This is Midnight Sun/Polar Night. I took a Jan Krentz Lone Star class in March 04, in which I made the diamonds. I then put it away because Jeremy was born two weeks later. When Jeremy was three, I began having about 30 minutes here and there when I could actually *do* something, so I started quilting again. I decided to start with finishing up a few UFOs, and the lone star was the first quilt I thought of finishing.
I pulled it back out in Jan 08 and got it finished up. The animal patterns were traced, scanned and blown up from the batik print in the outer border. They are hand appliqued. The piece is machine quilted. Because the animals are all North American, and cold country animals as well, and because the colors are essentially sunlight and midnight, I named it for the endless day and endless night experienced in Alaska and Canada.
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I love the pattern!
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Margaret
www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com
Beautiful quilt quilt. Congratulations on getting some quilting time again.
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt and the colors are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing - Hugs Natima
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful work duvet .
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Greeting Marika Hungary
Simply beautiful!
ReplyDeleteObviously your logical mind and your creative mind play well together--love how the colors spiral in the center and the precision of your animal appliques and straight sewing! Congratulations on returning to quilting with a little one in tow. Thanks for sharing your quilt's story.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I really love it. I sat staring at it and couldn't think of anything to say but Gorgeious.
ReplyDeleteLove the wonderful warm colors of your quilt!
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Geni
@ Loose Ends
Absolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love the colours but I really love the design! The spiral in the star is brilliant- I keep coming back to look at it again and again.
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Wow! Amazing quilt! Love the colors and the design.
ReplyDeleteJocelyn
http://happycottagequilter.blogspot.com/
so glad that you came back to finish the quilt....
ReplyDeletequilting time can be hard to find with small ones in tow
lovely colors and a great idea to use the border print as applique inspiration
I think you should participate in my Totally Awkward Tuesday event (even though it'll probably be Wednesday by the time you read this). You could tell about the time you put your hand through my Dad's window, for example...
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What a great quilt! It would go well in a cabin. Love the animals. :)
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