Friday, October 9, 2009

Favorite Quilt




As part of Park city girl, Blogger's Quilt Festival,
I'd like to show you my favorite quilt.

When I think of a quilt that sums up the most of what I like to make,
It would have to be this one called,

Cheap Hotels
62" X 82"

I kept for a long time a box to collect all my black & white scraps, then one day began sewing them together very randomly.
This is the process I find the most satisfying. You never know what you r gonna get and you let the fabrics speak to you and let the design emerge.
Once I got most of the black and white bits together, I realized how much it looked
like the new "Cheap Hotels" being built right out side my window...
What I stare at every day as I sit at my computer...
This quilt is not yet, quilted... I haven't been able to decide if it needs to be hand quilted, or machine, or HOW to be quilted....

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I love to experiment and make many kinds of quilts,
but this is the process I keep coming back to and find these quilts to be my most satisfying...
Here's a few others, done in this similar style, that I love. Again, a bunch are not quilted, as I just don't know how to finish them yet.... The ones finished, are hand quilted.

I'm waiting for the bolt of inspiration to hit me over the head!










(and the yet to be finished...)
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54 comments:

  1. Amanda JeanOctober 9, 2009 at 10:37 AM

    i love your work, V. i am interested to see how cheap hotels gets quilted. :)

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  2. YankeeQuilterOctober 9, 2009 at 10:50 AM

    V, these are great quilts...like how you use different colorways and there is lots of movement. Thanks for sharing....

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  3. Mary on Lake PulaskiOctober 9, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    Your quilt show is so wonderful V! I am so inspired by your work and so glad I found your blog. Keep on inspiring!

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  4. KimOctober 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    Very Gees Bend!
    they just let it flow too.

    Nice work :0)

    Happy Sewing

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  5. MichelleBOctober 9, 2009 at 11:35 AM

    Love it! I'm going to have to try to do something like this - your quilts always look so great. How about another online quilt "class"? One that can help me make the bottom quilt. lol

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  6. AnonymousOctober 9, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    Cheap Hotels is a great name for a quilt! And I love the colour flow. :)

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  7. MegoOctober 9, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    Love your style and LOVE Cheap Hotels!!! Can't wait to see them quilted!

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  8. Fabric FanaticOctober 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM

    I'm a true fan you know, but this morning's offering took my breath away. Thanks for giving us these lovelies today. I can't play favorites, loved them all.

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  9. deeOctober 9, 2009 at 4:01 PM

    Love Cheap Hotels but my favorite of yours is the red one from this past few months. I soooo love the reds. This last piece is amazing and I can't imagine how you will quilt it but I know it will be fabulous.

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  10. TrudiOctober 9, 2009 at 4:03 PM

    AS always< so much eye candy! Wow! Love Cheap Hotels, and all the others too! Thanks for sharing them with us V! :o,

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  11. DollyOctober 9, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    I love the third one from the bottom (with the purple binding). The set of triangles looks just like a piece of fabric has come loose and is being peeled back to reveal another layer underneath !

    I like your spontaneous stlye. That's fascinating that the hotels being built made such a mark on your psyche that it came out subconciously in a quilt design !

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  12. Anne at Film and ThreadOctober 9, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    Fabulous as usual! It really looks like a work of art and I can't wait to see it quilted. It's also wonderful how you come up with names!

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  13. Rosalyn ManesseOctober 9, 2009 at 5:52 PM

    Great quilt! I'll have to start getting some black and white together some of these days, or rather navy and white--as I like navy better, I think

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  14. Jean October 9, 2009 at 7:58 PM

    I continue to enjoy your free spirited quilting and love the black, white and red quilt.

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  15. JennyOctober 9, 2009 at 8:27 PM

    great quilts...i love your work with solid prints! cheap hotels is the cherry on top!

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  16. SaraOctober 9, 2009 at 10:33 PM

    Cool quilt! I really like it...

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  17. Stephanie HughesOctober 9, 2009 at 11:07 PM

    V, I look forward to reading your posts and seeing your quilts. These are just amazing. I love the colors and how creative you are. Thanks for sharing these wonderful quilts!

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  18. Cheryl ArkisonOctober 10, 2009 at 1:58 AM

    I LOVE Cheap Hotels. With my limited knowledge of NYC I know what area you are speaking of.

    If it were my quilt I could see the whole thing quilted with little stars, to mimic the city lights. Or lost of vertical lines. But it isn't my quilt and I will be excited to see what you do.

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  19. Ann FergusonOctober 10, 2009 at 2:58 AM

    Thank you for sharing your quilt and the others, too. Love them all, and that style of putting them together really gets the creative juices flowing - in the maker and the view. Thanks again,
    Ann.

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  20. ClareOctober 10, 2009 at 4:35 AM

    Hi V. I love Cheap Hotels.

    Wonderful colours, especially the bottom one and the second from the top.

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  21. VivikaOctober 10, 2009 at 5:37 AM

    V, I like the name as much as the quilt! My favorite from this post, though, is the last picture which is yet unquilted. Serene, lovely, and chic. Nice job on them all.

    Another "V" Vivika

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  22. Rene'October 10, 2009 at 8:39 AM

    These are terrific quilts. Thanks for sharing how you creatively put the blocks together. I haven't tried that but I think I will. It sounds fun and after a while following a pattern gets boring. Any other pointers to randomly putting blocks together? So glad I found your blog.

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  23. Mary POctober 10, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    Wow. This is striking. I really like it.

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  24. UnknownOctober 10, 2009 at 1:02 PM

    Amazing what happens when you just let go. It looks so striking.

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  25. Martha WolfeOctober 10, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    I love "Cheap Hotels"! Wonderful name....inspiration right at your window!
    -another Wolfe :^)

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  26. Lynn EOctober 10, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    You certainly have great color sense. love your work.

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  27. RhondiOctober 10, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    The black and white is great! I like to just start sewing fabric together and see what comes out too. SO muchmore fun than using a pattern!

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  28. LJOctober 10, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    You are a spectacular quilter! You've got lovely work! Thank you for sharing.

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  29. Cathy @ CabbageQuiltsOctober 10, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    Ooh I like your cheap hotels quilt, very interesting and colourful. Your last one has caught my eye too with the colourful stripes. Beautiful xo

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  30. AllieOctober 10, 2009 at 7:35 PM

    This is exactly how I want to start quilting - I love your work!

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  31. AnonymousOctober 10, 2009 at 8:13 PM

    Wow! The black & white is so engaging. I love it!
    -Jaclyn

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  32. SewCalGalOctober 10, 2009 at 9:38 PM

    I love your quilt. Thanks for sharing and for participating in the Blogger's Fall Quilt Festival.

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  33. ZonnahOctober 10, 2009 at 10:43 PM

    I really like your quilting style!

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  34. leighOctober 11, 2009 at 12:36 AM

    oh man! i love love love that black and white quilt!

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  35. ranetteOctober 11, 2009 at 7:11 AM

    I love your quilts and wish I was able to be as free spirited in my quilting as you are. Very inspiring!

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  36. MiriOctober 11, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    I love Cheap Hotels-love the graphic look! Wonderful!

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  37. ChaseOctober 11, 2009 at 6:06 PM

    The Cheap Hotels quilt is great! I like the simply black and white and also the contrast of blue and red.

    Thanks for sharing

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  38. LeslieOctober 11, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    these are great. i tried improv for the first time recently and i loved it

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  39. silversmithOctober 11, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    love the modern-ness and the bright colors. it reminds me of gees bend quilts too. i'll check back to see how the quilting goes!

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  40. Gigi's ThimbleOctober 11, 2009 at 10:40 PM

    Very cool quilt. It seams like a new way of quilting that I should try sometime. Very artistic and modern. The name suits it well too. Great job!

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  41. UnknownOctober 12, 2009 at 9:02 AM

    It totally looks like a cheap hotel!

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  42. RebekahOctober 12, 2009 at 11:12 AM

    Gorgeous quilt! The black and white is stunning! I can't wait to see how you quilt Cheap Hotels.

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  43. AnonymousOctober 12, 2009 at 6:25 PM

    I like how your random sewing turns out :-) Looking forward to see them quilted too.

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  44. KathyOctober 12, 2009 at 11:51 PM

    Love them! They remind me of the GeesBend quilts.

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  45. AnonymousOctober 13, 2009 at 12:40 AM

    Wonderful work!

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  46. Anna Lena LandOctober 14, 2009 at 1:28 AM

    I love that the name is as interesting as the quilt!

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  47. Nina Lise@Mrs MoenOctober 14, 2009 at 2:19 AM

    I love your quilts; the cheap hotels are fabulous!

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  48. UnknownOctober 14, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    I'm excited to see how you finish! It is amazing how something so inspired can come from your scrap bin! Keep it up :)

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  49. DeborahOctober 14, 2009 at 8:44 PM

    Very creative, fabulous quilts!

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  50. TraceyOctober 15, 2009 at 2:48 AM

    I like Cheap Hotels very much. It has a real Nancy Crow feel to it. I enjoy your style of quilt making too - I am an 'organic quilter' too and much prefer to let a quilt evolve rather than preplan it.

    Simple quilting to resemble long thin buildings in a heavy thread would suit this quilt I think.

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  51. ParisMaddyOctober 15, 2009 at 4:39 PM

    GREAT designs. Love the graphic black and white one a lot.

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  52. MarikaOctober 16, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    I like it the quilt very nice.
    Marika

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  53. Dresden QuilterOctober 30, 2009 at 9:54 AM

    Your quilts are all stunning.

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  54. AnonymousDecember 27, 2009 at 10:15 PM

    You are channeling the spirit of the Gee's Bend women with these quilts! LOVE it and LOVE them. : ) Thanks for sharing.

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