Friday, 29 October 2010

Inspired by fall

Welcome to my blog, Mrs Moen! I am a quilter who designs patterns and teach classes on the side, and this is where I not-so-secretly record little pieces of my creative life. This is my third time participating in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival at Amy’s Creative Side and I’m sure it will be just as fun as the previous ones. Living a no-sugar life I’m afraid I can’t offer you anything sweet, but I’ve got mini carrots, meat balls, diet soda and sugar free chocolate in the fridge if you’d like to stay for a while.

I have picked a small quilt for this show, “Inspired by fall” (8”*12”), one of my recent favourites.
I have been playing with yarn this fall, making a few flowery samples for “Playing with yarn” classes, and as the class title insinuates, playing and having fun myself as I have been preparing for the class. The quilt is made from cotton fabric, leftover pieces of yarn from this quilt, this quilt and this quilt and free motion quilted.

It’s the quilting that makes the fall forest come to life. Can you see the water running past the tree trunks?
It’s something about the cool colours that make the warm pop and the other way around.
I’ve got miles and miles of fluffy, puffy, bumpy and twisted yarn so there definitely will be more yarn quilts in my foreseeable future.

Click the button to see rest of the quilts.
Amy's Creative Side - Blogger's Quilt Festival


Quilting should always be this much fun.-)
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34 comments:

  1. Karen29 October 2010 at 06:37

    Wow but you are talented. What a wonderful piece you have created.

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  2. pinksuedeshoe29 October 2010 at 07:01

    You are truly amazing. I love how unique your quilts are, and so so beautiful. This one is a new favorite!

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  3. Rebecka29 October 2010 at 13:38

    Very interesting quilt. It's beautiful and fun. I like your technique.

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  4. Nina Marie29 October 2010 at 14:06

    What interesting texture!! A no sugar lifestyle - wow!!

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  5. quilthexle29 October 2010 at 14:39

    How cool - I knew there's a reason why I started to collect all those lovely knitting yarns ... The depth you achieved in this little quilt is amazing!

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  6. Cecily29 October 2010 at 15:20

    This is amazing! I would love to learn this technique... very neat!

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  7. Dana Gaffney29 October 2010 at 16:30

    I love this Nina! Did you avoid the yarn when you quilted it? Is the netting the only thing holding the yarn trees? As usual thanks for getting my brain working.

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  8. Anonymous29 October 2010 at 16:38

    Yummy yummy orange and turquoise in there. I like these yarn quilts, never seen them before you started showing them on your blog. xox Corrine

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  9. beth29 October 2010 at 16:43

    what a lovely little quilt. the close up pictures were great inspiration.

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  10. Lynda29 October 2010 at 18:38

    It turned out quite beautiful, Nina Lise. The binding is perfect...it blends right in with the trees. Lovely.

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  11. Deborah29 October 2010 at 21:32

    This is gorgeous and my favorite kind of quilt!

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  12. Rachaeldaisy29 October 2010 at 21:35

    This is beautiful. I love the texture and colours!!

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  13. Carol29 October 2010 at 21:43

    Hi Nina. I've been enjoying your yarn experiments. Nice one.

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  14. Kristen29 October 2010 at 22:20

    Lovely design and texture! Yummy blues and oranges!!

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  15. Allie30 October 2010 at 03:58

    This is wonderful - love the texture and it's a perfect representation of fall!

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  16. Sherry30 October 2010 at 05:41

    Wow, love it! You are so talented.

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  17. baukje30 October 2010 at 11:13

    Very vibrant colors, love your 'new' style.

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  18. Anonymous30 October 2010 at 11:33

    love the textures!

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  19. Teje30 October 2010 at 19:05

    This is wonderful! I enjoy to mix materials and always love colours!

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  20. Miri30 October 2010 at 20:08

    Definitely the first yarn quilt I've seen! Cool!

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  21. AnnieO30 October 2010 at 22:13

    Inventive, bright, fun, and smile inducing. Sounds like a recipe for plenty of fabric and yarn play! Thanks for sharing your quilt's story :)

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  22. Vicki @ DottyJane30 October 2010 at 23:24

    Nina, you always amaze me! Another lovely piece:)

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  23. Rene'31 October 2010 at 03:25

    Nina Lise, this one is so fun! I really love it. Thanks for sharing!
    P.S. Just got my Quilter's Home .... congratulations on being recognized!

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  24. Karen31 October 2010 at 07:27

    Beautiful colour and texture in your quilt!
    This does look wonderful!

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  25. flisa31 October 2010 at 11:51

    Exciting tecnique! Thank you for sharing!

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  26. mamammelloves31 October 2010 at 18:05

    Wow! Very unique! The colors and textures are great! :)

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  27. Anonymous31 October 2010 at 22:50

    Really cool technique! It's very pretty!

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  28. Leslie1 November 2010 at 00:31

    this is so cool...your quilts are always so amazing, intricate and just beautiful pieces of art

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  29. Vicki1 November 2010 at 02:18

    this is a great quilt!

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  30. Joanna1 November 2010 at 03:45

    Truly creative and very inspiring.

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  31. Linda1 November 2010 at 23:14

    Very non-traditional, but so interesting!!

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  32. Anonymous5 November 2010 at 18:17

    What an innovative design! I love the yarn complete with all the bumps!

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  33. Eileen13 December 2010 at 04:57

    what a wonderful little quilt!! this is so marvelous and i want to try something just like it. the water running through is fantastic. thanks for sharing and have a great day!

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  34. Connie Kresin Campbell2 October 2011 at 17:26

    Looks beautiful! Great technique.
    Quilting by the River

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