The 1st Annual Bloggers Quilt Festival organized by Amy @ Park City Girl. I thought it was such a great idea to showcase many beautiful quilts on the blogs. Thanks Amy, for putting together such a fantastic event.The reason I chose Omani's Trail quilt is because this was the first scrap quilt I have ever made. I started it when my family and I lived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates a few years back. After completing the top I decided to add the applique border. I did this during one of our trips to Oman from Abu Dhabi. The drive took 6 hours. As a result I named the quilt Omani's Trail. I entered this quilt in our local quilt exhibition and it won the viewers first choice.
This is a closeup of the applique border. I used leftovers 2 x 2 pieces from the centre of the blocks to make the flowers with and then the circles and leaves. It was a totally original design.
This is the quilt label. I always design quilt labels while I am making a quilt. I either make an extra block for the label or use a block that does not turn out well for the quilt. Making quilt labels is what I like most about quilting.Thanks for dropping by to share the festival with me. Please leave me any comment either about the quilt or the festival. I am sure Amy is doing the rounds to check out all the quilts. I have already spent two days going throught the list. I only managed to leave a few comments so far. I will be going through the list again and will let you know when I drop by yours.
Enjoy
Lovely quilt! Snail's trail is one of my favorite patterns.
ReplyDeleteI love scrap quilts. Yours is fantastic. I love the border.
ReplyDeleteLove the design and detail
ReplyDeleteI like the contrast between the snail's trail and the applique border.
ReplyDeleteI am also a lover of scrap quilts and yours is fantastic. The border just finishes it beautifully.
ReplyDeleteThis is really a great quilt. Thank you for sharing the story about it.
ReplyDeleteI love the border, very pretty.
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is great! Any true fabric lover loves scrap quilts. Great work and thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat's a really nice quilt. The colours bring it to life. Good choices for a scrappy quilt.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is fabulous. Love the applique.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great quilt! I have always wanted to make a snail's trail. Yours is fabulous with the scrappy look.
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt and I envy anyone who do such nice applique!
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous Natima..Love the border.
ReplyDeleteLovely bright colours..good luck!
Julia ♥
Striking! What a fabulous quilt
ReplyDeleteAwesome, beautiful quilt. I love the colors in this quilt. My favorite quilts are scrap quilts.
ReplyDeleteAs always Natima...beautiful work, and a fantastic idea...congratulations to all the wonderful entries Dzintra♥x
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is beautifull. I love what the appliqued border did to the total impression.
ReplyDeleteI love your quilt...and I especially love the label...that is something I need to be better at! I recently made my first label, and it was such a great feeling to have a label sewn into the backing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteIt sure doesn't look like any "scrap" quilt that I've seen! It's absolutely beautiful! I will be sure and come back and see your pictures of India (my son was there 5 years ago); that will be interesting! Thank you for visiting my blog and letting me know where to find you.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt!! Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful quilt Natima!!!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I just love your scrap quilt! The applique really adds a special touch to it! Thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteI love verything about your quilt. You work is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteNatima,
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely variation of snail's trail!
I love all the glorious colors. It looks terrific together. The applique border is perfect for it.
Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Anna
Your quilt is beautiful. I really love those colors. They make the pattern really pop.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by. Isn't this fun. I've spent way too much time going through the list as well but seeing new blogs is such fun. I'm really enjoying yours.
The combo of piecing and applique is always a great one. You gave it that added surprise by adding the plaids. Great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely quilt. Thanks for stopping by and saying hi. Now, I can add you to my list of blogs to read! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the story behind the quilt, and I am not surprised you won viewer's choice.
Do you mind if I add your blog to my blogroll?
lovely quilt - I am still trying to go through all the blogs and I am up to about #400 I think. My quilt is at around #170 I think. I couldn't believe it got over 500 - so many left to look at.
ReplyDeleteKaren
http://karensquilting.com/blog/