Handmade Landscape Quilts PART 1

"Life on the Farm"

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As I grew up on a farm, this field scene is so familiar. The artist, DD Boutique, says, "The title of this quilt is "Life on the Farm." It was inspired by the Ohio Amish country. It feels so peaceful and calm in the farm land. I couldn't resist combining my new love for landscape quilting with the peaceful and serine feel on the farm land. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it."

"Manistique Lighthouse"

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I could sit out by the lighthouse and fish all day. The artist, Northernskyquilts says " This quilt features the wonderful lighthouse in Manistique, Michigan. The lighthouse was constructed using a couple of different red fabrics, subtle but you can see the lighthouse is not just one red. I think that gives the lighthouse more dimension. The lighthouse beacon has a large Swarovski crystal placed on hand painted fabric. The rocks for the breakwater were free-form cut using several fabrics. The large seagull has wings that are three dimensional.

"Lonely Road"

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I love the highway scene in this work of art, and see it as the road to nowhere. To me, it has a membrance of walking off life's troubles. Walk to the end of this road, and all of your troubles are gone. LOL. The artist, Clothscapes says, "This is an area near where I grew up, I would walk here when I wanted time to be alone. When I look at this I still get that sense of peacful solitude. Wallhanging quilt made with raw edged applique".

"Midsummer Moon quilt! "

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This cutie was made my SylvanQuilts. This reminds me of a nice summer night. She says, "This stunning one-of-a-kind quilted wall-hanging depicts a glowing full moon over a quiet mountain lake. It contains 25 different fabrics and is machine quilted using a raw edge applique technique. A sprinkle of beads on the flowers has been added for sparkle. The butterfly and some of the flowers and leaves are three-dimensional and lift off the surface of the quilt slightly to add depth and interest. This piece is from my own original pattern".

"The Barn"

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Don't cha just love the look of this old barn, and the country look? This magnificient piece was made by LauraGlassArtQuilts. She says, "This piece is based on an old barn near our house. The weather-beaten paint, the dappled light of the trees in early summer and the cheery flower box all caught my eye. I used raw edge applique of commercial cotton fabrics and hand-dyed batiks to re-create this simple, homey scene".

"Calm Harbor"

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This cute harbor/sailing boat scence was created by Artistryinfabric. A lot of work went into creating this beautiful sunny day scene. Aren't you ready to sail now???

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This is an original design by Nmac52. I love the mountain/pyramid look on this little gem. She says, "a landscape which includes mountains, a lake, hills and pine trees. Red bunches of flowers are in the foreground. This piece of art is machine stitched; it has a black border and a batik green fabric frame which is quilted with a free-motion design."

"The hills of Summer"

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This is a special "tree" quilt that was made by HummingbirdTreasures. Notice the lovely coordinated colors of the earthtone fields with the tree sitting amidst. She says, " It is very special to me in that it is my first landscape quilt and I used this to teach myself how to do it. It has a companion coming soon - "the hills of autumn".

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This cute baby landscape quilt is made by BBsForBabies. She says "I had the best time making that quilt and did it as part of a monthly design challenge through my ETSY kids team". Love the sun, sky, clouds, and the animals on this one.

NOTE: I, Edna, President of the Quilts and Heirlooms team have always admired the great talent and beauty that Landscape Quilts posess. Many designers of Landscape Quilts spend many, many hours selecting the "perfect" fabrics that will bring their imagination to fruition. Above are just a few of the beautiful landscape quilts from some of the most talented designers/quiltmakers on Etsy. Stay tuned for PART ll.

Summer Watermelons from our team

The Coaster set is made by our StarryHomeCrafts. Click on her link to buy this cute set.

Our team embarked on a watermelon project to be compeleted by june 30, 2010; and here are the wonderful results.

This cute table runner is by DottyJaneDesigns. Click to go to her shop.
How 'bout some ice cream and watermelon from one of our favorite team members, Rokstudy. Click to see this lovely embrodery in her shop.

You'll need this cute watermelon apron with the hugh pocket for many of your cooking events. Quiltsalad welcomes you to her shop.

Black Bag Terrorizes Beautiful Black Giant Chicken Chaka

Well, you might say that I just happened to be in the right place at the right time, in the southeast U.S.A., along with my trusted camera. It happened on a nice cool day in late August 2009. As I was photoing my new line of lunch bags in the FRONT yard, all hell broke loose in the BACK yard.

My six teenagers (chickens) emitted the familar loud warning sound that I hear when a suspect (dog, cat or whatever they feel unsafe around) enters their territory. Upon hearing the panicky distressed sounds, I immediately picked up a stick (I keep several in strategic places for times like this so to always be prepared to fight off the enemy, a dog or cat) and ran to the back yelling, without seeing a single thing, "get away, get away". -For I just knew that the biggest dog in town had encringed upon the territory of my precious little angels . (They do have a secure area, but when they come out to graze, I constantly monitor them.)

Well, when I finally reached the back yard (it seemed to have taken half an eternity) all that I could make of the scene was that my lovely Black Giant teenager, Chaka, as in Chaka Khan, had somehow gotten one of her legs caught in a black plastic bag, and was fluttering about, and running in every direction, with the entire team of six squaking to the top of their gizzards, and more frightened than a chicken should ever have to experience. How the bag got into the yard, I will leave for Kojak to figure out.

Now, of course, she would not stand still and allow me to remove the bag; but I did manage to capture several photos of the event. Any attempts to approach her, and she would take off again with "her" bag trailing. Upon realizing that I would not be able to rescue her, I returned to my photo session. About 5 minutes later, I returned to the back to attempt another rescue of her from the bag, and was pleased to find her just fine and grazing with her flock again. I will never know for sure exactly how she managed to remove the bag. A day or two later, I did find the bag in the lower yard, mostly shredded and caught on a small stump. My guess is that the bag somehow, during her running session, became caught on the stump and WALA, Chaka became free.

Signs of FALL - Chicken and ALL

I took my electric eye and did a little nature hunting. Enjoy these as much as I enjoyed taking them.

Notice these tree friends.
Would you like to be a tree the next time around????

Grapes of a different kind.



Oh, how pretty.

Me doesn't think that these grapes are the edible type.

Wanna bake some dinner here.

Oh the wonderful trees.
I'm not afraid of the forest, are you????

What possibly could be hiding in there, other than a great looking, bikini clad male homo sapien?? Hmmmnnnn

Oh, the wonderful sky.

Inviting Forest.

What's this silver box called???

Are the chicken real???



Feel free to comment so that I will know that you like nature, and my photos.