well it seems like every year i always wait till the last day of the festival to finally get my quilt up and shown. amy is hosting the 4th bloggers quilt festival. and i'm excited to share my just dandy quilt. this quilt is my favorite one i've ever made. it might be because i have a new found love for hand applique. i love simple quilts with not a ton of busy-ness and i love that with applique i can create anything i want where ever i want it.
i also want to share another quilt i just finished (hence the lack of binding...going to work on that after i post this, also instructions coming soon to my shop) using my oliver and s city weekend layer cake i made this quilt using hand applique as well, i use the method i show here and it's become my favorite thing to do because i can take applique and work on things where ever i am. my kids are now used to seeing me with a needle, thread and hoop either in my hand or tucked somewhere in the car ready to come out when ever i feel like it. i love to hear them ask "what's that going to be mom?"thanks amy for hosting yet again a brilliant idea where we all can go to eachother's corner in cyberspace and ooooh and ahhh over all the creativity out there!
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Umm I've never made a quilt before, but that might be the next thing I do. I can't tell you how much I love that quilt. It is perfection!
Molto carina!
Ciao Domenica
Love both quilts. I too have fallen in love with hand applique. You can take it anywhere!!
I love both of those quilts! I am determined to find some time to make my first quilt. Thank you for the inspiration!
Oh I love both! Beautiful work!
your dandy quilt is adorable!
Both of these are wonderful! I love the banner quilt -- too cute! :)
lo.ove it! i have an applique pattern that i have been scared to death to try but that doesn't look too hard the way you did it up there. maybe i'll be brave sometime soon.
Both your quilts are beautiful! I have a fondness for used dryer sheets also. :)
Those are both so cute...but I am in LOVE with the Dandy quilt. It may have to be made for the little bun in my oven...You've got mad quilting skills, Vanessa!
Love them both!
Both amazing!
That bunting quilt is just about the most adorable thing, ever! :]
Both quilts are fabulous but I love the dandy quilt! Absolutely amazing :)
Love love love it!
These are both fabulous. I love the simplicity.
I love that quilt and that is my niece! hahaha wonderful Vanessa!
Super adorable, classic, beautiful quilts. You are so talented! And you have such a great eye for design.
i absolutely love both quilts! thanks for sharing. :)
Totally love both quilts. I wish I had your creativity. I can only copy!
glen
They are both wonderful! Maybe I should start doing hand applique'. Bet I would get alot more done!
as i posted before about this (dandelion) quilt: my favoritist ever!!!
I saw this first on twitter and glad now its in the group of quilts im commenting on tonight!
It fantastic, love the simplicity and the white against that grey! really well done!
Jessie
www.designsbyjessie.com/wp/
Oh Vanessa! That is *the* cutest quilt!! You really did a great job! :o)
Thank you for sharing it with us! :o)
Have a great weekend!
Sincerely - Trish
I can't wait - let me get this straight for the bunting you sewed the triangles onto dryer sheets, cut the middle then pulled it inside out,iron onto the material because the dryer sheet will stick? Then hand sewed on each triangle - then it looks like you machine sewed over? I don't use dryer sheets! I put vinegar in my rinse cycle as it does the same thing...so do I need to wash and dry dryer sheets(that I have to keep mosquitoes away) or is there something else I can use? Love your blog!
Oh, I love your quilt! I've been wanting to make a banner but I didn't want the girls yanking it down, so haven't made it yet. This quilt would be awesome!! Can't wait for you to complete the pattern!! Thanks so much for sharing...it's beautiful! :)
Love the linen and the flower! The bunting is so very dear, too!
Both are lovely, but Just Dandy is really stunning!
i love the just dandy quilt... but you know that!! and the new one... so so so cute!!!
What a very cool and different quilt! So inspiring. The new one's pretty fab too!
Lovely quilts. The simplicity of 'Just Dandy' is stunning - would love that to be hanging on my wall!
Thanks for sharing
Both really great quilts! Glad you made it in the festival.
so hand appliqué is on my long list of things that intimidate me, but I want to get over it.
why dryer sheets? and what else is good to use if say I don't use dryer sheets?
I want to know, did you do the quilting too? On a home machine? It looks fabulous!
love them both!!! there is some fabris at ikea sort of like your gray quilt - you should check it out! I really want to make the gray one. but maybe with a turquoise background. shocker! i know.
Your dandy quilt is amazing! I have had a dandelion quilt in my head for a while but haven't gotten to it yet. If only my hands worked as fast as my mind!
Love the pennant quilt too!
you are SO talented!!
Im officially in LOVE
Thank you.
love.
I don't think there are words for just how much I love this quilt!
The dandelion quilt is fantastic, and I love your little scene-stealer! I'll eb back to check out mroe fo your quilts.
Both quilts are gorgeously simple and very effective.
I just wanted to say thanks for the awesome pinecone wreath idea! we had a crazy hail storm here in Phoenix a few weeks ago that completely emptied our pine tree of all it's cones. So I invited all my sisters-in-law over and we made wreaths out of them! It was so much fun and now we have adorable wreaths to decorate for the holidays with!
Awesome like possum...Heather
I love the white on the grey. Simple and stunning!
Such a lovely quilt! Love the simplicity of the colours. Great work with the applique and the quilting.
I love your quilt! Such whimsy, really great.
i love love love this!!
The bunting quilt turned out so adorable!!
I am in the middle of creating the Dandy wall hanging / quilt. It is great fun! I'm doing mine with a background fabric of pale yellow and white and the dandelion and poofs are gold mottled/sparkle. enjoying the process!
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