Sorry, sorry, couldn’t resist…
This awesome, beautiful, creative and generally splendiferous piece of work is not the work of my hands. These delicate paper-pieced butterflies and their companion squares are the work of Cath Hall of Wombat Quilts. And this quilt is now mine!
Cath and I share a love of and obsession with Liberty Tana Lawn. She’s an Aussie now married and living in Portland, Oregon, but she’s a Queensland girl originally, and she buys her Liberty stash from Ava & Neve in Brisbane. She asked if I’d mind her lending this quilt to Ava & Neve for their stand at the Brisbane Quilt & Craft Fair back in October, since they supplied her with the fabrics. Well, I said yes, of course. And now this gorgeous snuggly, soft and beautifully colourful quilt has found its way home to me.
It’s currently sitting under our very tropical Christmas tree, on proud display (but I’m willing to bet it’ll be around my shoulders later tonight when the aircon gets a bit too draughty on my bare shoulders).
I was about to take it outside to hang on the clothesline to be photographed and then it started to rain. Well, this is the Wet season in the tropics… And I didn’t want to create the false impression that it was my work, so a nice bit of informal draping indoors will do just fine. Do go over to Cath’s blog and admire her gorgeous quilts – be sure to take a look at her library of free paper piecing patterns, too. Many of them are her original work and quite beautiful. She also does heaps of work for Project Linus, too, and gives away almost everything she makes.
You’ll have to excuse me. I have to go and pet my quilt a bit more…
That is a BEAUTIFUL quilt!!! See, I’m not partial to who makes them beautifully. 🙂 Your friend lives in my neck of the woods, I’m in a suburb of Portland, OR. I would love to feel that fabric. I’ll have to look for it. I like to be cool too but can’t stand AC blowing on me either so I get it. You couldn’t be wrapped up in anything prettier other than one of your own quilts.
You can buy Liberty Tana Lawn at Bolt Fabrics in Portland, so why not nip over there and pet their bolts 🙂
https://www.boltfabricboutique.com/products
🙂
Wow! Thank you for the link. I don’t drive in that part of town but I can get someone to take me there. My sister would know how to get there. I have never been nor heard of it. My world is just too small anymore. ;( You have just make it a bit larger. Thank you so much.
I’m so glad I’ve found you something of interest! I knew there had to be somewhere in Portland that sold Liberty fabrics – surely not everyone needs to buy it from Australia, like Cath 🙂
Yes, pet it for me too!
If it had paws, it’d be purring … 🙂
Aren’t you the well loved friend! I love your new quilt. BTW, I followed the link to the patterns and fell in love with her paper pieced houses – she even added trees and shrubs! What a fun way to make a village… 😉
She is above all a genius at paper piecing, and has made some truly sensational quilts featuring her own star patterns. What I love about this quilt is the attention to detail on the butterflies, the tiny pieces carefully selected to imitate nature and give them life…
So so lovely, I can see why just looking at it would make a person’s heart glow ❤
What the photos don’t show is how deliciously soft it is. Think old fashioned cotton lawn baby clothes, washed a thousand times till they’re velvet soft but also satiny smooth, and you get an inkling of how lovely this thing is under your hand.
How wonderful that you… lovely, talented generous maker & giver of quilts should end up with this gorgeous specimen ♡
Aww, blush… but if this is how people who get my quilts feel, I’m never going to stop making them!
How lovely that you have been a recipient rather than a giver for a change. And what a fabulous work of art to be the recipient of. Give it a cuddle from me.
I must say, it’s an unusual sensation, but I’m so very delighted with the quilt 🙂 And the amazing thing, I didn’t know I was going to get it until a little while ago! It’s been on display a while for other people to enjoy, and now I get to give it lots of cuddles – yours included!
What a wonderful gift! 🙂
I feel wonderfully spoiled and lucky.
It is beautiful!
Isn’t it though… Such a deceptively simple design, but such a lot of detailed work in it. I’m really honoured to have it.
Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!!!!
Every butterfly is different. It’s like sitting next to a buddleia bush with every butterfly in the neighbourhood drawn to it!
It’s a thing of talent and beauty, and of love and friendship.
We are blessed in our friends, and doubly so in our talented and generous friends!
What a beautiful thing !!
And such a generous thing to do, for no reason other than I loved the butterflies and the Liberty fabrics.
Well, you are a good person and you do a lot for others too !
Thank you, Rita 🙂
You’re welcome, the truth may be said !
Absolutely a beautiful quilt! Lucky you!!!
I know. I can’t stop looking at it and stroking it every time I walk past it.
Oh, isn’t that WONDERFUL?!! What a gift! I bet it has quickly become your favorite quilt. 🙂
It’s magnificent! It’s what I automatically reach for now if I’m ever a little chilly, and I find my hand stroking it without thinking…
I watched these beautiful butterflies form on Instagram, and now you are the lucky duck who gets to keep them? How fabulous!
I know, and it was totally unexpected. I watched too, and commented in the usual way that I wished…. well, you get the idea. Imagine my amazement when she told me back at the end of June that I was going to be its lucky owner. Jaw on floor, followed by huge grin!