quilt in the middle of a move!

Yes, to everything that has been said. It is truly a work of art and masterpiece/heirloom.

totally WOW

Gorgeous quilt. Beautifully done and the workmanship is stunning. It will look amazing to see as you go up the staircase.

Such a beautiful quilt !

Beautiful and what a masterpiece indeed!

wow! great quilt - great job

This is beautiful. I don't think you ever slept. One to be proud of.

Wow that sure is a lot of gorgeous art work.

I wouldn't take it out of my house!! It is gorgeous and beautifully made. You are an excellent quilter.

Wow, that is just stunning!!!

Wow! This is a masterpiece! If you enter it in a show, it's sure to win! I'm sure it will be treasured!

Great finish!
Just a few days ago, on July 2, I was reading in my 365 Challenge email from Kathleen Kerr that the Queensland Quilters of Australia would be showing 365 Challenge quilts at their show this year in October. I went to the web site and someone from the Sunnybank Quilters group made the Caswell Quilt too. You can click on the picture and get a close up of it if you want to see the details and fabrics that person used. It's such a nice pattern! https://www.qldquilters.com/ Scroll down a little, click on the picture of the quilt, X out of the pop up picture of it, then you can expand the image with the upper right button. Hit Esc on your keyboard to get out of the expanded view. It looks like the show has some great quilts! You can also see quilts entered previous years using the 'Galleries' tab.

Stunningly gorgeous, everything about.

My goodness! That is fantastic! You do great work.

Oh my gosh, that's stunning!!!!!!!!!!!

This is stunning!!!!
Your relatives are going to fight like the dickens to display this in their homes. What a masterpiece of both talent & commitment of time. You did GREAT!
sewverybusy1

That is spectacular. Your masterpiece is well worth the effort. Thank you for sharing your project.

Stunning....very much worth the effort and time you put into it. What a treasure it will be hanging in your new home!

What a treasure! Beautiful work!

Your quilt is amazing. I’m impressed that it only took you 22 months.

Marvelous work of art. Enjoy it!