Wednesday, May 14, 2008

More villages!


Look at this lovely village! I wish I could claim this as my own, but alas it was made by my friend Mrs. Ochiai. I showed a picture of her hard at work on it last Friday and this is the end result! Isn't that fantastic?! As I say, these aren't very difficult but even so I think her first attempt is way beyond our expectations!

Mrs. Ochiai got her village cut and placed and sandwiched at my house and then she went home to do the quilting. She said it took her two days to do this. What a great idea! Look at all the houses she put in the border! I've got to try this! (Which means I'll be making another village...)

Mrs. Ochiai occasionally comes to my house either to teach me things on the computer (or fix whatever I've managed to mess up in the computer) or to sew together. She loves Choco but isn't very fond of my cats (they love her!) The last time Mrs. Ochiai visited we spent most of the day looking at websites and blogs and I showed her things I had discovered and new techniques etc. She was especially impressed by the quilting that can be done on the sewing machine and so she went home to practice on her domestic machine. I'd say her practice paid off if she can do all this lovely quilting on her village!

Doesn't this make you want to try this? How much of showing on the blog how this is done is violation of the book author's copyright? Anyway, here is the book so see if you can find it because it has some wonderful examples in it. I'll try to get back to showing how this done at a later date!

20 comments:

AmyB said...

This is a great example of quilting that makes the quilt -- compliments to Mrs. Ochiai on a beautiful little village.

Tracey in CT said...

Wow, this is beautiful! The quilting in the borders looks really great. Please let Mrs. Ochiai know that I admire her work.

I am going to have to check out this book. Are these houses appliqued, fused, free cut or how are they constructed?

janet said...

Mrs. Ochiai's quilt is beautiful. I am ordering the book tonight! You are so generous to share with us. Thank you.

Julie said...

I love the village quilts. Thanks for sharing. I made a similar quilt - but a beach scene - for my sister-in-law who lives in Florida.
Julie

artfilstitch said...

Please let Mrs.Ochiai know that her Village is a big winner. She did a beautiful job with the color choice and quilting design. Thanks to you and Mrs. Ochiai for sharing.
Liz

kate said...

Tell Mrs. Ochiai that her quilt is great! I really thing the quilting she did added SOOOO much to it!

Chocolate Cat said...

Love the villages! Will be looking for the book.......

Amanda said...

Mrs Ochiai is a star. I'm still having trouble doing machine quilting simple things like stars and flowers, and she managed that! Wow! I fear I see another purchase coming on - and I promised myself I wouldn't spend any more money on quilting this month. But books don't count do they?

anne bebbington said...

Extending the houses into the quilting in the border is inspired - I just love these quilts Tanya, thanks so much for sharing

Guzzisue said...

Mrs.Ochiai has really made the quilting work!please tell her how much I like it. Thanks to you to for a blog that keeps me coming back for more :)

Hedgehog said...

Just love the quilting on this!

Shelina said...

It's so beautiful - I just love the quilting on it. I'm going to have to find the book. I think copyright wise, you can tell us how you made yours, as long as you use your own words. Techniques cannot be copyrighted.

kimberlym said...

Thanks for listing the book. After seeing your post the other day I tried to google how to find that pattern and didn't have any luck. It looks like a fun quilt to do and I really like the one your friend did with the houses in the borders (quilting). Thanks for the info!

[michele] said...

Well done Mrs. Ochiai! :)

CONNIE W said...

Her quilt is great and the border quilting is just perfect for it. The quilt looks like a time consuming project.

Elaine Adair said...

This is one of the BESTEST projects I've seen in a while! Please extend my Congratulations to Mrs. Ochiai! I guess I need to order that book! Her quilting in the border REALLY sets it off even better! This is a WINNER!

Diannia said...

Absolutely beautiful! Mrs. Ochiai is very talented! Thanks for sharing her work and the book with us!

andsewitis Holly said...

I instantly fell in love with Mrs. Ochiai's quilt especially when I saw the village extend into the border. clever.

dordognequilter said...

I second what Holly said. it's wonderful.

jovaliquilts said...

Wow -- love the village, but the quilting is amazing!