Iceblossom

Wow -- just wow!

I am so impressed with your finished project --plus the using of scraps. And the knowledge you gained/lessons you learned in so many areas. Maybe you need to learn a little bit more about how your quilt fits among the spectacular ones!

I don't think you mentioned your time line, it would have taken me months just to come up with a concept much less produce a work of art.

retiredteacher09

Gemm: A beautiful work of art!

Sync

Gemm, that looks fantastic.

bearisgray

Gemm - that is awesome! (capitals, bold, and underlined!)

bearisgray

And I feel so blessed being the recipient of it!

Gemm

Hmmm... timeline for the challenge quilt? I think the challenge was introduced at the end of January? My original idea was a jungle scene complete with a multilevel river with several waterfalls. Many things changed during this process! I certainly didn't work on it steadily - I have a photo of my first unsewn landscape layout in mid-February so I'll say about 2.5-3 months. :-)

Quiltah Mama

Gemma, unbelievable work, absolutely stunning. Great use of stash. I can't figure out how you cut the birds in/by the pond, how did you ever cut their beaks. Wow, very intriqet work.

Gemm

Well, nothing quite like the prospect (threat?) of having visitors to your home to get some projects done! I've had this quilt laid out in blocks on the guest room bed since before Christmas but other things have been taking priority and being able to keep that room's door closed has made it easy for me to forget it (out of sight, out of mind). Knowing that people are going to want to use that space this summer made it imperative for me to address it and I spent most of the day yesterday putting it together. I don't have time to finish it completely right now - I need to focus on getting things put away rather than extending projects - so it will get folded up and put in the UFO box for now. I know it's not exactly "stash out of the door" but it's a step in the right direction! As is usual for me, most of the fabrics were thrifted/gifted/old stash. I did end up having to buy a couple of pieces of dark blue (the bold polka-dot is one of them) but managed to find those in the sale section of a local fabric chain store).

For those of you who are BHMQ fans/followers, it made me laugh that she decided to use indigo in her last MQ just after I'd decided to use all of mine in this quilt! I've never made one of hers but I'm glad I was able to provide her with colour inspiration (never mind the fact that she had a great trip story for it - I'm sure it's all thanks to me!). ;-) :-P

Edit: current finished size is somewhere around 56" x 70".