Thursday, May 9, 2013

22/25 Cherry Tree Quilting

I brought this honkin' big quilt outside and when I looked at the photos today I noticed my settings were on small:( You'll have to wait until the next time to see better photos. I am excited to share with you that I have outlined 22 blocks!! Most of them have the motifs quilted in various areas around them too.



I'm using my frixion markers and various household items to make the quilt pattern. I've made several stencils that I am reusing if the motif is fairly similar.

My plan? Try and get the last 3 blocks outlined and all the motifs for the blocks quilted before the weather gets too hot. I think the border outlining and motifs will wait until autumn.

Have a fantastic day!

The use of Frixion pens has come up in the comments so I thought I'd add these links to my previous posts about them:

http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/2012/08/frixion-pens.html

http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/2012/09/frixion-pens-part-2.html

http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/2012/10/cherry-tree-and-jubilee.html


37 comments:

  1. Great plan for a great quilt. You've made it so fun with the various household items, too! :0

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  2. Wow, wow and wow is what I say! It's really a gorgeous quilt with all that app,inquest..WHEW!

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  3. Love this quilt. I am so sorry I didn't discover this pattern until it wasn't free anymore. Love yours!

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  4. Your quilt is absolutely stunning!! I love the use of yellow to brighten up the whole quilt.

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  5. This quilt is spectacular, Lori! Absolutely gorgeous!

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  6. Your quilt is so AMAZING! I like your method of creating those quilting designs. I'm sure our fore-mothers used items at hand too. Makes your quilt that much more unique and sentimental. Congratulations on your accomplishments to date with this gorgeous quilt!

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  7. Another WOW! Is that a Gay Boomers pattern?

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  8. What a spectacular effort! You are to be commended for undertaking such an endeavor. It looks fantastic. What an inspiration to so many of us!

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  9. I think that this quilt is my all time favourite quilt..EVER! STUNNING!
    P

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  10. Your quilt is a work of art. It's awesome. Your hand quilting is adding another level beauty.

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  11. Beautiful! Hand quilting is just the best.

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  12. It looks magnificent! I love the fun quilting motifs tucked in here and there :0) Such a gorgeous quilt!!

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  13. Are you getting excited? You are getting closer to the end with every stitch you take. It is going to be a beautiful addition to your collection of quilts.

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  14. Well done you! It is just beautiful!

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  15. Doing good! Love that you use household stuff to help out with marking.:) Beautiful work.

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  16. your quilt is amazing..... but what is a frixion marker? how do you dare mark on your quilt!

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  17. Love your quilt...beautiful.

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  18. fabulous, I'm about 1/2 way on the outlining, not counting borders, Winter will be perfect to finish off the quilting. FF looked amazing, how fun to enjoy another quilters work that is so different from your own.

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  19. Oh Lori your quilt is gorgeous. Lots of love and needling went into this one. I almost croaked when I saw that you were using the frixion pens to mark your quilting design. I have these pens and use them to mark hst lines but no quilting guides. Just this last week I read on at least three different blogs (can't remember which - but will try to retrace my blog surfing to find them) that the ink from these pens reappears and that when used on dark/med fabrics when applying heat/iron the ink fades/bleaches out the color from the fabric. Just a friendly work of caution.

    Terri

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    1. You didn't leave an email address and are on no-reply so I am putting these links here. I've done my own unscientific experiment and feel very comfortable using the frixion pens on this quilt.

      http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/2012/08/frixion-pens.html

      http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/2012/09/frixion-pens-part2.html

      http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/2012/10/cherry-tree-and-jubilee.html

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  20. Your applique is lovely and so are the colors you chose for this quilt. I like the brightness of the greens. You must be so pleased to be at this stage in the process. I haven't bought the Cherry Tree pattern, though I've just gotten the free Sally Post patterns that Gay has re-offered and maybe I'll do that pretty quilt. I'll look forward to seeing your quilting as your proceed. Thanks for sharing your work with us.

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  21. It's a real beauty Lori, you ,ust be very happy with it

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  22. Lori, the quilt looks great. Love the colors.

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  23. Hooray! You are making great progress.

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  24. Great progress on this quilt.

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  25. Awesomeness to the fullest!! love love your quilt I got all the patterns except for 11 but know where I can get it. This is on my wish list but i know it won't look as great as this one. It is going to be a wonderful heirloom. This quilt I would say is not so humble ;-)

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  26. Love this quilt ... the colours are just so pretty! You've been plugging away and hand quilting on this baby ... easy does it.

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  27. Just gorgeous Lori!! well done. Love the colours and fabrics you have used.
    Hilda

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  28. Your applique quilt is divine, so much for the eye to feast on!!! I often use household items to draw shapes, glasses, plates, all sorts, it's a big job, but well worth the effort!!!

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  29. Lori, I think I need to expand my vocab, I can't find the right words. How about jaw dropping gorgeous. That comes close. You do such amazing work. I love it.

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  30. Your quilt is gorgeous, amazing, I can't say enough! I know you are very proud of your beautiful work. Thank you for sharing it with us.

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  31. That is quite beautiful - words fail me. I want it. I could eat it. xCathy

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  32. You put me to shame! I only have about 7 blocks made, there is never enough time! Your quilt is lovely!

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  33. Looking Good!! Very exciting to see it this far along.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  34. Oh wow ... I just LOVE your quilt. It looks amazing. Too bad the blocks aren't for free to download anymore. I just love applique quilts.

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