Quick stats:
- Total submissions: 34
- Total countries: 9
- Total provinces: 2
- Total states: 15
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A Quilter’s Garden By: Persimon Dreams, Wisconsin, USA Inspired by a ‘Tool Time’ Project QUILTING Challenge. The four ‘tools’ I used for my inspiration were… Quilt size: width: 21" height: 18" |
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Barbara’s Wedding Quilt By: Patricia Moffitt, Alaska, USA I had always wanted to try this layout of the log cabin. I actually wanted to do snowmen, but there were no large panel pictures out there, so I went with the flowers instead. Quilt size: width: 85" height: 100" |
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Birdwood nursery By: Elna Munro, South Africa I made this quilt for our local show and the theme was a nursery, either garden or baby nursery. Quilt size: width: 80" height: 80" |
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brave little pansies By: Glenda Penner, British Columbia, Canada Original design-Brave little pansies bloom almost year round here on the coast. Raw edge applique; such a freeing technique, was placed over a pieced background. I exaggerated the value difference for emphasis and they really show up crisply, even from a distance. I love the flower pot fabric. Quilt size: width: 10" height: 10" |
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Doodlebug Garden By: Emily Breclaw, Texas, USA I designed this quilt for my third daughter. She loves bright colors. I had so much fun with the whimsical ladybugs that I made a second version in 1930’s prints and turned the design into a published pattern. You can see the second version, and close-ups of both quilts on my blog. Quilt size: width: 58" height: 66.5" |
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Floral Windows By: Liz Schaffner, Germany This is my favorite quilt. It is hand appliquéd. Even friends hand dyed fabrics for me. Unfortunately the picture doesn’t do it justice, Pop over to my blog to see closed ups of the blocks. Hope you like it as much as I like making it. ( The pattern is by Dianne Johnson) Quilt size: width: 85" height: 120" |
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FlowerGarden By: Manuela, Germany I did a craftsy machine quilting class with Ann Peterson and this is my result. Quilt size: width: 28" height: 22" |
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Flowers for a Lady By: Peggy Gibbs, Florida, USA Flowers Lap Quilt Top The finished quilt will be donated to a senior lady in a care facility. Our group makes and donates 40+ lap quilts a year, plus many other items Quilt size: width: 34" height: 44" |
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Flowers on Black & White Prints By: Pamela Gonzalez, Illinois, USA I found this in a book from the library. I fell in love with it because of the cool flowers. I embellished some of the flowers by hand. Also it was machine quilted. I started to make this for a friend and I just couldn’t part with it. Quilt size: width: 31" height: 15" |
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Forget Me Not By: Jenny in NZ, New Zealand Design by Esther Aliu. She gave us floral blocks over 12 months and a wonderful design to create framed applique, paintings on a wall papered wall. Quilt size: width: 60" height: 60" |
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Garden Gradation By: Lisa, Oregon, USA I had been collecting large scale floral prints and decided it was time to use some of them. Wanting to do something simple to show off the fabrics, I used large squares. The gradation came together after a brainstorming session with my friend, Sheila Sinclair Snyder…who always has good ideas! Quilt size: width: 58" height: 68" |
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Garden wall hanging By: Margretta Corrigan, Ontario, Canada This wall hanging was made for a challenge at our local guild. We were given one fabric which is the blue inner border with dragonflies on it. We could use no more than 5 other fabrics. This work has over 100 pieces hand appliqued and I used the right and wrong sides of the fabrics for variety. Quilt size: width: 23.5" height: 24.5" |
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In My Garden (What do I see?) By: Melanie Jackson, Oklahoma, USA In My Garden was inspired by some of the Baltimore album quilts with the flower vases, but I wanted to pots and I added a surpise amongst the critters. My pixels are more than you stated, but it is only Quilt size: width: 636" height: 1071" |
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Laugh In The Garden and Your Heart Will Bloom By: kbo, California, USA This was my recent submission to a paint chip challenge offered by my local quilt guild. I incorporated, fusible applique, iron on ribbon, Texture Magic, beading, various fibers and the metal words to this quilt. It is a happy reminder for me while pulling weeds in the garden. Quilt size: width: 26" height: 27" |
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Lillybelle By: Carla, British Columbia, Canada This was a quilt along I participated in last year with Katy from I’m A Ginger Monkey Quilt size: width: 60" height: 70" |
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LUCY IN THE GARDEN By: quiltalicious, California, USA My friend Janet’s cat, Lucy, always enjoyed being out and about in the garden, especially among my mother’s flowers (My mother lived across the street from Janet and Lucy). Both Mom and Lucy are gone now and missed dearly. This quilt is a sweet remembrance of them both. I gave it to Janet. Quilt size: width: 20" height: 28" |
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Mimi’s Bloomers By: Sandra Visser, Utah, USA Pattern design by Erin Russek of “One Piece at a Time”. Hand appliqued by myself. Machine quilting on domestic sewing machine is about half finished done by myself. Quilt size: width: 62" height: 62" |
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My Enchantment By: Amy Caldwell, Virginia, USA This was the first quilt top I made 1 year ago after hubby bought me my first lil “brother” sewing machine. I had sewn doll clothes as a child but had never thought about quilting. After this quilt top, I was hooked. It is from the pattern “Garden Enchantment” from the Connecting Threads website. Quilt size: width: 76" height: 80" |
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My Participation By: Marlene Oddie, Washington, USA Originally created as part of a local quilt show challenge “10 years, 10 colors”, there are 10 colors and I participated in the show for 5 years…so the 5 tulips ;-) Re-quilted after getting my long-arm. Quilt size: width: 31" height: 26" |
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Papa’s Garden By: Vicki @ Quilting Lodge, Texas, USA This quilt was designed by myself and my mother. Shortly after we designed it my step dad had a massive stroke. This was one of his favorite quilts so we knew we had to name it after him. Papa’s Garden is dear to my heart just as he is. I quilted flowers in the center of all the white squares. Quilt size: width: 64" height: 75" |
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Pink Peonies By: Barbara C, Ontario, Canada I love my peony quilt! It’s made from another quilter’s scraps & leftovers. I found the large floral borde stripe at a sewing garage sale; KarenH showed me an easy way to mitre corners & they are perfect! Karen quilted it for me. Quilt size: width: 78" height: 90" |
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Pretty in Purple By: Diane U., Ontario, Canada Made for my BFF special birthday; her love of flowers and her love of purples. Quilt size: width: 55" height: 60" |
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Quilted Greeting cards By: Beret Nelson, Alaska, USA A friend was cleaning out her stash and gave me a pillow top that never got finished… I turned it into 9 greeting cards. I just added some quilting and some thread sketched flowers. Quilt size: width: 4.25" height: 5.5" |
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Rain In My Garden By: Diane Bryant, Ohio, USA Hand and machine-pieced entirely of silk, this miniature quilt was foundation pieced by me in 2011. We had a very wet spring that year which inspired the hand-quilted rain and french knot drops. The flower blocks and leaf blocks are 1 inch square. Quilt size: width: 6.25" height: 5.25" |
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Redwork Flower Garden By: Redwork Flower Garden, Arizona, USA I love red work. I use to facilitate a red work group and this was one of our projects. I called to order the patterns for the group and got to talk to Alex Anderson! She designed the red work. She was kind enough to autograph the patterns for us. I designed my own setting. Quilt size: width: 46" height: 54" |
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Rose Sampler Supreme By: Kaaren Biggs, Ontario, Canada Made as part of a group from a pattern by Rosemary Makhan, and destined for my granddaughter as a wedding gift. It was the first time I used freezer paper and gluestick for applique, still my favourite method, and hand-quilted by a friend who wished she had made the same quilt! Quilt size: width: 84" height: 100" |
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Spring Flowers By: Maria Spiller, United Kingdom A recently completed ‘spring flowers’ fused appliqué table runner. Quilt size: width: 36" height: 12" |
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Summer Sunflowers By: Sally Manke, Michigan, USA These sunflowers are from a photo snapped in northwest Michigan’s lower peninsula at the end of summer. Quilt size: width: 16" height: 19" |
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Sunflowers in my Garden By: Bunny, Ontario, Canada This quilt was one of my firsts quilts I made back in the 90″s. I met Kaffe Fassett at a lecture and fell in love with his colourful quilt patterns. I bought his diamond templates and Pattern for this quilt. Each diamond was fussy cut. It was fun to do. I quilted it by straight line stitching. Quilt size: width: 92" height: 108" |
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The Secret Garden By: sally Gould Wright, California, USA Four flowers from our summer southern California garden – iris, marguerite, lily and cosmos a all oieced from Ruth McDowell’s deigns and set in various batik cottons. For my husband who is a wonderful gardener….. Quilt size: width: 36" height: 28" |
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To everything, there is a season By: Julie Fukuda, Japan Needing panels for my wild geese, I listed the plants in my past gardens by season, then appliqued each panel, adding the birds that represent those seasons. The border is quilted with as many different leaves that I could find to trace. Quilt size: width: 68" height: 85" |
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Vintage Turnovers By: Wendy B, Australia I had a pack of turnovers that I didn’t know what to do with and found this design on the Moda Bakeshop…..fell in love with it and had to make it! It’s still one of my favourites! Quilt size: width: 45" height: 45" |
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Waltz of the flowers By: Marie’s quilts, Russian Federation Usually, when I sew my quilts I love listen to music. In this case I were under the impression of “Waltz of the flowers” by Tchakovsky. This music is greate! Quilt size: width: 43.3" height: 52.7" |
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Zebras in My Garden By: Anne Deister, Colorado, USA I love all the glorious colors, shapes and sizes of flowers. With all the color, the quilt took on a very luminous, almost stained glass appearance. The black and white accent stripes became the “zebras” in my garden. This quilt is special because it’s the first pattern I designed and published. Quilt size: width: 54" height: 54" |
My favorite flower is phlox – they are blooming now – lovely and purple. They make the prettiest bed in my garden and let me overlook the weeds because they shine :)
I love the columbine and wish it bloomed for a longer time.
Lilacs look so pretty, smell so good–when the deer don’t eat them.
My favorite flowers in my garden are the Sunflowers. We’ve had these for about 20 years, given to us by a friend. They re-seed each year. I’ve shared many plants and seeds with others over the years.
Thanks,
Peggy
OK I have a bit of a black thumb, so I love all flowers even the wild weedy ( even dandylions)ones I just love seeing the colors, I raise yorkies and name them after flowers even… Snapdragon, Tigerlily, Sweet Pea Cosmo Monkey and Whomping Willow are a few…
We don’t have a garden, but my aloe plant in my windowsill is doing really well!
I love lilies. We have lots that should bloom soon.
My favorite flower is the echinaeca/coneflower. I love the purple/pin colors and the cone.
I call it a snowball tree, not sure of the real name – there are white hydrangea type flowers. My grandmother passed away in the 1970’s and before the house was sold my mom took a cutting from her tree. After a few years when it became established and I moved into my house, my mom took a cutting and we planted it at my house. That was 15 years ago and now my grandmothers snowball tree is bigger than my house! I think of her when it blooms every early summer.
I love all kinds of flowers but the ones I probably look forward to seeing the most are my beautiful iris in deep purples, rust colors, yellow & white. I wish mine lasted all summer.
There are so many beautiful spring flowers, but I think the Virginia bluebells are my favorite. I definitely should do a quilt of them sometime!
Favorite flower has always been the Gardenia – love the white purity of the color and the scent is fantastic. Thanks for this wonderful opportunity to win. Judy C in NC
I love my sweet peas as they continue to bloom so long and great big handfuls fill the house with scent.
Stargazer Lillys! They have the most amazing smell, one can fill the house with it’s delightful aroma. :)
My favorite is the Iris. I have about 9 different varieties. All colors and degrees of height and scent. I have made quilted wall hangings and runners and bags featuring the majestic Iris.
My favorite flower in the garden is Gardenia. They are so fragrant and lovely to look at.
My favorite flower in my garden is my hydrangea!
Right now I have daffodils all over. I love their color and shape.
I have a gorgeous lilac-colored iris that I describe as “nature’s perfect color.” It’s among my favorites.
the only flower in my garden at the moment is a double tulip, though Later i am expecting some star gazer lilies. I would have lilies every day in my life if I could.
My favorite is a simple white daisy. I had them in my wedding arrangements (many years ago). The ones in my garden were given to me by a sweet neighbor.
pink roses. Thanks for the giveaway!
My favorite flower blooming in my garden right now are my lilacs. The scent is just heavenly. I have light purple, dark purple and white bushes. I hope today’s rain doesn’t ruin them. I would love to make a quilt with a lilac theme.
Stargazer Lillie’s they look great and smell amazing .
I’ve always said that roses were my favorite, but these days it’s hard to pick just one. I really love roses, hydrangeas, irises, peonies and gardenias. I just love flowers. : )
Iris, they have so much vivid color.
Trilliums, which are becoming more scarce… a three petal white flower with three leaves and one stem…….. named because it shares the 3 in one symbolism = Holy Trinity
Sunflowers are always my favorite! Such happy faces!!
Your fabrics are beautiful and I hope I am a lucky winnwe!
Roses are always my favorite! And their fragrance, divine!
Your fabrics are beautiful and I hope I am a lucky winner!
Cosmos! They are bright and happy…tall and reaching for the sky. Love them!
Pansies are my favorite. Their happy little faces always make my smile.
I have a lovely purple governor’s lupine!
So hard to choose one flower – there are so many favorites.
Right now I’ll go with Mock Orange because the fragrance is so amazing and it reminds me of my childhood and gardening with my mother.
My favorite flower is on my daphne Carol Mackie. when it blooms it is full of little white flowers that are very fragrant.
The hand dyed fabrics are simply luscious. A nice array of quilts it was hard to make a decision with so many beauties.
Right now I have mini roses and marigolds blooming. Just beautiful. Loved all the quilts.
We have several colors of Iris in our yard and are blown away by the richness of color each spring. Just wish they would last for months.
Out of what is currently growing/blooming in my garden I will say the Iris.
My favorite is my tulips and my violets!
My favourite flower in my garden is Hydrangea, the deep pink tones, and I like to bring them in as dried flowers for the winter.
One of my favorites is the iris – but there are more over the summer that I love….
My two bleeding heart plants were spectacular this year…almost 4 feet high and wide. they were covered with those beautiful pink heart flowers. this was especially sweet this year as someone special who loved this plant died last spring. As said earlier, this was a long cold winter, and spring seemed very late, so this was delightful to see them blooming “their hearts out”!
love the greeting cards…what an inspiration !!
I love my Spider Worts. Each morning new flowers blossom and by afternoon are gone. It reminds me that each day is a new day, a chance to bloom all over again.
The clematis growing on the fence are my favorite blooms this time of year.
My daylilies – they bloom and grow and are beautiful and ask nothing of me in return.
some wonderful submissions. I love my roses – especially the old fashioned heavily scented ones!
I enjoy my cactus’ when they flower. The bloom only lasts a day but what a gorgeous bloom.
“Glads” growing along the garden fence row in my grandmas garden…….
My favorite flowers at the moment are the pretty snapdragons that jus appeared in my flowerbed. I didn’t plant them and have no idea where they came from but they sure are pretty.