Monday, November 1, 2010

it's quilt festival time

I'm really proud to be participating in this year's Blogger's Quilt Festival. I'm going to share a quilt that has been given many names.  In it's infancy I simply called it the Zig Zag Quilt.  After it was finished it was dubbed the Circus Tent Quilt.  Finally it became known as Lila's Quilt when it reached the hands of it's intended recipient.

This quilt was a gift to my boyfriend's mother.  Back in April her eldest son, my boyfriend's brother, announced that he was moving 500 miles away to Denver.  I anticipated that the adjustment would be hard for her and quickly got to work making a quilt especially for her.  Nick told me she liked fall colors so I picked a color palette from The Color Scheme Bible that I thought best represented the season.

She was really pleased with the quilt when she received it.  She told my boyfriend that it's going to be hung in a place of honor in her home: the living room sofa.

16 comments:

  1. Very nice quilt, i love the color that you used:)

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  2. I colori autunnali sono favolosi!
    Ciao Domenica

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  3. A beautiful bright cheerful quilt, i love both the front and the back.

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  4. It is so beautiful and thoughtful. I love how you did the back.

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  5. The back is awesome! Great quilt and so nice of you to comfort your boyfriend's Mom :)

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  6. WOW! The colors are perfect! The quilt reminds me of an afgan my grandmother made once. I love the quilt!

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  7. I love the stars on the back. Great quilt.

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  8. Fun, funky colors! The story is just so sweet too.

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  9. I'm in love with this quilt! The colors are so fresh and the solids are perfect. I love zig zags and those stars are too cute for words. Beautifully done!

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  10. Great quilt! Zig zags are some of my favorites. I love what you did with the back!

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  11. How neat! When I first saw this, it reminded of a afghan my mom used to crochet when I was young. :) Love the back you did on it. Great job!!

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  12. It's a lovely quilt with great colours and design.
    What a wonderful gift!

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  13. I love the quilt AND that you kept to a limited palette. It shows the design off really well.

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  14. Hi Jo! I couldn't find an email for you, so I'm leaving a comment for you here (really great quilt, btw! Love the colour palette and the pieced back!) I wanted to tell you that you won the Kona solids on my giveaway - please send me your mailing address and I will send them to you!

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