Saturday, 29 October 2011

The Thistle & the Rose

I have been reading several posts this week that are taking part in the Bloggers' Quilt Festival. I haven't made any major quilt this year but I have made a special gift which I thought I might share with you (again!!)
 
My friend's daughter, Lorna, got married in May, to Matt. I have known Lorna since she was a young girl, watched her grow up and turn into a wonderful young woman.She loves Scotland, its countryside, seaside, music...........so imagine our surprise when she decided that an Englishman was to become her husband!! The lovely Matt hails from Sheffield
So my wallhanging was designed to combine elements of them both.....soft hills in tweeds, appliqued thistles and rose (white rose of Yorkshire), then a row of tartan hearts - that'll be the lovey dovey bit........and in the foreground, a bit of beachy seasidescape that Lorna loves so much. She grew up by the sea and has returned to live close to it once more.
I was really touched that Lorna & Matt chose to hang the little quilt behind their table at their wedding venue. It was a very special time for us all.
Lorna has just started her own blog, because she is also a quilter now - maybe you could drop by and say hello - it's called Outsideinspiration

I am linking this post to the Quilt festival, if you click on the button it will take you over there where you can visit heaps and heaps of talented quilters and their lovely quilts.
Amy'sCreativeSide
Posted by Sheila at 10:44 pm

26 comments:

  1. Deborah29 October 2011 at 23:32

    a unique design - beautiful

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  2. Marjorie's Busy Corner29 October 2011 at 23:41

    I love it...I am a fan of the Thistle..really..my pride this year was my thistle in my garden...

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  3. Leanne29 October 2011 at 23:45

    I love that quilt, it is really lovely!

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  4. Emma30 October 2011 at 01:27

    This is a beautiful quilt!

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  5. M-R Charbonneau30 October 2011 at 02:20

    Love your design and how it incorporates both the bridge and groom. Wonderful!

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  6. Prof. S (the enchanted bobbin)30 October 2011 at 03:25

    Such a sweet quilt -- and made sweeter by the thought behind it :)

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  7. Catherine30 October 2011 at 07:25

    it was a lovely gift Sheila. Just popped over to Lornas blog and said hi

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  8. Mrs Flying Blind...30 October 2011 at 08:23

    Oh I still love this x

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  9. Outside inspiration30 October 2011 at 08:29

    The lovely quilt is now hanging in our dining room in our new home! We love it so much and as well as being beautiful it brings back all the memories of our wedding day too now. We also got another very special quilt presented to us at our wedding, and I will pop it up on my new blog soon. Thanks for the plug for my blog Sheila... that's the challenge for me to post some more on it, which I will do very soon...have been busy taking pictures of quilts this weekend!

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  10. Katy Cameron30 October 2011 at 09:46

    Aww, what a great memory, and from the comment above, well appreciated :o)

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  11. Canadian Abroad30 October 2011 at 12:37

    What an absolutely perfect personalised wedding gift. I'm not surprised that they hung it at the reception.

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  12. Alana @ Frankenstitchery30 October 2011 at 13:06

    I love the different textures you've used in it.

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  13. Jeanneke30 October 2011 at 13:48

    Unique quilt and a touching story behind it.

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  14. Sarah30 October 2011 at 15:17

    Such a sweet and thoughtful gift to give!

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  15. Judith, Belfast30 October 2011 at 17:28

    What a beautiful gift! Popped over to Lorna's blog and said hi! Jxo

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  16. Annabella30 October 2011 at 20:17

    Oh I love a good wedding! What a gorgeous hanging - I love gifts that contain personal meaning and this is beautiful Sheila.

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  17. Shannon30 October 2011 at 21:32

    I love this quilt! I'm especially enamoured with all the wonderful textures and non-traditional quilting fabrics. It's so soothing and original!

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  18. The Thompsons30 October 2011 at 23:19

    How cool- I really like it!

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  19. Lynette31 October 2011 at 01:03

    What a nice story! And such a neat, personal wallhanging for them. well done :)

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  20. Shari31 October 2011 at 12:18

    I love this quilt! So special for the happy couple.

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  21. Archie The Wonder Dog31 October 2011 at 18:03

    What a fabuously thoughtful present - it's wonderful!

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  22. Myra1 November 2011 at 02:55

    A wonderful little quilt and story behind it! 8-)

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  23. Eileen3 November 2011 at 18:16

    What a precious quilt to give and how wonderful they had it at the wedding. It's just beautiful. My grandmother left scotland as a young woman, going to nova scotia, then out to british columbia where she met my grandpa who was from england. I shoukd make a little family history quilt! Thanks for sharing and have a great day

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  24. Eileen3 November 2011 at 18:19

    Also, i meant to tell you if you added some of that heavy "beading" for holding down curtains or washers to the back bottom it would weight down your lovely quilt another idea would be to figure out a way to incorporate some small rocks into it at the bottom?

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  25. Eileen3 November 2011 at 18:20

    Well...being i have very old brainies, that previous postcwas meant for lorna!! :)

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  26. Kit Lang6 November 2011 at 00:20

    Lovely quilt. Thanks for sharing. :)

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