Friday 23 October 2015

Starry Starry Night

Starry Night Quilt. November 2013-October 2015.

Hurray, I just got in under the two year time window! Although a good part of the latter part of this time was putting off the actual quilting of it, and then finding a solution to the endlessly snapping threads that were driving me mad.

Anyway enough of that that. You want to see photos right. The problem is that photographing the largest quilt in the world is not easy. I enlisted a friend. We went out into the woods. One person really can't hold it on their own. We tried a self timer on the camera, and I nearly fell off the wall we were balancing on, and nettles stung me through my jeans. You have to really want a photograph to put up with nettle stings in my world.......... 


Then I balanced it on my head and pretended to be a giant ghost.



We tried out some props, but I really couldn't bring myself to drape it over the rather mucky but lovely vintage tractor........



so we retreated back inside for me more tea and I just draped it on the sofa instead.......


in reality though it's easiest to photograph quilts in their natural environment.


on the bed.



details of the rest of the quilt story can be found here, here, here and here!

37 comments:

  1. Wow! It's fantastic! Love the shot with it over your head best...gives an idea of scale. Looks pretty amazing on the bed too. Clever you x

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  2. It is just perfect, so beautiful..and well, just pure magic! You deserve a very long and loud round of applause. I can't tell you how much I love it.

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  3. That quilt is gorgeous! I'm sure you smile every time you look at it on your bed!

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  4. It's wonderful. I love the pattern, I am always drawn to quits with squares and rectangles but I love this design its gorgeous.

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    1. thank you, they're called maverick stars, I like them because they're all different x

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  5. It is a beautiful quilt, Tess! Well done on finishing it. I do love stars and they make wonderful patchwork quilts :) (And I agree...it is very hard taking quilt photos!)
    Happy weekend.
    Helen xox

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  6. This is the most beautiful quilt I have seen in a long time! xx

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  7. Oh, it's gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. Well done you! And beautifully photographed as well. CJ xx

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  8. That is a very wonderful quilt and well photographed. I love the first 'ghost' quilt shot but it does look best on the bed. I'm sure it will become a treasured heirloom and your relations will wonder at the detail and work that went into it.

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    1. it was fun being a ghost with it, but best of all is being in the bed with it on! x

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  9. That is one large and beautiful quilt. No wonder it was difficult to photograph. I can't imagine how you managed to manhandle it to quilt it. Fablious x

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  10. Absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing more to say!!! Hope that you are enjoying snuggling under it!!! xx

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  11. I can honestly say that it's the finest quilt I've ever seen. I'm in awe Tess, and green with envy, both because you have the skill to make such a beauty and because you have the beauty itself!

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  12. Oh, Tess. It's so, so beautiful. You did a spectacular job with it. I'm so impressed. Just beautiful!

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  13. Absolutely love everything about this quilt - colours, design, quilting, binding. A real heirloom. Congratulations!!

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  14. That is an amazing quilt! I love it :) xx

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  15. Hey Tess,
    I saw your quilt on instagram, but just want to add my praise and awe at such a lovely thing.
    Leanne xx

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    1. why thank you! xxx it's just as well that's it's half term as I may never get out of bed again......

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  16. It's very beautiful! Well done on making it and photographing it.

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    1. thank you, photographing quilts is surprisingly hard...... almost as hard as quilting them. x

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  17. What a star you are to make this. You are making my fingers tingle with the thought of making one too. It is beautiful. Well done indeed.

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    1. oh you should, it's not a difficult pattern and you don't need to make one as enormous as this one.......................... xxxx

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  18. I love is so much! it's perfection. Fantastic job Tess!!

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  19. Just so beautiful, you have done so well.
    Just love your photo's too!

    All the best Jan

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  20. Just so beautiful, you have done so well.
    Just love your photo's too!

    All the best Jan

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    1. thank you so much, it was fun to photograph it, if very tricky!

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  21. Just so beautiful, you have done so well.
    Just love your photo's too!

    All the best Jan

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  22. Fannnnntastic Tess! I LOVE it! That's a LOT of work -- it would have taken me a lot more than 2 years with the quilting. Wonderful Job!!!

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  23. Oh you clever girl - it's beautiful.

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  24. This is just beautiful, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who has trouble with quilt photos! Your quilting looks amazing, it looks like little stars all over it? And did you manage to do that all over such an enormous quilt, on a normal sewing machine? If so, I'm in awe!

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