Sunday, May 20, 2012

Bloggers’ Quilt Festival Entry - My Secret Garden Quilt

If you listen really closely, you can hear my dear Bernina sighing in exhaustion and ecstasy!!

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She has really been working hard lately! And what a trooper!! Smile

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I logged over 30 hours thread painting my Secret Garden quilt!!

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I am so happy with how it turned out!

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I love the richness of the batik colors,

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the variety of the flower blooms,

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and the many shapes of the leaves.

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The quilt pattern I used for it is “Location, Location, Location” by Edyta Sitar.  But I did slightly change the arrangement in some places, as well as, adding more flowers, a tree branch at the top and lots of bugs and birds and fairies.

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It was scary as I quilted it, because it was so very densely quilted on the flowers that it poofed out on the background and I thought that it would never quilt out, but it did!

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Then, when all of it was quilted except the border, it again, was so densely quilted, that the border looked like a ruffle!!  YIKES!  Scared me to death!!

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But, I made sure to densely quilt the border, too and amazingly, it did quilt out!!  It is so stiff with thread that it almost stands up by itself!!

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So, my new guest room is finally complete with My Secret Garden Quilt on the wall!!  Woo hoo!!

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After only raising sons with very masculine rooms, my husband says this guest room is too girly!!  LOL!!

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And my garden outside will never look so good, as I have  brown thumb!

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It’s getting close to the end of May…next weekend is already Memorial Day!!  And my May Schnibble quilt is not done!!  YIKES!!  I gotta get cracking on it!!  Where did May go????? And, what have you been working on this month?

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52 comments:

  1. Your quilt is amazin! I think you should open up a bed and breakfast and charge an obcpscene amount of money to stay in that room...it s so very inviting! And I love girly! I have three blocks done for the May Schnibbles...I better get cracking!

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  2. You have made a very lovely quilt. I love the fact that you have added a few things into the quilt to make the pattern your own. Lovely decorating!

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  3. LOVE it....super, wonderful, fantastic...and so on. This is just my style. All the thread and stitching just gives it life. Now off to check out the rest of your blog.

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  4. Good Morning, Polly. I leaned a bit closer to the monitor when I saw the thumbnail pic from my blog and had to come right over! Your quilt is simply beautiful! The batiks are perfect... I love the richness of the colors, as well. And you found the perfect spot in your new guest room. Oh, and it's not too girly. Well Done!

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  5. Gorgeous work, and beautiful girly room!

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  6. Your quilt is amazinnnnnnng. I've never tried anything like that but I'm certainly thinking about it. VERY NICE WORK!!

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  7. wow that quilt is amazing! and a great spot for it too.... you should enter it into a show!

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  8. Amazing!! When can I book the guest room? A warning though - I may never leave after i get there. LOL!

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  9. Polly this quilt is simply stunning. I wish I had the words to tell you how wonderful it really is, but I'm not that gifted. You've done an incredible job with your thread painting and all those hours you put in were truly worth it. Congratulations! blessings, marlene

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  10. an exceptional quilt! I made note of the pattern and am thinking of hunting down the pattern to make one myself!

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  11. Very creative. I like the birdhouse that is peeping out from behind all the beautiful flowers.

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  12. I love your Secret Garden. Your quilt is most lovely and so detailed. Wonderful!!!

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  13. It is just gorgeous! Can I come stay in that guest room? What a beautiful place to rest your head, but I think I would be awake all night looking at the intricate stitching!!!!

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  14. Wow! Amazing Secret Garden! You put in a lot of hours making this beauty. I love it in your girlie guest room. *wink

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  15. I'm absolutely mesmerized!!! Your quilt is so beautiful. The colors are wonderful and the stitching is fabulous. Congratulations!

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  16. Polly: Wow! Beautiful colours and awesome quilting. Your guests will delight in staying in the Garden Guest Room forever....

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  17. Your quilt is stunning! Well worth the time. I love your guest room, it's not to girly for me!

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  18. Amazing is the best word to describe your quilt. Of course, several others come to mind, beautiful and wonderful, will work, too.

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  19. Stunning! What you lack in a green thumb outside, you more than compensate for with your gift when it comes to fabric! I love all the added details you stitched and I'm thinking you have earned a girly room! Its very inviting - you might have trouble getting rid of company! :)

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  20. Finally, I've found beautiful garden I can't kill! :-) Lovely work.

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  21. beautiful quilt - so well worth the effort. I think your guest room looks lovely!

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  22. Absolutely beautiful quilt. Congratulations

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  23. What a beautiful quilt; all of the hard work you put into it really paid off. It looks wonderful in your "girlie" guest room.

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  24. Really beautiful, Polly! That guest room is the perfect sanctuary to make your guests feel "right at home." It's just missing the welcoming committee sitting on the bed - Mr. Yogi!

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  25. Your quilt is absolutely beautiful Polly. You must be so pleased with it.

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  26. Hello Polly most love'est guilt ever, amazeing . just doing pillow case's, laying strips of bright colors down for this dog picture they will go around her . take care Renee thanx

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  27. Wow that is just beautiful Polly, I feel like I could almost pick those flowers.. Your guest room is so pretty your guests won't want to go home.

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  28. Wowee!!! I am [almost] speechless. Such a gorgeous quilt, absolutely wonderful.

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  29. That is a beautiful quilt!! I love your personal touches and enhancements to the pattern. And the room you hung it in is filled with other quilty-goodness! Thanks for sharing.

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  30. Beautiful quilt! Also, I love your guest bedroom, it's sooooo pretty!

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  31. what a beautiful guest room- I love all the wonderful details that you have added to make it so inviting. Your secret garden wall hanging is stunning - I love the terrific design and all the special details that you have added to make it special. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.
    Warmest regards,
    Anna

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  32. This is to quilt art, wonderful:)))

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  33. Awesome quilt! I'm so glad your secret garden isn't secret anymore ;o) Thanks for sharing it with us.
    Have a great day.
    Always, Queenie

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  34. Absolutely Beautiful!!!!!

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  35. Wow!! Your quilt is stunning!!!

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  36. Such a stunning quilt! It looks fabulous. Love the other quilts in the room too. Gets my vote for best applique quilt done on domestic sewing machine!

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  37. Wow! I love the whole room! This quilt is a perfect fit! It's gorgeous! Great colors and quilting! It needs a real butterfly to land on it! Thanks for sharing!

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  38. Amazing quilt! Absolutely lovely! And it looks fabulous over that bureau! It was worth all that work!

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  39. A stunning quilt and oh so perfect in that room. Just beautiful!

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  40. An awesome job with this beautiful quilt!!!! Stunning work, worth every hour, and reel of thread - you should be very proud!!!!

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  41. je me suis permis de mettre la photo de votre quilt dans un message ,j'espère que cela ne vous pose pas de problème ,merci d'avance

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  42. Hey Polly! Oh ... This is GORGEOUS!!! Well done, Polly! This is the sort of garden I'd love to have in my backyard and I can't even IMAGINE the work you've put into creating it in fabric and thread!! :0) I'm sure visitors to your not-at-all-too-girly guest room will love having it as their very own indoor garden. Bear Hugs!! KRIS

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  43. Love it!! Its beautiful and so is your guest room!!

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Thank you sooooooo very much for taking the time to leave a comment! I am always happy to know that someone is reading my ramblings!! Polly :-)