5/26/2013

Say it with Flowers My day and a Give away

 First of all I have to send a great thank you  and several  big cyber hugs  to lovely madame Samm, the manager of one more blog hop and to Carol on Just let me quilt.

When I saw the theme, I had in my mind to make something with prints of  Swedish Summer flowers.
And I have in my stash some vintage fabrics from a Swedish fabric company, that doesn´t exist any more, some  tenderly preserved fabric from Borås Textil, that I have bought at least ten years ago, when the company was  closed but the prints was issued more than twenty years ago.




 The fabric that I have used have images of these flowers and they feel so much Summer for me. Here are some pictures of the flowers.

Prästkrage Daisy a wild flower in Sweden
Gullviva Primrose
Förgätmigej For get me not

Smörblomma Buttercup 


I started to fussy cut the flowers to make the center in wonky stars. For the points I have bought some gingham fabric that I thought would suit the mild color. I have an idea thinking of the stars giving a very light impression floating in the background fabric.
But I didn´t realize that this composition gave me a big area of negative space that I have to work with in my quilting.
I took a tour down town to a park with my bike today to take some pictures
from the table cloth that was finished yesterday evening








For the binding I have chosen the fabric with wild strawberries with both berries and flowers.

Now to the give away!! I have another vintage fabric with tussilago, coltsfeet and I will make a small string purse with some gingham as lining. In my childhood I used to pick some tussilago flowers to mom, as they were the messenger of Spring. 

 This purse will go to one of them who comment my posting today. I will announce the winner after this blog hop is finished and post a picture on my blog.

Now when you have seen my flowers hop over to the other flower girls for today



Secretly Stitching
Anolisls Kreative Seite
I like to Quilt Blog
Hill Valley Quilter ( That´s me)
InGa
Coto Patchwork
Stitching & Stuff
De Quiltborch
Jajatomis Stoff -Nadel- Fadenwelt
Ginginis Crafts and Quilts
Debby Kratovil Quilts


Have a great day picking some flowers!
Britt-Inger







102 kommentarer:

  1. Beautiful quilt with flowers and wonky stars.
    And your pictures from the park are wonderful.
    Envy your quilting :-)

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  2. beautiful quilt. love the stars

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  3. I love your tablecloth! Your quilting is amazing! Thank you for sharing.

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  4. Really the summer in the childhod when the sun was shining and everybody wss happy.Well despite of the mosquitos and.....but it was really many things to remeber filld with a warm sunshune.Your quilt is like a midsummer nights dream when you were sleeping with 7 different flowers under your cushion dreaming about...
    wish you a nice summer day

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  5. What a great idea to fussy cut the flower prints for the centers of the stars! Will have to keep that in mind :) Thanks for sharing.

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  6. What a lovely table topper and an excellent way to preserve the flowers in your precious fabric and enjoy them every day!

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  7. That is just so beautiful. It is a delight for the eyes!

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  8. The fabric is stunning and love how you featured it ! Your quilting is fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

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  9. Wonderful quilt!!! Your quilting is amazing!

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  10. Je hebt er een mooie quilt van gemaakt!

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  11. The quilt is lovely !! As is the fabric

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  12. Britt-Inger, what a sweet quilt you made, the gingham matches the flower wonderfully! Thanks for sharing, enjoy your day!

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  13. What a beautiful quilt. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. Lovely quilt! Love the colors you combined so perfectly with the beautiful vintage flowers. A true summerquilt! :D

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  15. So lovely your flowers are. What a nice way to make this quilt.
    Liker de bildene med blomster.
    Ha en fin dag Frederika

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  16. Hi Britt-Inger.
    Wonderful idea to make a flower quilt with wonky stars, looks great.
    Thanks for sharing the beautiful flowers with us.
    Liebe Grüße
    Bente

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  17. Trevlig användning av de "gamla" svenska sommartygerna.
    kram

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  18. I've always admired your patterns and quilting. You have so much talent!

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  19. Oh Brit=Inger everything is perfect to show your beautiful flower fabric and quilt....beautiful

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  20. Your project is beautiful with great quilting!

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  21. I love your wonky stars and the pebble quilting!
    What great fabric!
    Thank you for sharing!

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  22. Vilken underbart fin kvilt, så himla söt med alla dess blommor..Kram..

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  23. Britt, Your table cloth has a bright and happy feeling about it. I like the vintage fabric.

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  24. Britt-inger. I know it was hard to cut into that vintage fabric but it was worth it to see it in the center of those stars! What an awesome way to feature it. Gives me a great idea for our American feedsacks (I have a box of those vintage fabrics from the 1930s). And your quilting is beautiful!

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  25. Very nice quilt. The colours are wonderful.

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  26. Så fin duk du har sytt.

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  27. Sweet little quilt! It's always so hard to cut into special fabric (and all fabric is special) but we are usually glad that we did. You fabric looks great in the stars! Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway!

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  28. How can we ever "forget you" forget me not flowers I just love, and buttercups too....in fact all those flowers are some of my fav's so it is not surprising that your lovely table topper would make...well you will see lol

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  29. Using your Swedish fabric is wonderful. I think it is so pretty. Thank you for sharing.

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  30. I love your quilt! Thanks for sharing :0)

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  31. I like wonky stars and your flower centers are just great. Such a pretty and fresh looking quilt.

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  32. Vad fint du har använt det gamla tyget från Boråsväveri, jag har själv av deras kaprifoltyg i form av gamla gardiner kvar. En dag sätter jag saxen i det.

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  33. Anonym28.5.13

    Dandelions and wild violets are the harbinger of spring here in Michigan. I remember picking them as bouquets for my mom when I was a kid.

    I like your quilted tablecloth. Your quilting is very nice.

    Thanks for sharing.

    senstrings (at yahoo dot com)

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  34. Your tablecloth with those vintage fabrics and gingham turned out just so beautiful! I love all the flowers you have blooming around you, too. Thanks for hopping with us today! :O)

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  35. Vilken strålande idé till kvilt och den är så ljuvlig.
    Kram Gudrun

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  36. Your quilt is such a beautiful design. Charming fabric too.

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  37. Love your quilt. Great job!

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  38. I like them all. You have done a wonderful job.

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  39. your quilt is fabulous. I always picked flowers for my mom also. To the day she died.

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  40. Lindas flores, lindo trabalho. Adorei!

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  41. Beautiful photos and project!

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  42. Lovely! Thanks for sharing...I have some special fabrics I need to use...thanks for inspiring me!

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  43. Love your wonky stars. Thanks for the the chance to win.

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  44. What a lovely quilt :)

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  45. Your quilt is so lovely. The fabric that you fussy cut the flowers from is very special. Thank you for also showing photos of the real flowers. The wonky start pattern and Hingham points was a wonderful choice and you quilting adds much to the beauty of your quilt. Thank you for sharing. Thanks also for the chance to win ... :) Pat

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  46. I absolutely love those vintage fabrics! Florals are my favorite. It was a great choice to use gingham for the star points. It looks terrific! And all those pebbles! Great job!
    And thank you at the chance for the giveaway! That will truly be a treasure for whomever wins it!

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  47. Beautiful just beautiful. I would be afraid to have it on the table for fear it would be spilled on!

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  48. Very pretty! Forget-me-nots are one of my favourite flowers

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  49. The negative space makes the flowers more noticeable. Very lovely quilt.

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  50. What great use of your treasured fabric! Very pretty!

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  51. Very beautiful vintage fabric. It makes the quilt! Congratulations on a top spot.

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  52. Such lovely fabric and you have used it so well

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  53. Beautiful!
    Love the wonky stars!!!

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  54. The fabric makes the quilt, but also quilting makes the quilt. You did both in a great way!

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  55. Vilken vacker duk med våra fina sommarblommor.
    Tussilagotyget är också jättefint och jag är gärna med i din give away.
    Kram

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  56. Jättefin användning av de klassiska tygerna, och så snyggt kombinerade med de rutiga. kram Katarina

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  57. Åh, så fint det är med blommor i mitten på stjärnorna!

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  58. what a great idea to put these retro flowers into stars' centres!

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  59. "Förgätmigej For get me not" - this is my very favorite flowers.
    Your quilt is beautiful!

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  60. Quite lovely!!! I have to practice my pebbling; I just love yours

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  61. Så fin din duk blev och kviltningen blev ju bara så bra. Hoppas du visar den på lördag! Kram

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  62. Very pretty quilt and I really like the pebbled quilting.

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  63. FABULOUS!!!!!Love the wonky stars!

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  64. Congratulations on being a top pick of the day! Those wonky stars are cute and worked well with your flower fabric. Thanks for sharing!!

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  65. Love the flowers!! Isn't spring wonderful...I like the quilt with flowers, you are so creative..

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  66. Goregous fabrics. Perfect to make the quilt with. Love Vintage fabrics they remind me so much of my childhood. Congratulations for makeing one of the top picks today.

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  67. Love your flower pictures, some of them I know but some I don't. Love your quilt and congrats being chosen for a top pick today.

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  68. Love you're quilt and your flower photos! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  69. The stars do a nice job of highlighting the summer flower prints. Your quilting is lovely!

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  70. Your quilt is beautiful! It definitely gives off a true feeling of summer and flowers!
    Those fabrics are beautiful as are the pictures of the flowers!

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  71. What a wonderful way to preserve that precious fabric that is no longer available. The quilt looks very much like summer with the soft colors and white like puffy clouds. Beautiful, Britt-Inger.

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  72. Hi!!! Beautiful!!! I love all the flowers in the stars!!! Love all the flower pictures too!!!

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  73. Loooove your Stars! Youd did such an Awesome job!! Beautiful!!!

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  74. Love your quilt and how you quilted it! Really good.

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  75. Beautiful quilt. Lovely fabric and stitching. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.

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  76. I love your quilted piece - beautiful fabric choices and quilting.

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  77. Really lovely flower fabric in your blocks. You did a great job.
    thanks for sharing.
    cheers
    maggie
    maggiemine42@gmail.com

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  78. Really lovely flower fabric in your blocks. You did a great job.
    thanks for sharing.
    cheers
    maggie
    maggiemine42@gmail.com

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  79. Very very nice. Love the little quilt and love the fabric. Nice give away.

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  80. Nice fussy cut centres. Very spring-like

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  81. I love the beautiful vintage flowered fabric and how you contrasted it with the gingham for the points of star. What a pretty tablecloth. Thanks for sharing . Sandra in Canada

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  82. Anonym29.5.13

    What a lovely quilt! The gingham sets off the flower fabric very nicely! This will add cheer to your flat...

    Marilyn

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  83. I love the Wonky Stars. Thank you for sharing with us.

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  84. I love your fussy cut flower stars. Beautiful quilting.

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  85. I really like your quilt, I think your stars look like really large flowers too...so pretty! Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway. vickise st gmail dot com

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  86. I love your quilting on the background--it worked perfectly with your stars. Beautiful quilt with lovely fabric.

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  87. Your quilt is beautiful, I love the fussy cutting. It is nice to meet you on the blog hop. Thank you for a sweet giveaway too.
    ks(dot)eyles(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk

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  88. Love how well you translated the inspiration into the quilt. Soft and snuggly, pointy stars. Fabulous!

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  89. lovely use of the pretty flower fabrics!

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  90. Gunilla i Täby29.5.13

    Så jättefin duken blev och underbart fin kviltning. Fin användning av ett gammalt tyg.

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  91. Outstanding,Britt-Inger! What a lovely project for using the special flowered print. Your sense of design and color is marvelous. Love, love, love it!

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  92. The quilt is perfect for this hop! Great job!

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  93. My friend loves those wonky stars, i will have to send her here for a visit, and what a clever idea to use the floral fabric with them. Thanks for sharing

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  94. Love your quilt, love the strawberry binding, and of course the beautiful wild flowers :-)

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