Saturday 29 October 2011

Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival

I first started blogging as a result of Amy's Bloggers' Quilt Festival, and am delighted that that time of year is here again.  Twice a year, at http://amyscreativeside.com/, Amy hosts a quilt festival.  No judging no categories, no postage costs or will-my-quilt-get-back-to-me worries, juts pages and pages of inspirational quilts and new blogs to look at.

Some of my Blogging Buddies (Victoria and Teje to name two) were met over at Amy's, do go and have a look.

To anyone who has come here FROM Amy's

Welcome!

My entry for this year's show is a quilt I made for a friend of my mum's.  Hilary is blind, and has been since her late teens.  She has felt a couple of quilts and cushions I made for mum, and has commented on features that sighted people have overlooked, so I decided to make her a quilt that was fairly bland to look at, but exciting to feel


The post about the finished quilt is here and shows all the individual blocks.  My favourite block is this one
I stitched out just the word Texture in Braille, (three different versions: just filled, just outline and both) and got mum to check with Hilary which version was easiest to read.  She had no idea that it was eventually coming back to her!

Well thanks for visiting, I hope you'll stay a while, but don't forget to pop back to Amy's and check out all the other lovliness that she is showcasing

13 comments:

  1. This quilt is a masterpiece! (Said in my best Times critic voice!). x

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  2. I just loved the idea of this quilt when we first saw it, beautifully executed too

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  3. What a sweet way to remember someone. I think it is a lovely quilt.

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  4. This quilt is beautiful and I love the way you've made it tactile for your mum's blind friend. She must be so happy with it :)

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  5. This is such a sweet idea - and a wonderful quilt. Thanks for sharing this one !!

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  6. I'm obviously not the only one who think Hilary's texture quilt is lovely! xxx

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  7. Dear Benta, this quilt is just amazing! It is beautiful and the idea to be able to feel different kind of textures is great! I'm sure Hilary was suprised and loves her quilt!
    You are one of my first dear blog friends and I found you from Amy's Quilt Festival - I remeber always your quilt with the beautiful nature! Thank you! xxx Teje

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  8. Wow, what a thoughtful gift. I don't think I would have ever thought to make something like a quilt for someone who couldn't see the design to appreciate. But I really like this quilt and I like your blog too =)

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  9. Well done! What a testimony to your thoughtfulness. I went to your other post and looked at each block. What an amazing variety of textures you were able to create! Congrats...and thanks so much for sharing in the festival.

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  10. I also started blogging as a result of Amy's BQF, she's got a lot to answer for!! I love this quilt and the whole concept of it, it would work for a whole variety of special needs, what a wonderful idea.

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  11. I went back and looked at all the individual blocks! This is a wonderful quilt for someone who is blind or has failing or limited eyesight! Or even for someone who just enjoys the various textures you created! Great job!

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  12. What a wonderful idea. And such a special gift.
    It's a lovely quilt!

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  13. This is amazing and so very thoughtful of you. Beautiful job on this special quilt.

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