Friday, May 21, 2010

Blogger's Quilt Festival Waterfall Return

Welcome Bloggers Quilt Festival Visitors!



I made this quilt for my daughter's 8th grade graduation
and it follows the design she created in a 6th grade art class on
Frank Lloyd Wright's style.
Her painting shown below represents a
Frank Lloyd Wright style waterfall
which she intended as a quilt pattern.
This quilt encompasses both my love of nature in quilts, and
my interest in abstraction in them as well.
The tonal fabrics read as solids, which
seem to be my current mode of choice for fabrics.
I have a new quilt planned in this format in greens, called
Garden Gate - stay tuned!Posted by Picasa


28 comments:

  1. It looks like a modern stain glass it is really beautiful.

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  2. What a STUNNER! It's a remarkable collaboration!
    Thanks for sharing,
    Valentina from Cyprus

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  3. A very unique and oh so appealing quilt! So cool that you used your daughter's design. I can almost hear the water splash.

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  4. Hi Debbie,
    what a beautiful heirloom quilt,I love it and it's sentimental value, great work! Thanks for visiting me and leaving a sweet comment!
    Have a happy weekend,
    Shawn

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  5. A wonderful idea and very well executed.

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  6. Wow I'm stunned when I see your quilt! Your interpretation of your daughter's drawing is perfect! I love the design and the colors. Like stained glass... Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Love the way you made your daughter's drawing into a quilt. You've geiven her the best compliment and encouragement. It's beautiful!

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  8. I love the solids! This makes me want to go experiment with skinny black strips...

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  9. Great job. To take her drawing (which I can't believe was from a 6th grader)(don't even think I could draw that good) and make a quilt from it. Stunning. I just think that you two make a very talented and creative pair

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  10. Your quilt is fabulous! Truly a piece of art.

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  11. Oh, I like this post ! How wonderful to have the quilt and the original painting together !
    I have quilt drawings from my daughter's childhood, and they were colored in with markers, so they need fabrics that read like solid, also. You may have just inspired me to get to work on one of those designs !
    Thank you for sharing this work. Would love to see how the greens turn out.

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  12. wow, it's a great quilt! I love this working together thing with your daughter, it must be special.
    Kristina
    www.priscillacraft.blogspot.com

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  13. Absolutely beautiful and so special.. what an heirloom!

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  14. Fantastic! It would look right at home in any FLW house.

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  15. This quilt is a stunner. Congratulations, it is awesome. Can't wait to see the green one ;-))

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  16. this is so special...what a amazing quilt memory. it is beautiful

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  17. wow that is cool. i like the blue and white together. simple and clean.

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  18. Love how you used the painting as inspiration.

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  19. This is very cool. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

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  20. Wow! Stunning. LOVE the story behind the quilt. I'm sure your daughter was thrilled to have such an heirloom. Way to go, Mom!!!

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  21. wow - that reminds me of a stained glass window. beautiful!

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  22. beautiful and so wonderful to use your daughter's painting as inspiration!!

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  23. Your quilt really spoke to me of calm and coolness. so glad your daughter came up with that design for you.

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  24. What wonderful inspiration you had. Lucky you for having such a talented daughter.

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  25. I googled Frank Lloyd Wright inspired quilts and your photo came up and this was the best one I saw! I love it! not a copy but actually inspired by!

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