Pages

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Night Forest

It feels so good to finish this! Definitely out of my comfort zone, but that's what made it a challenge.I found a place for it over the bed. Looks like it was made for it.
It may move later, and now it's getting packed up to go with me to LA.
The quilting is only done in the background...makes the trees pop forward and kinda ups the creepiness factor. It's sort of spooky looking in person.
Have a happy hump day!

66 comments:

  1. Awesome, awesome, awesome - this is just wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Your quilt is really great! Love it!

    ReplyDelete
  3. very very cool! love that pop of light silvery blue in there...PERFECT!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Wonderful and it looks just perfect hanging there!

    ReplyDelete
  5. It's gorgeous Jacquie! I have been telling everyone I know about this quilt, I just love it!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Love the "quilt above headboard" idea. It looks great.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Stunning! Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  8. It's truly a wonderful piece. OK, maybe just a tiny bit creepy, but I think Robert Frost would appreciate it.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Wow. I agree with grendelskin that it has a stopping-by-the-woods-on-a-snowy-night feel to it. Your accidental blue really works.

    ReplyDelete
  10. You're an artist! That is a stunning piece.

    ReplyDelete
  11. This quilt is completely not my usual style, but I am drawn to it and completely amazed by it. The accidental blue is just the perfect touch to it, and your quilting, as always, adds so much. I love this one!

    ReplyDelete
  12. I love it, Jacquie! It's beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  13. Creepy and beautiful at the same time - love it! Stay outside of your comfort zone, its obviously a wonderful place to be!

    ReplyDelete
  14. I love this to bits and I think it's utterly beautiful - the quilting is brilliant ...

    ReplyDelete
  15. Absolutely gorgeous! I'm obsessed with birch, and your quilt is making so happy.

    ReplyDelete
  16. lovely, lovely, lovely birch forest. congrats on a great finish.

    ReplyDelete
  17. this quilt is so awesome. It really looks like a forest of birch trees.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Lovely! Doesn't look creepy to me!! I admire how you can take what you 'see' and transfer it to a quilt. Very cool.

    ReplyDelete
  19. This has turned out beautifully! It's been so informative to follow your journey through this project. Thank you for sharing your process with us.

    ReplyDelete
  20. I guess we all agree that the addition of that blue was a stroke of genius. *S*

    It's so beautiful - I'm not sure I even see any creepiness.

    ReplyDelete
  21. Amazing! It looks great above the bed.

    ReplyDelete
  22. beautiful. I have a thing for trees and this is wonderful. thanks so much for sharing it.

    ReplyDelete
  23. So, so pretty. I love this piece. I am sending it to my son. This is the kind of art he like to create, too.
    Why are you coming to LA? That's close to me...I'm in Orange County.

    ReplyDelete
  24. I was so surprised to see you call it creepy. Of course, it must be different in person, but I find it peaceful and restful when I look at the photos. It really is a stunning achievement. Truly beautiful!

    ReplyDelete
  25. I love it! It's so different and makes a great wall hanging!

    ReplyDelete
  26. It really is perfect. Truly a work of art. sometimes I think we create our best work when we are out of our comfort zone because we don't have any preconceived notions about how to do it and what it should look like. So we go more with our gut instinct. Yours is right on!

    ReplyDelete
  27. Glad to see this finished. I really love the colors and the subject. I can see myself making a pillow of birch tree trunks someday, but mine will be on a deep blue background to match my bed (if I ever get the hand quilting done on the stupid thing). :)

    ReplyDelete
  28. So very very gorgeous!!! I love how birch trees look in the winter and this captures it perfectly :)

    ReplyDelete
  29. For something that is 'outside' your comfort zone, you have done a stunning job
    I love it Jacquie, congratulations

    ReplyDelete
  30. The world is a funny place. I too am working on an abstract (birch) tree quilt with black background and have been quilting "only in the background to make the trees pop". Started this before your postings.

    Hauntingly beautiful quilt Jacquie.
    Cheers.

    ReplyDelete
  31. Jacquie - this quilt is amazing! Truly inspirational!

    ReplyDelete
  32. I just love it--the design, the oblong shape, the colors and the way you hung it.

    ReplyDelete
  33. can't WAIT to see it in person tomorrow!

    ReplyDelete
  34. This is absolutely stunning. You are such an inspiration!

    ReplyDelete
  35. I too love it. LAMQG are so lucky to be able to see it in person.

    ReplyDelete
  36. Hmmm..... Creepy is not the word I would have used. Nor spooky.

    It is, however, peaceful and lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  37. I can't even begin to say how much I'm LOVING this one!! Such a simple design and color choices just POP!!! Thanks for letting us watch it happen!

    ReplyDelete
  38. I absolutely love this! VERY inspiring!!

    ReplyDelete
  39. Jacquie,
    this turned out fabulous. It can come be creepy at my house anytime, very creative.

    ReplyDelete
  40. I just love this quilt and it looks so perfect above the bed! Out of curiosity, how are you hanging it?

    ReplyDelete
  41. Hands sown, this is a favourite. I hope to feel its creepiness myself one day. Just amazing.

    ReplyDelete
  42. I really love this! So much!

    ReplyDelete
  43. Spooky, really? Mysterious, I'll give you. It seems the perfect spot there - it's truly stunning, Jacquie!

    ReplyDelete
  44. I've loved seeing this quilt as it's progressed. It's so beautiful! Have fun in LA!

    ReplyDelete
  45. I can't tell you how much I love this piece! Just stunning! Looks perfect against that grey wall too.

    ReplyDelete
  46. I love this. Almost black and white, but not quite.

    ReplyDelete
  47. So glad you are bringing this to LA!

    ReplyDelete
  48. Absolutely gorgeous! This has my head spinning dreaming of it as a king size quilt.

    ReplyDelete
  49. I love how this turned out, Jacquie! Perhaps April KC MQG Show and Tell?

    We missed you tonight, but I'm sure you had an AWESOME time with our SoCal Sisters! The challenge quilts were AMAZING! And the turnout? WOW!

    ReplyDelete
  50. That's awesome! I really does look like a grove of birches!

    ReplyDelete
  51. That looks so beautiful up on the wall !!!!!!!!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  52. Wonderful..I think I will use this as inspiration for a wall hanging at my lake house. I LOVE it

    ReplyDelete
  53. Chiming in late here, but I did want to add to the chorus of "Beautifuls!" because it truly is.

    ReplyDelete
  54. it's perfectly awesome!!! I really love this one.

    ReplyDelete
  55. I love love love this. I love it so much I want to copy it. (Which I wont' do.). Cathy

    ReplyDelete

So, what are you thinking? (please don't put links in your comments...the spam police like to grab them and hide them away! if you want to share a link, feel free to email me.