Saturday, March 10, 2012

Ribbons of the Sky



The guidelines for the challenge were basically:  Use the letters from where you live for the colors of your quilt. Click on the link above for more details.
I live on County Rd W out in the country in Boscobel, Wisconsin.
My colors are: Whimsical Greens, Blues, and Watermelons. I used the three colors to create “Ribbons of the Sky”. This is my view at the end of the day!
My Ribbons of the Sky Quilt measures 12” by 17”.
I stitched two pieces of fabric together with a wavy seam. I thread painted to create my horizon view.


I tried to take a photo of the sky last night with my quilt hanging on the railing, but it was too dark.
 This is one was a little better.
I put it up on the wall in the house and...
...then I flipped it over, so you can see the back of the quilt.  My husband says now it looks like it's winter!

Another fun quilt challenge completed!
Have a great day!
Marcia
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20 comments:

Cherie said...

That looks incredible!! I can't imagine how long it took to do, but it was worth it. Such an amazing talent you have!! =D

Marjorie's Busy Corner said...

Great piece!! your husband is right. I love it!!

Unknown said...

Absolutely gorgeous. You are so creative

matate10 said...

Now that is thinking outside the box for colors!! what a beautiful quilt and incredible quilting!!

Vroomans' Quilts said...

This is just delightful! And yes, you have two quilts in one.

Melissa said...

Wow Gorgeous! Your thread painting is just so stunning.

Belinda said...

Oh my. There are no words.

Barbara said...

This is beautiful, Marcia.

Lida said...

Incredible! What you can do with fabric and thread and offcourse a lot of creativity! Greetings
Lida

Linda said...

Really beautiful on Both sides :)

Pam Geisel - For Quilts Sake said...

Wonderful job! I really love all the quilting and thread painting you did.

VickiT said...

Awesome Marcia! I love it. You did a fabulous job.

Terry@ a quilting blog said...

How did I miss this post??!? This is so beautiful...love it!!!
~Terry~

Miss Hillbilly said...

Another perfect wow quilt! I love this too!

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

How beautiful Marcia! Your creativity is astounding!

carol l mckenna said...

Absolutely wonderful creation and sooooo magical looking ~ thanks, namaste, Carol (Magical Monday Meme)

Anonymous said...

You are really creative. Beautiful work.

Happy MM

Sue Daurio said...

That is a beautiful piece of art!! I absolutely love it

elizabeth said...

Simply gorgeous!

Lynette said...

This is a super stunning, inspiring quilt, the stitching looks really tricky and I love the colors. I've just finished making table place mats for my daughter in law in yellow with pink flowers on them. My next project is to make quilted owl cell phone covers in orange and pink for my daughters and grand daughters. I like wearing my Tracfone SVC phone for seniors round my neck in my little owl pouch just for emergencies and I like this $15 phone because it's got big letters on the screen and keys so that I don't have to use reading glasses to make or take a call.
I want to make a laptop computer quilted pouch for my son next. I would like to put a sun design on it in turquoise and orange, and idea I got from one of us bloggers.