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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Playing Hooky!

With my Bricolage quilt my second finish for 2012, I decided to celebrate by 

taking it on its first photo shoot!

(Warning: Photo-heavy post follows.......)









Helen and I spent a fun hour or two at The Briars, in Mount Martha.





Hey, someone is running away with my quilt!



Now for the close -ups!
Great staging idea Helen- those acorn caps!

And some of my favourite blocks.....

The back and the binding!





Ooops! It's on its side!





Can you tell I love this quilt?

And a back lit shot......



And while we were out walking look what we saw....


a little black wallaby!


I told him I'd be back when my next overseas visitors arrive!



And one lasting parting look!


Linking up with Lee @ Freshly Pieced for


WIPS Wednesday!


and 


Quilt Story (Fabric Tuesday!)


Happy sewing!

SUZ

38 comments:

  1. It's beautiful Suz and you got some great pictures...
    Hugz

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  2. I love the photo's of your quilt. I really need to take time and take better pictures of my quilts.

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  3. Awesome photos and awesome quilt!! Congratulations on the finish!!!

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  4. Gorgeous, the hand quilting is stunning, and the photos are really brilliant - nice staging!

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  5. the photo shots did the quilt justice for sure. Australia has such beautiful scenery for quilt shots.

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  6. It's stunning! Absolutely stunning. Hugs

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  7. gorgeous quilt, love the colors you used, and the pics really do it justice, fantastic!

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  8. Beautiful quilt and very neat hand quilting! Love the photo shoot too

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  9. Amazing! I could look at that quilt for hours! The colors are so beautiful! Thanks for sharing that! (And if you ever want to get rid of it......just sayin')

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  10. Puh-leeeez, no photo heavy warning necessary. So much beautiful eye candy! That quilt is to die for! Every little detail is fantastic from the colors, to the blocks, to the stitching. I love it!

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  11. Awesome Suz, I particularly love the first block in the close up shots. Gorgeous colours.

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  12. Wonderful pictures of a fantastic quilt!

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  13. Suz, you started my day off right! This is a wonderful quilt....it is so well designed!!! What a fantastic job you did - simply amazing! It looks great in the photo shoot setting - how fun for you and Helen :) I want a wallaby...he is so cute!

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  14. Awe I love the wallaby!!!
    The quilt is so good SUZ.
    I love it all.
    Clare
    ps. did I mention that I spent a month in Australia..I'm sure I recognise that wallaby lol!

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  15. Love, love, love it! The hand quilting looks divine, and I love the colours. If it needs a good home, I'd be happy to oblige ;)

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  16. That is a great quilt Susan and what a fun time you must have had doing the photoshoot and you certainly got some great photos. Take care.

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  17. Impresive! I loved the colors, the block designs, the handstitching and you did a great job taking pictures too!

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  18. GORGEOUS!!! that looks amazing, The fabrics....the quilting...the colours....the random crazy pictures. =D

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  19. LOVELY! My fav photo is of the quilt in the field with his tree friend. What a great photoshoot :)

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  20. I see why you love it....the quilt is gorgeous!! I really love the blocks and your colours....

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  21. Wow!!! Absolutely LOVE this quilt. Its amazing and the colours are so gorgeous.

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  22. Wow! That wagon shot is spectacular. :D Love the colors and the hand stitching.

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  23. This is such a beautiful quilt and your photos are fab!

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  24. beautiful! great shots, wish i could meet a wallaby!

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  25. Holy cow, look at that quilt! Beautiful. We had someone bring a sick Wallaby into one of the vet clinics I used to work at, here in the states. I did a HUGE double-take. I think our vet did a pretty good job, considering it wasn't an exotics clinic. :P

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  26. What an amazing quilt! I absolutely love it!!

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  27. Gorgeous colors, gorgeous scenery, and beautiful blocks. I love the hand quilting.

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  28. Gorgeous. Your quilt looks wonderful. Love all the colours and the blocks. Lovely stitching. Looks like you had a bit of fun with your photo shoot, too.

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  29. What gorgeous colours you have used in your quilt. Love it.

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  30. It is just beautiful, I love it. Thank you for sharing all the pictures. That location is wonderful too, looks like you had a fun photo shoot.

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  31. Oh it's gorgeous Suz, love the colours so much! And what fabulous photos - I can tell you had a ball doing these. Hope this is centre stage on your couch (or bed) right now!

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  32. What a beautiful post! Your quilt is lovely....I have one that is so similar ...made from blocks swapped over the internet in the same colors. I especially like your flying geese in the two corners. Seeing your beautiful Australian landscape is awesome, Suz. Thanks for not leaving out a single shot!

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  33. Gorgeous quilt. Such lovely fabric choices!

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  34. Lovely quilt and fantastic photo shoot. Love the snap as the quilt is running away the colours are perfect, such great contrast.

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  35. Beautiful quilt - such a nice assortment of blocks and the lovely handstitching really makes it special!

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  36. I'm so glad to see this finished quilt. I had so admired your fabric and colour choices earlier. We share a great attraction to these colours. For me I think it stems back to when I was a child and every year when I got new keds (or something like them), they had to be lime green and the reason was because when I was swinging and was high in the air, I liked to hold my feet up so I could enjoy the look of the bright green of my sneakers against the bright blue of the sky. Silly but I have always loved this particular colour combo.

    The quilt is a beaut regardless! Congrats!

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  37. LOVE your quilt, Suz! Very pretty quilting too!

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