Thursday 10 August 2017

Horses on a Quilt

Today is the start of the annual Pets on Quilts show over at Lily Pad Quilting! Everyone is welcome to share the photos of their pets posing on quilts and pet-themed quilts, if don't happen to have any you can still enjoy the cuteness and vote for your favourites.

I don't have a pet, but I do have quilted pets - like, about 20 of them:


They were actually meant to be wild horses, but for the sake of the show we'll call it a pet-themed quilt, ok?

I have already written about it in a previous post, but I thought it deserves another one, not just because of the Pets on Quilts show, but also because it got juried into a real-life show as well, the RDS Craft Awards show, which features just a small selection of various crafts, I think it was one of only five quilts there. It didn't get any awards, in case you're wondering, but we were told that getting there in the first place is an honour in itself.

Here we are at the exhibition opening:


The exhibition is still running till the end of this week as a part of the Dublin Horse Show (call it a coincidence?).

If you want to know more about the process of making, it's all in post 1, post 2 and post 3. And here is just one close-up:


Do visit the the Pets on Quilts page and enjoy the show.

21 comments:

  1. Congrats on being in the Dublin show.

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  2. Awesome. I would have given you the blue ribbon!

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  3. I loved watching you create this quilt and I love it even more finished. What a fantastic job you did. It's "Best in Show" in my opinion.

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  4. I always enjoy seeing photos of this amazing quilt! Congratulations on having it accepted into the show.

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  5. Beautiful. I really like the manes, and the one horse checking behind him. Nice touch.

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  6. I love art quilts and I think yours is amazing. Hugs, Susie x

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  7. Amazing quilt! Love the manes and the one yellow horse great job.

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  8. Love this quilt but then I love horses. You've captured them so well. Also loved your quilt in the FoQ I saw yesterday. Hope you get a chance to see it on display if not I think I have a picture.

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  9. Your quilt is amazing, congrats on getting into the show but I don't know how you didn't win an award. The manes add so much it's really beautiful.

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  10. Spectacular! What talent! Love the horses-

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  11. Congratulations on being in this prestigious show! I love seeing more photos of this fantastic piece :)

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  12. What a fun quilt and happy coincidence on three fronts: pets on quilts, acceptance into the RDS Craft Show and the Dublin Horse show. Congratulations as it is one beautiful quilt!

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  13. Beautiful Lena. Congrats on showing your lovely quilt!

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  14. Wild horses can be pets too.

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  15. Wow!! Lena, I had not seen this before, and it's stunning. So much textural and visual interest - congrats on being featured at the Dublin show! What an honor, and this piece of quilting art certainly deserves that.

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  16. Love the movement!!! Gorgeous piece!!

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  17. Very creative and lovely work!

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  18. This is gorgeous. Beautifully done!

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