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Friday, October 25, 2013

Bloggers Quilt Festival: Winter in Lincoln County #1

Welcome to everyone who is clicking through from the fabulous Bloggers Quilt Festival hosted by Amy over at Amy's Creative Side. If you haven't yet been over there, click through to check it out.  Its always a wonderful event.

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 I hope if you like what you see you'll come back again sometime.  You can see some of my finished quilts in the top tab pages, or just browse through the archives to get a sense of what kind of things I make.

Apologies to my blog regulars who have seen this quilt before but this year I'm entering my quilt Winter in Lincoln County #1: The Orchard. It's inspired by a picture of my parent's fruit orchard in the mountains of southern New Mexico (I'm counting the days until I can visit again) which was taken after a winter snowstorm.  Winter is my favorite time of year, and I love the crystalline cold feeling on a fresh new morning.

Winter in Lincoln County #1: The Orchard, c. 2013 Shannon Conley
The sky is a piece of fabric I painted, cut up, and tiled after being super-inspired in a Gloria Loughman class.  The trees are made with all different techniques.  Some are commercial fabric, some are painted fabric, and some are thread painted on dissolvable stabilizer.  All are accented with free motion quilting.  My favorite parts are the shadows which I made by cutting stencils and daubing with many different colors of Shiva Paintsticks.


Winter in Lincoln County #1: The Orchard, detail

Winter in Lincoln County #1: The Orchard, detail

Winter in Lincoln County #1: The Orchard, detail

Thanks again for clicking through, and many thanks to Amy for such a fantastic job organizing the Blogger's Quilt Festival!  For more info on this quilt, you can click the "orchard" tag in my right sidebar.

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31 comments:

  1. LonciOctober 25, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    That's one amazing quilt:))

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  2. Penni DomikisOctober 25, 2013 at 10:44 AM

    This one is my fav. I like how you combined a landscape with hints of traditional piecing. What a masterpiece.

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  3. AnyaOctober 25, 2013 at 11:08 AM

    Gorgeous!

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  4. CitricSugarOctober 25, 2013 at 2:46 PM

    In the couple of years that I've been reading you, this is my all-time favourite. It takes my breath away every time I see it. The quilting, the detail, the concept... all of it. I keep asking people at my guilds whether or not they've seen it. Yup. But then I've told you that... :-)

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  5. charlotteOctober 25, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    What a gorgeous quilt. I love every detail.

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  6. Kristy @ Quiet PlayOctober 25, 2013 at 4:30 PM

    Absolutely stunning! The detail in this is incredible!

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  7. What Comes Next?October 25, 2013 at 8:49 PM

    this is gorgeous! love the feel you've achieved with your colours and techniques

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  8. CharlotteOctober 26, 2013 at 3:10 AM

    wow! a real work of art!

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  9. Teresa Duryea WongOctober 26, 2013 at 7:34 AM

    I'm voting for you for sure for art quilt. I am one of your groupies!

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  10. Katy CameronOctober 26, 2013 at 1:20 PM

    Love how the quilting created the snow here, great effect :o)

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  11. Lisa in Port HopeOctober 26, 2013 at 6:47 PM

    It's amazing how the shadows and different techniques give this a 3-dimensional effect. And I love the sky. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. MintyfreshOctober 26, 2013 at 7:00 PM

    I think I gasped out loud when I saw this. STUNNING.

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  13. audreyOctober 26, 2013 at 8:45 PM

    Your quilt is amazing! Very detailed with a tremendous amount of lovely texture.

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  14. RuthOctober 26, 2013 at 10:08 PM

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  15. AnonymousOctober 26, 2013 at 10:09 PM

    Just stunning - so much thought and love has so obviously gone into this piece.

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  16. LynetteOctober 26, 2013 at 10:11 PM

    I'm so glad you showed this again for the Festival. It's a quilt worth seeing many times. My husband absolutely loves it, too!

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  17. cheeky monkeyOctober 27, 2013 at 10:18 AM

    Incredible! This one is just amazing

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  18. Heather PreggerOctober 27, 2013 at 1:15 PM

    This is gorgeous!

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  19. Tami @ Lemon Tree TalesOctober 28, 2013 at 9:39 AM

    I'm in awe of this quilt. I've seen it elsewhere (flickr? or pinterest?) but it's so lovely to see the details on it. Fantastic job! It really captures winter too.

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  20. Carli The QuilterOctober 28, 2013 at 4:39 PM

    Stunning! I can't take my eyes off it, LOL from a fellow art quilter!

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  21. KarinOctober 29, 2013 at 6:59 AM

    Just beautiful!

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  22. UnknownOctober 29, 2013 at 11:08 AM

    Love this one! I can feel the crisp crackle of the cold!

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  23. PatriciaOctober 30, 2013 at 8:13 AM

    What an amazing work of art! I really love it!

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  24. quiltedfabricartOctober 31, 2013 at 12:52 PM

    Beautiful! The shadows of the trees are perfect - nicely done.

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  25. bluebubbleNovember 2, 2013 at 3:41 PM

    Wow! The different techniques you have worked so well together. Very nice!

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  26. CilleNovember 2, 2013 at 5:30 PM

    It's beautiful and o detailed. I love the texture, that Akers it look like a real landscape. Congratulations on the nomination :)

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  27. EmmaNovember 2, 2013 at 8:09 PM

    Your quilt is gorgeous and spectacular! Very occasionally I come across a quilt I wish I'd designed myself - and this is very definitely one of them. I share your love of snow and winter and these come across wonderfully in all the details you've included!

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  28. Rene'November 3, 2013 at 10:01 AM

    Your quilt is a beautiful piece of art! Love it!

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  29. Queenie BelieveNovember 5, 2013 at 11:18 AM

    Beautiful work, really conveys a brisk winter day.
    Have a great day.
    Always, Queenie

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  30. AnonymousNovember 6, 2013 at 8:42 PM

    I love the detail on this! So realistic!

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  31. Tracey JacobsenNovember 8, 2013 at 8:38 PM

    I adore this quilt! Amazing!

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