I am pleased to make an entry into the Bloggers' Quilt Festival : Fall 2011. The hostess is Amy over at AmysCreativeSide. Take some time to visit the many lovely entries - you won't be disappointed!
My entry is 'Raggedy Friends' that was offered by the lovely Ms Kaaren at The Painted Quilt as a free block of the month. A delightful mix of Annie, Andy and their friends and shared loves. Combining wonderful stitcheries with scrappy block lay-out made for a cherished quilt. I chose to hand quilt with lots of hearts thru out the piece. And I searched for and saved lots of red buttons while working on this - for all those eyes and accents! *a few close ups*
Won't you consider joining in? AmysCreativeSide Bloggers' QUilt Festival - Fall 2011
Sewingly Yours,
Sharon
Hand quilted, goodness. I can't even machine quilt, but I am good at piecing and applique! LOL
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Oh Sharon, what a precious quilt! I can tell you really enjoyed making it. :)
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enjoy the festival,
Valentina
Just so unbelievably adorable. I love seeing your handwork and this one is just absolutely exceptional!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely quilt Sharon. I love the red work blocks amongst the pieced blocks. Wonderful handwork!
ReplyDeleteI am so envious of your beautiful embroidery work. It makes for a delightful quilt. What an heirloom. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun quilt!! I loved Raggedy Ann and Andy when I was a little girl. This quilt has brought back memories of that, Thank You!!
ReplyDeleteHave a fun Bloggers Festival!!
Sharon this quilt is lovely well done.
ReplyDeleteRaggedy Ann is a favorite of mine! You really did her up fancy!
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annie
rubyslipperz106.blogspot
Beautiful quilt! Lots of detail in this, so interesting!
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful quilt, Sharon! I know you're going to love this one for a long time!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful quilt. I love all the colors. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI just love your quilt!
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely combination of patchwork and stitching! Kaaren would be proud of your work I"m sure!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and lively combination. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteYou have done such a wonderful job with both the stitcheries and the piecing. Great design. Your quilt looks great!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your entry, your quilt is simply beautiful! And hand quilting, how do you find the time!?
ReplyDeleteI do love this quilt. It is on my to do list to restart next year. All new materials. This was my 'learning' design and I was stitching on broadcloth as someone suggested. I HATED it...it is one of those projects I threw away. I have the designs and am ready to do again with proper materials. Yours is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteHi Sharon, this is fun! I am enjoying visiting all the bloggers. I just love your beautiful quilt...and this one is hand-quilted! Yay! I keep thinking I'm alone in my handquilting, but I guess there are a few of us left! LOL
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is so interesting. I love a scrappy quilt! I also like your stitching!!
ReplyDeleteYou did a marvelous job with this quilt -- I love it! I saved all the patterns as Kaaren published them and hope to make it some day. My daughter is a Raggedy Ann enthusiast. So perhaps for her. I'm glad you shared this! :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely a fun, fun quilt. I love the variety--scrappy is always my favorite. The adorable stitchings of Andy, Annie and their friends is in perfect combination of all the other colors. Great!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun quilt. Who doesn't love anne and andy? Ose embroidered pieces are precious and hand quikting is such a labor of love. Just great to see. I am loving redwork when i see it in quikts and it super tempts me to embroider again! Thanks for sharing and have a great day
ReplyDeletesuch a darling quilt, I hope I get to see it in person! beautiful work Sharon!
ReplyDeleteLovely colour choices and your hand quilting looks great.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet and really well done. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind words on my kimono quilt! Congrats on your quilt. It's fun and colorful and I am impressed by your hand quilting!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful quilt. So cheerful!
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Such a sweet quilt! Lovely!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet quilt! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful quilt! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, Sharon. Can't believe you hand quilted it. It must have taken ages.
ReplyDeleteI love the randomness of this - and lovely colour combo
ReplyDeleteLove this quilt...congratulations on the hand quilting...loving that. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteSO reminded of my own raggedy ann and andy when i was young...they were hand made and I still have them! I also had story books I enjoyed reading. Your hand work is beautiful! Thanks for rejuvenating this post under our embroidery Tuesday Archives theme!
ReplyDeleteLove the Ann and Andy theme with the scrappy layout! Also love the button embellishment -- part of the design or your own addition? This looks like it was a fun project to do!
ReplyDeleteSharon! I too love your Ann and Andy theme and am so glad this one got rejuvenated. (FIVE years ago....fun to see what you were working on then)
ReplyDeleteMy Sister and I were working on this together - but have not gotten it finished. Awesome seeing it done.
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