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Large Quilt-Short Story

March 21, 2024 Filed Under: Crafts, Quilts 5 Comments

As many other art quilters I started by making traditional quilts many years ago. I still make a trditional quilt once in while, mostly as a gift to my loved ones. This was a really large bed quilt that I made for my friend’s lake house. I started it one year ago, I even know the exact date- February 23rd, 2023. It took me exactly one year to finish it.

It is not perfect, but that’s the best what I could do in a country that has no quilt shops. I had to use what I had, some fabrics that I brought to Litrhuania 10 years ago when I moved from the US.

It measures 96×96 inches. And yes, it is hand quilted! Let’s look at some photos:

I had this center part from my life in the US. I thought about changing the background, but I didn’t
These were first blocks that I made

Added some flying geese
Let them fly in circles
Then I added two rows of pinwheels and final border

Hand quilting took me only 6 weeks:

The quilt was so large that I had no space to take a better photo than the quilt spread on the bed:

Stay tuned, because I am hand quilting another bed quilt!

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  1. Jan Roys says

    March 22, 2024 at 5:50 am

    It’s beautiful, Maryte!

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  2. els mommers says

    March 22, 2024 at 1:20 pm

    Awesome.

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  3. Nancy Hudson says

    March 22, 2024 at 1:31 pm

    Maryte, that is Beautiful!!!! I just switched my quilts around on my wall, since it is spring! The quilts in the sanctuary are regularly admired!!!! ❤️ sending love! Nancy

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  4. Shari L Dancer-Thomas says

    March 24, 2024 at 2:09 pm

    Beautiful <3

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  5. Colleen Bush says

    July 1, 2024 at 7:22 pm

    Stunning to say the least. Your art is gorgeous I love everything about it.

    Reply

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