Thursday, October 21, 2010

My creative space... from frog to prince?

I feel like a bit of a fraud joining in with kootoyoo's creative spaces today, as I've made a big, fat nothing in the last month.

Nonetheless, I can now reveal to you the finished Green Monstrosity, which I finished binding and then delivered to my sister during a visit to QLD last month.

And frankly, after all my concern, I think it's looking pretty darn good, in its home environment.


Once again, check out the glorious quilting work of Karen from Quilts on Bastings:


And here's the backdrop, the rather verdant feature wall that my sister wanted the quilt to blend with.


Still not 100% my cup of slime tea, but for the recipient it seems to work just fine.

And now, I'm going to cruise the webs and see what inspiration for a new project I can find. How about you?

23 comments:

  1. It has a granny rug kind of feel. Cherrie

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  2. It looks gorgeous! Love the colours, they go so well in that room too.

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  3. It's lovely and green! I think this will inspire me to have another look at my quilt, I abandoned ship when it got too messy! xx

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  4. I really like your prince project....I to achieved my Green project after joining in on C.S
    Cheers Nic

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  5. I love the quilt, it is really beautiful in its simplicity! and the stitching makes it pop... Not loving the wall so mcuh (sshhhhh)

    xB

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  6. its a cup of..ummm...peppermint tea? I appreciate the beautiful work, and the colour really is one of a kind (do I sound like a real estate agent or what!)

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  7. Oh Gina... your quilt is just breathtaking!! I love love LOVE the incredible stitchery :) Kx

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  8. Just lovely...I've been wondering how it turned out! So good to have you "back," Gina!

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  9. That's the same colour we have on the kitchen wall. Not for everyone, I'm sure!
    Love the quilt. It all comes together in the room. You've done a terrific job.

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  10. It looks really marvellous, Gina. You did such a fabulous job with it. I don't think it was ever a frog!!

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  11. Lovely to see this finally. Its definitely a prince!

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  12. What a beautiful work of art!! I'm sure your sister will cherish it forever.

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  13. it's amazing! i'm a sucker for all the green :)

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  14. WOW ... it is really green. I don't think I appreciated just HOW GREEN it is. The first shot up there startled me a little bit - it sure is green!!!
    ... but next to the feature wall it looks great. It works.
    Good on you for tolerating all that green - sisterly love hey? You're the bomb.

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  15. It looks great in the room, and its so lovely and neat i love the machine work on the top. Well down. Dee

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  16. I think it looks pretty good too :-)

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  17. Definitely green. Very nice though, and FINISHED!! And no longer in your house!!! All good :-)

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  18. Gorgeous Quilt, it fits right in with its new room :-) I love green!

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  19. once i started quilting i developed a passion for green - but i'm not quite that passionate!
    still the quilt is lovely and the quilting is gorgeous.
    l
    x

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  20. Point me in the right direction and a quilting I will go...So close, my fingers are poised, my eyes are narrowed, and my brain is making a funny little clicking noise. Quilting is definitely something I want to jump into.
    And the green monstrosity is truly beautiful. Looks perfect in that room. ( I love green.)

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  21. As owner of green room and quilt, in defence of the green I would like to point out that the rest of the room is cream.... the photo doesn't probably give that sense of perspective :)

    I love it. I cover myself with it most night when watching tele. It is gorgeous. Thanks lovely sister!!

    PS LOVE LOVE the pics of No 2 in your latest post :)

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