Blogger's Quilt Festival - Autumn 2009

I am participating in Blogger's Quilt Festival. It is hosted by Amy from Park City Girl and coincides with Quilt Festival in Houston this year. Bloggers are sharing a quilt of their choosing and this is one of my favorite quilts. It features a scene from the front porch of my house during my favorite time of the year. It is small, only 12" by 12," but it packs in a lot of stuff.

"From the Front Porch: Summer"

The dragonfly was made with Angelina fibers for the wings, and a baroque pearl and some other beads for the body

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I made the butterflies and some of the flowers using the caning technique with polymer clays. I hand embroidered with floss and silk ribbons

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I had some fun with the embroidery buttons on my machine and variegated threads.

Rosie, my Bernese Mountain Dog, was created using fuzzy fibers on a separate piece of fabric, then appliqued to the quilt using a stumpwork technique.

I used hand-marbled , hand-dyed, and commercial fabrics. I had a lot of fun making this and I hope you enjoy it too. Thanks for visiting.