Saturday, October 12, 2013

Prove You're a Quilter

There is a fun contest/challenge over at Lilypad Quilting.  If someone came into your house, would it be obvious that you are a quilter?  Besides your sewing room, are there quilty things being used throughout the house?  I decided to play along.  But first I had to figure out how to make a collage of photos.  I know some of you have generously given me advise on this, but until now I wasn't able to face the challenge.  I'm happy to report that I've succeeded!  It took a bit of focus and concentration, but look what I made happen!!


After deciding that I did not have a program that made collages and after getting frustrated on the Flickr site trying to make a collage, I downloaded a Picasa program (Thanks, Nancy)  It works like a charm!  In fact, I can make those pictures come out in a variety of cool arrangements.

So...about quilts in my home.  My first thought was that more than half of what I've made has been given away.  But then I remembered that basically we are nesters.  The husband and I both like to snuggle under a quilt when we're watching TV, reading the paper, going through the mail...any quiet sitting activity and I've managed to keep plenty of quilts for nesting.  What you see above is a few of our "nests" with the quilts obviously in use.  From the top left:  the Dog Quilt on our bed; My Mother's Garden in "my" chair; a wall hanging of quilts I made throughout the year; the Cuddle Quilt on the husbands chair (it's folded only because I caught this picture after a clean up session); a quilt made from his childhood bedspread on the sofa....my "TV spot" (the only one I haven't ever blogged on because I made it years ago); a quilt table topper (Random Squares) and a small wall hanging in the laundry room.

So....would I be convicted of being a quilter? 
 

17 comments:

  1. the collage looks great and the quilting pieces are wonderful.

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  2. You did very well in your first collage and you have some very well loved pieces.

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  3. Great collage and having quilts to snuggle in.....wonderful!!

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  4. Great collage and yes you are quilty as charged.

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  5. The proof is there! Great collage.

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  6. Great collage...looks a bit like our place and definitely shows you are a quilter

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  7. Beautiful work. Guilty as charged!

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  8. I prefer to use Picasa for making collages too! Much more user-friendly! Yes, I would have to say that there is enough evidence to convict you as a quilter! Wonderful lovelies to warm up your home.

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  9. I loved seeing all of your quilts!

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  10. Yes, Nina, you ARE a quilter! How fun to see some of your quilts in use.

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  11. Yes, you are convicted. ;D I really love the Mother's Garden quilt on the one chair - so pretty!

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