Friday, April 17, 2009

Favorite Quilt - Bloggers Quilt Festival




I live in the southwest (Utah) and love petroglyphs (ancient native american rock art). The quilt started with the shaman block (middle row, left). It sat around for awhile until an entry call for my Colorado art quilt group AQuA and their TEXT challenge. Perfect -petroglyphs are early text messages. Luckily, I was under a severe time crunch and so instead of obsessing over fabric choices (my usual m.o), I quickly choose fabrics using the shaman as a starting point. I barely made a dent in my petroglyph fabric collection and had a lot of fun, especially picking out another 5 designs. I had to use my favorite petro -the mountain lion (cat) from Petrified Forest N.P. (photo 3) and of course, Moab Man, the local icon (bottom row, left).
I used a mix of topstitch running stitch applique and traditional needleturn applique. I just taught the lion and sheep at Elaine's Quilt Block in Salt Lake and will be teaching them again at the Utah Quilt Guild fest in September (maybe Park City Girl will join me there).
This quilt, has traveled quite a bit and even been in a national magazine (Quilter's Newsletter Magazine) and in a booth at Quilt Market. But it is still a work in progress as I keep adding more hand quilting and keep finding more places to put more quilting. Guess I like it so much I want to keep on visiting with it.
I hope you have enjoyed my entry in the virtual Quilt Show, please leave a comment. To see more of the show click HERE Thanks for visiting. To see more of my favorite antique quilts (I'm a quilt collector and an AQS certified quilt appraiser) go to my antique quilt blog

31 comments:

  1. Love those warm colours, - I can see why you like to re-visit this one.

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  2. Wow, that's a great one and thank you for the kind comment on my wee postcard. I am a fan of petrogylphs as well.

    I am about to finish up a new piece and will be posting it shortly. Please check back when you have a chance.

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  3. Love your postcard in your Cyber Fiber exchange -- as well as your petroglyphs! You're not afraid of color, and I'm a kindred soul in that respect. Nice work!

    Diane

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  4. Sandra,
    What a fantastic piece! I love the petroglyph imagery with the vibrant colors. Utah is a beautiful place. I did library training in Provo several years back and stayed with a friend who took me to Sundance and Park City, way north of you. Thanks for your lovely comments about my quilt. I'm so happy to have found so many wonderful blogs through the Bloggers Quilt Festival.
    All the best,
    Dana

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  5. What a great idea to enter petroglyph imagery in a challenge about TEXT. Very cool!

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  6. Great fabric choices -- especially the turtle!

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  7. I love the assortment of fabrics you've chosen to use in this quilt -- and the smile it brings to my face. The shapes you've created for the various petroglyphs is great. I'd never considered interpreting them as "solids" for applique -- I generally see their linear nature and think of quilting lines...

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  8. What a wonderful piece of art! I love your fabric choices.

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  9. So unique. I love it. Love the colors.

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  10. Wow this is terrific........love your antique ones as well btw
    Enjoy the festival there is just so much to see

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  11. What a fun piece! Really great and interesting fabric choices. I love Utah. So many beautiful places and inspirations.

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  12. Great fabrics and creative and clever designs.

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  13. Very nice. I am a mid-western girl who has recently become aquainted with Arizona. I too am loving the native American art. Your quilt is beautiful.

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  14. beautiful...thanks for helping me find you. i do love antique quilts...i have a few that my mother has given me that are my all time favs. i'm going to check out your other site.

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  15. Lovely quilt... great fabric choices and I'm surprised how well the relatively low contrast applique works - I've never thought to do this before .. I really liked the effect.

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  16. thanks so much for your kind comment............wonderful your quilt.
    ciao ciao

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  17. Your quilt is quite the celebrity! Thanks for sharing.

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  18. What fabulous colours, this is amazing I love it.

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  19. Gorgeous fabrics, and I love the turtle!!

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  20. Beautiful! Love the fabrics you used. I know this will probably sound corny. I'm not sure exactly what it is about this quilt, maybe the petroglyphs, but it speaks to me. I love it!

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  21. This is great! I love all your fabrics - beautiful. Those petroglyphs are so interesting on the rock walls and inspiring in a quilt!

    I've not been to the Quilt Fest - yet! Last year my baby was too little to leave for long days :) I would like to try this year! I've been to Elaine's a number of times - always fun!

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  22. This quilt is awesome. I love it! I have a quilt that I keep going back to as I have added embellishments and quilting...never sure if it is quite finished. The binding is on, but.....lol

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  23. I have no Idea why I don't have a comment posted, since your quilts touched me with the intricate color combination with the appliques. They are amazing. The fact that they also make a cultural statement makes them more powerful

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  24. Thank you for your very nice comment on my Dahlia Festival quilt. I aboslutely love your petroglyph quilt. I like the whole concept of using these images. I am going to be following you. I want to see more of your work.

    I invite you to check out my group's blog, Sisters in Cloth. We are 13 art quilters, some of whom have entered a quilt in the online festival.

    We will soon be posting a challenge we have been working on. It's hard not to post photos of what I've done so far, but we are waiting to exhibit them together.

    If you have the time, check back on my blog, too.

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  25. Just noticed that you don't have a "followers" option.

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  26. I loved this quilt! I too have a fondness for petroglyphs. I wish I had thought to collect those fabrics lol! Thanks for sharing. I'm off to see your other favorite now. PS to the lady above me looking for a follow button...try looking at the very top of any blogger page where your sign in name is...on the left there's usually a follow this blog option

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  27. Just beautiful Sandra...
    Lovely warm colours...very unique!
    Julia ♥

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  28. beautiful quilts, the fabrics, the colurs. Greetings from Uruguay sout america

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