My quilting thoughts and inspirations sprinkled with a glimpse of life down on the farm

Monday, November 5, 2012

A NZ flavour

At the Festival of Quilts last week there were some quilts displayed that had a real New Zealand flavour. I thought you may like to see some of the ways our country is interpreted in quilts. There were some real beauties (and I didn't get photos of them all).

Incredible details
3-D work - look at the edging on the cloth
There were lots of birds on display.
Our Kiwi put in an appearance. Again very 3-D with the lichen and the feathers.
A Tui in a Kowhai tree.
Capturing the Kowhai flowers beautifully.
More NZ birds in a variety of trees.
The Kereru in a Puriri Tree. The wood pigeons love these berries.
The Pukeko and Pohutakawa flowers.
Sorry, I don't know the name of this particular Maori design.
The Tui is in a Flax bush this time. Lovely nectar in these flowers.
O golly - beautiful!
A really common sight at Christmas time
- the NZ Christmas tree, Pohutakawa

A lovely NZ scene.

 Hope you've enjoyed this little gallery - I'm in awe of the talented people who produce such beautiful work :-)

16 comments:

  1. These are definitely images we don't see here in the states. Thanks for showing these beautiful creations!

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  2. And I am in AWE as well!
    So enjoyed the pictures of these fabulous NZ quilts!!

    Cheers,

    Jeanneke.

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  3. Awesome aye! there sure was a lot of thread used for all the thread play.

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  4. They are so beautiful. For me it's like visiting New Zealand.

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  5. Beautiful!!!!!!!!
    Thanks for the picture.
    I like NZ
    Hugs
    Gitta

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  6. Phenomenal quilts! Thanks for sharing these wonderful quilts with. a New Zealand presence!

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  7. LOVE the top quilt and the bottom one (Poutakawa) such gorgeous quilts

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  8. Just Lovely!!!!

    Thanks for the great quilty parade!

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  9. Amazing!!! So vibrant they look almost real!!!

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  10. Thanks so much for sharing such talent , wow , they are incredible and so interesting with the various birds and plants native to NZ.

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  11. Gorgeous display of quilts Raewyn. I recognised the Kiwi but the rest of the birds and flowers are a bit mystery. Way too beautiful and exotic to be found over here.

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  12. I'm so inspired by your blog! First time here:) thank you for doing this! I have to go sew now.
    Snipnstitch

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  13. I too am in awe, and I loved the native birds in the large quilt. Lucky for me you took your camera.......

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  14. Fascinating quilts. thanks for sharing.

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