Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Drum roll, please!



This little quilt was quilted in crosshatches! Inspired by Bren, she showed the most wonderful quilting to me and I just had to try it. Of course, I still have to wash the pencil marks out, but this was so much fun!


But the big news is that the winner has been pulled out of the basket for the little hand-quilted quilt! I am so honored to have so many visitors, (153)and have met some wonderful new friends, as well as enjoyed old ones. We printed out all the comments, cut them up, put them into a basket and the winner was drawn...Karen Dianne at LeeHaven! Karen, please e-mail me with your snail mail address and it will be winging it's way to you! This was definitely fun, and I would like to do this pretty regularly...


Have a wonderful Wednesday!!


JulieK


31 comments:

*karendianne. said...

Oh Wow! I'm the luckiest girl on the block! ;)

Punny Love, *karendianne.

The Calico Cat said...

So pretty - love the quilting!

Amanda Jean said...

that is such a sweet little quilt. I love the cross hatched quilting.

Anne Ida said...

This is a lovely little quilt! And the crosshatches looks great!

dot said...

What a cute little quilt and congrats to Karendiane.

SuBee said...

Wow - double crosshatching! Your stitching is exquisite, all of it! So pretty - keep it up!

~Bren~ said...

That's it! You are now officially hooked on double cross hatching. Single cross hatching will feel incomplete now. Ok, so maybe not quite, but it is wonderful to look at, and SuBee is right...your quilting stitches are exquisite!
Congrats to Karen Dianne!

Kristie said...

You have done such a wonderful job! I love it!

I really need to finish my Step 3 and be ready for Step 4! This is my first mystery quilt and I find that I really like doing it. I can't wait to find out how this will end up.
Kristie

~Joan said...

Julie,

You must find and buy a Hera Marker. It's a curved piece of plastic that "marks" the quilt for straight lines, but there is no ink or marking, jut a crease that eventually (and in not that long of time) goes away w/o leaving a mark.

I saw Lucy using one of these and had to get one.

~Joan

Marilyn Robertson said...

What a sweet little quilt! Your double cross hatching is fantastic! It added the perfect touch to the little quilt.

Libby said...

The quilting is great - makes that little piece even sweeter. Congrats to kdl *s*

jacquie said...

Congrats Karen! Might call that a double crosshatch? I think it is stunning!

antique quilter said...

this quilt is just beautiful
LOVE the quilting on it.
Karen is very lucky to be the winner of this quilt
boy am I ever jealous!
Kathie

Rose Marie said...

What a sweet quilt and your quilting is awesome!

Susan said...

That is lovely. You did such a great job on it.

Pintoo said...

I love the fly.. its so wonderful..

Unknown said...

What a lovely dragonfly, yes embroidery is sometimes called stitchery. Mainly because stitcheries are done just with the backstitch, where as embroidery is a combination of many stitches, usually stem stitch being the main one.
Your hand quilting is beautiful. I see now I have to names I can call on for hand quilting *s*

Sew Create It - Jane said...

What a pretty quilt. I like the cross hatching.

Chookyblue...... said...

this looks great........

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Karendianne! You lucky girl! Wonderful little quilt!

Anonymous said...

It's beautiful. Love the hand quilting.

Ginger Patches said...

I love your little dragonfly and the quilting is adorable!

Peg - Happy In Quilting said...

Wow...what a fantastic job...

Darcie said...

She's a lucky girl...but it was super fun to play along and wait with anticipation!

LOVE your hand quilting on the dragonfly!!! It's LOVELY!!!

Finn said...

What a lucky girl, that Karen Dianne...*VBS* It's a great little quilt!
I love the finished Dragon Fly..you quilting looks just great, and I love the double lines. Great job Julie!! Hugs, Finn

Leanne said...

Love the dragonfly congrats to Karen.

Texan said...

Your dragon fly quilt turned out so pretty, love the quilting! Did you do that on the machine or by hand? It looks like by hand! Its very pretty :O)...

Katy said...

how fantastic!!! congrats to her!!! What a wonderful quilt!!! :)

Pam said...

That is so cute!! Lucky Karen Dianne.

meggie said...

That little dragonfly is just lovely!
Have enjoyed catching up on all your posts since my return.

Carole said...

Love the dragon fly! What a cute little quilt. What pattern is that from? Thanks for sharing!

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