Friday, May 18, 2012

Spring 2012 Bloggers Quilt Festival


If you have arrived here for the first time through the Bloggers Festival, welcome to Tamarack Shack.   I am a professional longarm quilter that lives on the shores of Schist Lake in Northern Manitoba Canada. I love to photograph my quilts and my clients quilts outdoors all year round. It is just as much fun as quilting the quilts. In winter the snowy backdrop and the ice from the lake make a wonderful setting and in the summer the water on the lake provides a wonderful shimmer when the quilts are displayed on the dock. My neighbor clothesline also provided a great spot to see the whole quilt...when the wind isn't blowing!


The quilt I chose to share this time is my Scrappy Squares quilt. This was a project that our guild did and we exchanged 3" fabric squares.  What I loved about his quilt is all the background space to play with quilting designs as the quilting is my favorite part.


My longarm is hand guided so all my work is free hand or ruler assisted.
I did CC's in the squares and then added feathered wreaths and other feather motifs in the borders.


I created a faux border in the background to mimic the pieced squares in the inner border.  Then feathered the outer border in a flowing curled pattern.


Here is a peek at the back.


I finished this quilt in December of 2011 when the ice on the lake was crystal clear where my boys had there ice hockey rink.  I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take a picture of the quilt over top of all the cracks in the ice...just wish the sun shone that day so you could see the quilting in this picture as well.


Thanks for stopping by and visiting.   Enjoy the rest of the festival, I know I'll be on my computer a lot this week checking out all the great eye candy!

Kathy

24 comments:

  1. Hi Kathy! I can't decide which is more beautiful, the quilt or your scenery. Absolutely gorgeous -- both of them! I love how the use of the white really brings out the coloured fabrics, they just bounce off the background! I would love to be in your mind's eye, to see what you see when you look at a quilt top. Your quilting always inspires me. Have a great wkend!
    Linda in Cooks Creek

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  2. Simply stunning. It's a great quilt but you quilting just pushes it over the top. I hope some day I can quilt like you, very inspiring!!

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  3. Wow, der Quilt ist ja ein Traum.
    Super!!!
    Liebe Grüße Grit

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  4. Love the patchwork design - is this an actual pattern ?

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  5. This quilt is near to perfection Kathy! Everything about it is fantastic, the quilting..the piecing..the colors..beautiful!!

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  6. Fantastic Kathy. The quilt pattern and the fabrics you chose I love but when you add to that your AMAZING quilting it goes to a totally new level.
    Love the photo spots especially the one with the cracks in the ice.
    You continue to be an inspiration.

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  7. fabulous quilt and quilting. The photos and scenery are just gorgeous. Love the simple striking effect of the quilting on white. Beautiful job. One of my favorites so far.

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  8. Beautiful quilt! That shot of it on the ice is incredible (and daring!)

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  9. Not being a fabulous long arm quilter like you are, those quilts with big open spaces scare me! Wow, what a lovely, lovely design you came up with--love the quilted border and all the feathers. Great photos! Thanks for sharing your quilt's story.

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  10. What a fantastic quilt! Your quilting is amazing, I have been trying so hard to do feathers, but I'm hopeless at it!

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  11. Kathy,this is one of my favorite quilts you have done - just lovely!

    margaret
    www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com

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  12. Absolutely fabulos. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Fabulous quilt set off by amazing scenery. Take care.

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  14. Fantastic quilt and quilting. SO pretty to look at.

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  15. So beautiful and your quilting, as always, is stunning.
    Great photos.

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  16. gorgeous quilt and quilting and scenery!!!!! love it on the frozen lake!!
    Ann

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  17. Lovely quilt and your quilting is amazing! I love the photo of it on the dock. You are brave to lay a white quilt out in nature!

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  18. the quilting is so lovely...you did a wonderful job on this quilt...the colours just sparkle

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  19. Wonderful quilting and photography! It's a beautiful quilt, thanks for sharing it.

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  20. comme d'habitude encore une superbe réalisation

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  21. It's stunning and so is your quilting - wow!

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  22. Beautiful quilt and the quilting is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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  23. wow--beautiful, beautiful quilt and quilting that's exquisite. so fun to see it in your lovely setting. thanks for sharing and have a great day

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  24. i am always so inspired by your quilting...this is just beautiful! :)

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