I'm so glad to have you here and want to begin by once again thanking our fabulous docent/hostess-with-the-mostest, Amy Ellis (formerly Park City Girl) of Amy's Creative Side for all her hard work as well as our wonderful sponsors including InLinks (how great is it to have pics in our links on Amy's site?) for having this great festival that allows us all to connect to one another in one homey but worldwide quilting community! I'm looking forward to seeing some great quilts and making some new friends!
I thought I'd share with all of you my favourite quilt that I've made this year (thus far), called "Of The Moment". It was inspired by a sketchbook cover that Gennine Zlatkis created about a year ago. I've been a follower of her blog for a number of years now and always find her incredibly inspiring.
Within a couple of days of seeing it, I went out and bought the silks. I knew that I would someday make a quilt using that colour pallette - I even thought I might do lilac sea urchins and shells on the coppery brown silk!
But what happened instead, was that a few weeks ago I was in my sewing room and out of the blue decided that I wanted to make a really contemporary quilt. One that was "of the moment". Inspired by the color field painters of the early 20th century and Geninne's colour pallette above, I wanted to make a quilt that was modern, genderless; that would look equally well hung on a wall or draped artfully over a couch, and that was, above all: contemporary.
And so I designed a quilt that used bold colour choices that drew your eye off the "page", that used strong, simple lines to give it a contemporary feel; and speaking of feeling, used all silks and straight quilting lines to give it a wonderfully soft hand.
I wanted to make the back a little less serious, but still evocative of the color field painters, and so I continued the geometric patterns and swaths of colour, but added a little "wonk" to make sure we all knew it was designed in 2010. :s:
And then I was done - I'd made what I hoped was a truly contemporary quilt - one that was "of the moment".
If you'd like to see my entries in previous Blogger's Quilt Festivals, you can see my entry in Amy's very first festival (and the third quilt I ever made!) here, and my second entry last fall, here.
Check out all the participants in the festival and their quilts by clicking on the button linky below:
And don't forget!
In February you can purchase Amy's highly anticipated,
sure to be fabulous new book: just in time to make something from it
for the Bloggers' Quilt Festival in Spring, 2011!
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I love love love this quilt. So stylish and the colours rock together.
ReplyDeleteThank you Moira!! :) I'll come and check out your post over the weekend (am at work now!)
ReplyDeleteThe color palette is fantastic -- and all that quilting! I'd have never gotten that part done.
ReplyDeleteThanks Shelly! It was time consuming, but straight forward (har-de-har) quilting. Anyone could do it! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Kit. The quilt is exquisite. There's nothing like color and the use of it in a not so common way. Lovely
ReplyDeleteThank you Carol! I look forward to seeing your submission! :)
ReplyDeleteAs always you have a wonderful way of depicting colors in a surprising and rich way. Love your choice and the design.
ReplyDeletethis is really fantastic!!!
ReplyDeletelove the string colors and the desing!
what a fantastic quilt!!
ReplyDeletelove the strong colors!!
You're quilt is just breath taking. I just want to stare at it! I love the color combos and the lines are so clean. It's just gorgeous! And that blog you mentioned is pretty great too. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you RosaMaria! Looking forward to seeing our submission too!
ReplyDeleteThank you Carol! Your comments are much appreciated!
ReplyDeleteHi Cecily - I'm so glad you like it - it's met with some... shall we say "mixed" response. lol That said, I gotta be me! :) As for Gennine, yes, I love her blog!
ReplyDeleteIts a wonderful example of contempoary. You have done a great job.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful interpretation of color in a very mondern quilt! I like many things about your design especially the color choices and the whisps of the thin shapes. Above all, I like the close channel quilting that you chose to do in the horizontal direction. It is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteSo love the completely modern feel to your quilt! its really lovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Kini! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Kathy! I'm so glad you like it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Aunt Spicy! And thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt so much - the colors are so rich, the quilting adds so much texture, and the design is stunning. Beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteGREAT quilt, love the colorcomination.
ReplyDeleteGREETINGS FROM FRANCE
http://busybeefree.blogspot.com/2010/10/bloctoberfest-and-giveaway.html
Terrific quilt! I just love the colors, design and quilting...you totally hit it: a beautiful modern quilt!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is so striking! Its going to be stuck in my mind for a long time!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a stunning quilt. The colours are so rich. I enjoyed reading your explanation of how the design came about and the colours chosen. Being made in silk it must feel wonderful.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful piece!
Thank you Baukje - for your comments, and for coming to see me - all the way from France! ;)
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup!
Kit
Thank you so much Karen! And yes, it does feel absolutely wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to hear that, Candi! Thanks for visiting and enjoy the fesitval!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Allie - I'm so glad you liked it! :)
ReplyDeleteI love this tight quilting! I wish I had the patience...working on that!
ReplyDeleteMarylane, it is time consuming, but it isn't hard. I encourage you to try it!!!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful. You really succeeded in your intentions. I particularly love the quilting. Adds great texture. Well done
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt - the simple and elegant design, and all the wonderful texture! I am sure the feel of the silk is quite wonderful!
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Success achieved, you really nailed it on your vision, came thru marvelously. I LOVE it! Great color and design.
ReplyDeletej'ai déjà admiré sur votre blog ce magnifique quilt ,félicitation
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning quilt!!!! I love that you wanted to make one in the moment. And I really enjoyed you sharing your colour inspiration. This is a really special quilt.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt, love the saturated colors.
ReplyDeletethank you Philippa - I'm glad that you think I succeeded - hurray! :)
ReplyDeletemerci beaucoup, Martine!
ReplyDelete*hee* Thank you so much Rosebud!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Kate!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you like it and that you enjoyed seeing/reading about Gennine's blog too! Thank you! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat lines, very dynamic- lots of movement, really like this a lot!
ReplyDeleteThank you Kerry! :)
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is stunning. I love the colors and the I love the quilting. Very cool. Great blogs, by the way!! Nice to meet you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, I'm glad you like my blogs and my quilt! Nice to meet you too. :)
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is amazing! Design, color, texture!
ReplyDeleteWow, this quilt is stunning! I love how contemporary it really is. The colors are fabulous, especially in that side border. You must be so proud of this one!
ReplyDeleteI am quite proud of it, actually! Thanks Terri, and thanks for coming to visit!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Mary! I'm glad you like it. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! What a gorgeous quilt! I love the contemporary look and the fabulous texture you have created. So inspiring!
ReplyDeleteWhat a stark yet stunning quilt--very graphic. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCome see my 1890 antique schoolhouse quilt and
black/white/pink scrappy miniature
Thank you Robin, what a lovely comment!
ReplyDeleteHi Moablaw,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your nice comment on my quilt. As for yours, I've already come to see them, and believe I left a comment.
Cheers,
Kit
I want that quilt! I love the colors and the design. It's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors! What a beautiful quilt! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Mama Mel! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Leslie! :)
ReplyDeleteWow- I really love the colors in this quilt- it's stunning!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a striking quilt.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Emily! I'm glad you like it. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Becky! And thanks for stopping by. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Kit, this quilt is so great - the color combination is just beautiful. And the quilting - respect! I always shy back from "almost straight lines" - I'm afraid it would look bad. Yours looks GREAT !
ReplyDeleteI love the texture that was created with the quilting. I just want to run my hand across it. The colors are great too.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love the texture too - it does feel lovely. :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I really like the way the lighter lavender pops against the eggplant.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lori! :)
ReplyDeletethis is gorgeous. some of my favorite colors!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, VV! :)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love it! Great design and colors, lovely quilting, and it looks very touchable. I just want to run my fingers across it! Nice photo with your color-coordinated hostas in front too. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, P! I love our garden - it's often a great backdrop for my quilts. :)
ReplyDeleteReally love this quilt! Wonderful color combo, and I'm impressed by the use of silk! I've done some quilts with "fancy" fabrics, and it can be trying to say the least. Yours is a stunning result! Thanks for sharing it with us!
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan. :) Acutally, silk is quite easy to work with - at least, this kind of silk is. I've done a couple of other quilts with silk charmeuse (in fact, I have one in the designing stage right now); and they're much more challenging when they're slippery. This one was no more difficult than using cotton. I encourage you to try it!
ReplyDeleteHi Kit,
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is absolutely stunning. I am amazed how much quilting has gone on here. Love the color choices and the simplicity that is bold and to the perfection!
I love this quilt! Love the colors, love the design, love the quilting, LOVE THE QUILT! Great work!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Sujata! I'm so glad you like it! :)
ReplyDelete:) Thanks so much, Cynthia! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a very creative, beautiful quilt; very innovative!
ReplyDeleteThank you Laurel! I'm so glad you like it! :)
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ReplyDeleteThanks! Hope you have a great day too. :)
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