Imagine that! Thank you, guys!

Welcome to my blog, Mrs Moen! This is my second time participating in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival over at Amy’s Creative Side.

I have picked “Imagine that! Thank you, guys!” (130cm *130cm) this time; I’m not sure it’s my favourite quilt, but it definitely was one of the most fun to make. It was created and finished within a period of two crazy weeks in the spring of 2006 for Husqvarna Viking’s competition” Imagine that” (no, I don’t think I slept very much, and no, it did not make the final cut).
Artist’s statement: This quilt is my way of honouring some of men’s great creations: the work of my favourite architect, my favourite car, my maternal grandfather’s bridge, and other creations that are practical, beautiful, amusing or just for pure enjoyment.
The cogwheels represent dreams and ideas, some spinning around in the head, and others have become a reality.
Thanks to the creators and their great imagination!


The quilt is made from cotton fabrics, with fusible appliqué and free motion quilting and writing. I pretty much let my imagination flow and picked lots of inventions. Internet proved invaluable while looking for the creators of all kinds of stuff.

These made the final cut (no pun intended):

La Sagrada Familia, Antonio Gaudi

The chocolate cake, Antonin Careme

The candy bar, Joseph Fry (see a theme here??)

The Tromsø Brigde, Erling Kjeldsen (my maternal grandfather)

The sewing machine, Elias Howe

The diamond engagement ring, Archduke Maximillan of Austria

Porsche 911, Ferdinand Porsche

Band aid, Earle Dicson

The zipper, Gideon Sunback

Penis envy, Sigmund Freud (see all the question marks there??)
The shopping bag, Walter H. Deubner
The wheel, Mesopotamians
Christmas tree lights, Edward Johnson
The chastity belt, Just guessing: a guy?

Some times quilting is just a lot of creative fun.-)