Friday, March 14, 2014

Parson Gray's Twisted Snowball

These next two quilts have been a labor of love.  I don't mean that they were challenging...I'm emphasizing the LOVE!  I love this fabric and I love how these two quilts turned out. 

These two quilts are for brothers.  One is just over a year old and the other will be born in April.  They will be sharing a room, and the mother wants quilts that complimented each other.  The mother also picked the designs, and I'm so glad I was able to make them a reality.

This post is picture happy.  My husband and I had an enjoyable day at a local art museum, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens.  I took advantage of the landscape for these pictures.  ENJOY!

Quilt #1:  A Twisted Path







Back of Quilt #1



 
Quilt #2:  A Snowball Fight







Back of Quilt #2




Remember that mini-quilt I made with the scraps from the snowballs?  I turned it into a pillow for the nursery.


It was such a lovely day, and I'm so glad I took the quilts along.  



I'll be delivering these quilts to the mother next week.  I can't wait to see them in the nursery!  :)

42 comments:

  1. Those are wonderful -- I love the monograms!

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  2. Beautiful! They look really good together! And the photos are excellent.

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  3. Love the photo shoot of your wonderful projects!

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  4. They certainly do compliment each other, and these brothers will have a really cool room with these quilts used in them!

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  5. The quilts look great and what a great place to take the pictures!

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  6. I agree, so way very cool!! Love the quilts and the pillow!

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  7. Wow, what a lucky family to receive such beautiful quilts! Great job, Janet! They are beautiful!

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  8. Really, really beautiful. Stunning actually. I especially like the picture with the 2 quilts on the bench with the tree in the background - it is frame worthy!

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  9. love the idea that these quilts will grow with the little ones and last a lifetime as they are grown up. Great use of your scraps on the pillow and some lovely photos of the setting where you took the photos

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  10. Gorgeous quilts and stunning photos - congrats :)

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  11. Just beautiful- Can you share the pattern for Twisted Path. Absolutely stunning

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  12. I really like the Twisted Path, where can I get the pattern? Thanks

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  13. Lovely quilts. I must remember your twisted path design. Did you make it entirely from HSTs?

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  14. I just love your twisted path design! The pillow is a very nice touch :)

    Your pictures are awesome! I'm going to have to start scouting places to take pictures!

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  15. Love them and using the brown was such a nice change of pace from other "neutrals".

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  16. Wonderful quilts! You had a great location to showcase them in the photos.

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  17. Very nicw photo shoot to show off your beautiful quilts.

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  18. I like especially the Twisted Path, it's so graphic and color choices are beautiful! And wonderful work also with your other quilts!

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  19. oh nice, front and back those are really awesome. Do you have a pattern for the first one? I've got some solids on the way that look wonderful with that pattern. Great job!

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  20. I love the way you were able to show off the quilts in the creative photos, and I love how you pieced the fabrics for the monograms. Great idea!

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  21. Loving both quilts! I had to pin them, they are so cool. I love the pinwheel type beginning of the one, and the snowball one is very original.

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  22. These are just great Janet! Love the colors for boys. Parson Gray was perfect. The pillow you made is just super cute too. I save those little hst's too...great project for those. Great pics! I see you are a crazy quilt lady like me:) We get those pics where we need to, haha. Anyone say anything to you?

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  23. I love this - so graphic and striking!

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  24. Great quilts! Please share where I can find the 1st quilt pattern. I'd love to make one with batiks.

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  25. Gorgeous! And what fabulous photos... these are sure to please mom and the boys for ages to come!

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  26. Wow, these are beautiful! I especially like the Twisted Path. Is that pattern available anywhere or is it your own design?

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  27. Hi Janet! We wanted to let you know that we featured your lovely Twisted Path Quilt on the FWFS Blog! You did an amazing job! :)

    Regards,
    Jodie & Lindsey

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  28. Beautiful quilts and isn't it fun to use the scraps for a pillow!! Thanks for sharing! Freemotion by the River Linky Party Tuesday

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  29. They're fabulous! Love that Twisted Path. And such great pics too!

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  30. I love both of them! Super job.

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  31. I love that you went and took these photos at a public place. I don't think I'd have the nerve to do something like that - I'm just sure that someone would yell at me for it. And I absolutely love how the quilts turned out. They're masculine, without being dreary. Perfect.

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  32. Lucky brothers. . . I especially like the first one. Nice photos too. A very lovely setting.

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  33. Oh, Janet! These both turned out handsomely! And the pillow really is such a compliment. Mama will be thrilled! You should be doubly proud!

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  34. I love the patterns that were chosen. They do compliment each other. I especially love the initials on the backs. Very pretty.

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  35. Wow wow wow! I am so so so impressed once again!!! love~

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  36. What lucky boys to receive such beautiful quilts! You just know they'll be loved a lot. Their mom should be "over the moon" happy with your extraordinary works.

    Both quilts are lovely, but I'm particularly drawn to the Twisted Path graphics. Did you use a pattern to make that one or did you just play around with HST?

    Thank you for sharing and being an inspiration to the rest of us!

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  37. Janet, these quilts are amazing! I'm so happy to have something so special for my little boys. I know they will use these and enjoy them for years to come and they are just wonderfully made. The colors and patterns came out better than I even dreamed and I'm so happy we get to own a little piece of your creativity. And the pillow was such a sweet surprise for Baby C. I love everything about them all! Thank you so much for making something so special for my babies!

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  38. Oh wie wunderschön! I love the snowball quilt the best. I have to do One for my grandchild

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