11/27/2013

Black tie Boogie, my day

It´s Black tie Boogie time for me, oh yeah

Thanks lovely Madame Samm and Vickie for this lovely blog hop, it has been so fun to wake up every morning with all these fantastic coop of chickens.

I have always loved birds and yes chickens, roasters and hens are all birds. When I became a quilter 12 years ago I started to collect fabric with chickens, roasters and hens. They were designed in several ways, some more fancy and the others.


But first of all I will introduce to you my lovely wooden roaster. You maybe remember my Dalecarlian horses handmade of wood and hand painted in the county Dalarna.
The crafts men in Dalarna are also making roasters in same way as the horses.

Don´t you think that he is a proud and handsome roaster?

Now over to my project. When I was destashing to make better place in my cupboard, I also sorted among my chicken fabric and found a lovely black piece of fabric with tossed roasters and hens over the surface. And I think it was among the first fabric that I have bought as a quilter.
It was not a large piece of fabric, a scarcely half yard and I had to fussy cut the birds. But I could cut out four handsome roasters, three lovely hens, some heads of the birds, all in different sizes. The rest of the fabric became  chicken soup!!! LOL

I have also decided to make a table runner and it became rather large 24x64 ", but  it will be perfect on my dining table.
I was inspired by a free pattern from Dreamweavers quilts, here and worked it out in my way.









Don´t you think it is funny with the heads peaking over here and there close to  the binding of the runner?

I have had such a fun time making this runner and have also enjoyed the machine quilting.

It is now time for you to hop over to the lovely ladies of the day, who you will find here
Hill Valley Quilter (that´s me)
Thimblemouse & Spouse
Have a great Thanksgiving Day over there
Britt-Inger in Malmö, Sweden














49 kommentarer:

  1. När jag fick syn på Din härliga löpare blev jag glad!
    Den ser förtjusande ut, tycker jag.

    Dollandesign

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  2. Så fin den blev. Jag säger som Dollandesign - den blev jag glad av.
    Kram

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  3. What a beautiful quilt! Love the rooster too.

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  4. Very pretty and so colourful :)

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  5. Your runner is smashing! Thank you for sharing.

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  6. Gorgeous and cute! I love the design and you did a wonderful job with it.
    Thanks for sharing and hope you have a blessed holiday season.

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  7. Anonym28.11.13

    That was a lot of work, and it came out beautiful and so colorful! I like working with fussy cutting, but you are right, it does make a lot of scraps. But then, there is always tomorrow for those! ":<>
    ~Lynda

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  8. Your work is nicely done. I like the colors!

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  9. Your runner looks great - so bright and colourful with all the chickens running around!

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  10. Jätte ren och fin samt en färgklick Britt-Inger Du har gjort ett bra jobb igen!!Bambikram

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  11. Väldigt fin. Jag gillar hönor och tuppar så den gick hem hos mig och som vanligt har du fantastiska färger.

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  12. What a fun, bright and modern looking runner. The quilting is lovely. The peeking are cute.

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  13. Modern and beautiful quilt, and a very good job on the quilting. You can bee fully satisfied with this one.

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  14. Lovely table runner....love the colours against the white.

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  15. Vilken härlig löpare i glada färger o mönster.
    Fin kviltning du gjort också.
    Kram Gudrun

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  16. You made great use of your fabric, it is a lovely table runner!

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  17. Wonderful! I love the design you used. The colorful squares are so perfect.

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  18. I love those little rooster heads peaking out from the border. Your quilting is amazing on this sweet table runner. Love the bright colors. Job well done!

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  19. This is a great runner and the perfect use for your fussy cut fowls! Thanks for sharing!

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  20. Britt....you quilt is just adorable! I love everything about it!!

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  21. Lovely! I love the happy roosters and hens and the pretty colors you used to make the table runner bright and happy.

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  22. I love your wooden rooster -- and our quilt is beautiful! :)

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  23. Anonym28.11.13

    Ooooh, I love the colours and the design so much, this matched totally my taste! Wonderful quilting, wonderful topper, GREAT!!!

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  24. Britt-Inger, You still have my address right? I heard the wooden rooster (that is gorgeous)and his fabric friends want to come to Texas ! LOL
    Wonderful table runner, colors are bright, great quilting and I like that they are pecking the borders, hungry roosters !

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  25. Your runner is really nice... and long! You must be able to fit the entire family around your table today! I have a friend who's grandmother had such a table. My family isn't that big but if it were, I would want a huge table. :)

    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  26. Beautiful use of the colors in the roosters! I love how it is all put together.

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  27. This is Brilliance Britt-Inger, simply brilliance…the colours are outstanding your runner, filled with turkey love and all the trimmings

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  28. Vilken härlig kvilt med tuppar och hönor, absolut en glad-kvilt och du har verkligen blivit jätteduktig på frihandskviltning. Kanske får se den på lördag??? Kram

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  29. Love the wooden rooster. He would fit well in my collection! Beautiful quilt. I love the color combinations and your quilting is awesome.

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  30. Gorgeous! The colors are wonderful especially with the white background.

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  31. Your quilt is beautiful. I love all the beautiffly bright colors. Thank you for sharing.

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  32. Anonym28.11.13

    I love the rooster table runner with the modern twist - great job!

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  33. love your rooster, thanks for sharing

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  34. Love your table runner. The bright colors are so cheery!

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  35. Thhis is so wonderful- absolutely lvoe it!

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  36. How bright and cheerful. Beautiful project.

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  37. Oh so pretty! I just love those beautiful vibrant colors! blessings, marlene

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  38. Lovely and sew perfect for Black Tie Boogie hop. I adore how cheerful your Roosters are. Your wooden Rooster is quite the work of art. Thank you for hopping. Creative Stitching Blessings...

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  39. What a great project--and such beautiful quilting!

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  40. Lovely! Beautiful colours - thanks for sharing.

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  41. You are a fabulous quilter and designer. Love that table runner - what a great way to use a small piece of 'favortie' fabric. A Dalarnaian rooster...now isn't he just gorgeous?

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  42. I love the bright colours. Your quilting is amazing.

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  43. Beautiful! I love all the bright colors. They match your rooster feathers perfectly!

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  44. Oh such modern roosters are strutting their stuff in your place today, very well done!

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  45. It's a fun, colourful runner and your quilting is beautiful!

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  46. Such a beautiful runner! The fabrics and design are just perfect...love it!

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  47. You made very good use of the limited amount of fabric you had. I believe it let the chickens shine even more with the space you provided for them to "roam". How fun to have one loose and pecking at the binding!

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  48. Anonym30.11.13

    Fabulous quilt! Love the colors. You did an awesome job. Thank you for sharing!

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