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| "Pink Rain and Chocolate Rabbits" (30" square) By Sherrie Spangler |
I finished Karen Musgrave's challenge quilt, and here it is! You can see photos of the other quilts at Karen's blog:
http://connectionsbykaren.blogspot.com/2012/03/1950-challenge-fabric-reveal.html
My quilt, "Pink Rain and Chocolate Rabbits," is a garden patch that's home to chocolate rabbits who feast at the Hershey Kisses foil wrapper spots in the garden. (More details on that in this post http://sherriequilt.blogspot.com/2012/02/chocolate-bunny-quilt.html)
This one (above) escaped through a tiny gap that I left in the hot pink fence.
Here's the gap in the photo below, left side. Actually, there's a gap because I didn't feel like turning corners anymore with the binding strips. That's one of the Hershey Kisses wrappers in the bottom half.
This was a really fun challenge, which began with vintage curtain fabric provided by Karen. You can see four pieces of it in this last photo. I overpainted some of mine and dipped some in strong tea. We had to include this fabric and use techniques from Rayna Gillman's new book, "Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts."
Have a colorful day
Great job on this. Unexpected elements that surprise. That is always a must for a good piece of art. Things that look like they are just thrown together, usually take a lot of thought.
ReplyDeleteCute! The bunny outside the fence just really makes this - just cracks me up. Love your rationalization for leaving that gap in the binding. Actually, the quilt tells a really cute story and you were right to go with that fabric that showcases the pieced part.
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WOW! I searched the 1st picture for the gap in the fence, but didn't find it. LOVE the story of this - AND the prodical bunny. You couldn't have been thinking of another bunny could you...? You did yourself proud on this one, Sherrie. Oh, & congratulations of the Liebster Blog Award. WELL deserved!Your blog truly brings sunshine to my day.
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