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Sandrac's avatar

I absolutely love love love this masterpiece!!! Moon trees is my all time favorite !!! So very inspiring and challenging !!! Sandrac

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Jo Avery's avatar

oh wow thank you so much Sandra!

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cate smart's avatar

What I like is how organic it is... both in how you made it, the order of piecing, the actual design, and then the stitching. Well done!! and Inspiring!

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Jo Avery's avatar

thank you so much Cate!

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CraftyPinkCreates's avatar

This is just beautiful!!! Please write a pattern!!

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Jo Avery's avatar

Thank you! It's too random for a pattern but might become an online class one day!

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Marilyn Weyman Kegg's avatar

I love it, Jo! They look like the Joshua trees that grow in the desert between Phoenix and Las Vegas. I particularly like the choice of colors that gives them that slightly eerie vibe. As I was looking at the photos, I was wondering which came first, the hand stitching or the machine quilting, so thanks for answering my question! The building you used to display the quilt really set it off quite nicely.

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Jo Avery's avatar

thank you so much Marilyn! I love that they remind you of Joshua Trees (which always makes me think of my favourite U2 album!). That's an old shed which is one of the few places with a big enough space to hang quilts, but I think the rustic look always works well with textiles.

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Sandra Morris's avatar

Oh what an amazing quilt. I have been following your Moon Trees progress and the result is magnificent. Love all the little hidden treasures and the Carnival Crow especially. Thank you for sharing your wonderful creative soul.

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Jo Avery's avatar

oh thank you so much Sandra, that makes me so happy to hear how much you love it too!

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Marcia Zakrajsek's avatar

Jo, what a creative, lovely quilt! Every new project you share with us is more lovely than the last. 😉 I just love the Moon Trees, including those exceptional Carnival Crows. More of those, please.

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Jo Avery's avatar

thank you so much Marcia! More crows are coming very soon I promise ;)

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Juliet Flockhart's avatar

My word, that is so beautiful and original Jo

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Jo Avery's avatar

thank you Juliet! x

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Gillian Wilson's avatar

Jo there’s no end to your talent and vision.

I absolutely love this.

Gillian x

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Jo Avery's avatar

wow thank you so much Gillian!

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Pat Mays's avatar

This is beautiful! Your work, simplistic…but ever so intriguing.

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Jo Avery's avatar

that's a lovely description, thank you Pat!

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Rachel LaBour's avatar

What fun to be reading your posts again, Jo! I enjoyed following your recap of your journey with this quilt. I found the solution of ghost tree machine quilting to be brilliant. It is subtle and lovely and secures all that handwork beautifully. Congratulations on such a special finish. I love the J + J in the tree!

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Jo Avery's avatar

Hi Rachel!! So pleased you found me here. It's thanks to you that I started using Substack, though I haven't made the full transition yet and am still writing blog posts too! Thank you for your lovely comments xx

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