Blogger's Quilt Festival: Fall 2012

I've realized it's been since the last Blogger's Quilt Festival in May that I've blogged about anything!  I have been working all summer and fall on this new quilt top and I'm happy to unveil it for this Blogger's Quilt Festival. So here it is, my entry for the Fall 2012 Blogger's Quilt Festival -

IN A HAZE



Fabrics I picked out while I was on a trip to the Ozarks.  They reminded me of the pretty hazy colors of the sun peering out from the foggy skies. 

I decided to try my hand at paper piecing finally!  This is block from Carol Doak called Y2K. 

25 blocks later the center is finished.

I decided to add a few borders. 

Finished quilt 112x112.

The end cap pieces are a block from Forest Quilting called Circling Geese.

Can't wait to take it to my favorite long arm quilter to finish it!

So there you have it! My first attempt at paper piecing was a success and I can't wait to do more!!

Thanks again to Amy Ellis of Amy's Creative Side for hosting this great event!! Please leave me a comment and let me know that you were here! Thanks for looking!

Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats

Finished quilt measures : 112x112

Special techniques used foundation paper piecing

Quilted by : soon to be quilted by Faye Melear of Melear Fabrics and Sew Much More, Sullivan, MO

Best Category : Bed Quilt, Two-Color Quilt

  



Bloggers' Quilt Festival!

My entry for this Bloggers’ Quilt Festival is a quilt titled “ SHATTERED.”   The story behind this quilt goes a little something like this …

A few months back my friend and I were going thru his late grandmother’s quilting stash that he had inherited.  Knowing I was a quilter, he asked me to take a look at it and wanted to know if I could make something from the things leftover in the buckets of fabric he had gotten.  We stumbled upon these hand-sewn paper pieced (with newspaper) half square triangle pieces (the big block pieces in the center).  How could we not resist making something with these pieces - there was such cool vintage fabrics in every triangle and what a unique way of using your stash!  We placed the triangles out on the bed, playing around with several layouts and finally came to the conclusion to sew them together to make squares looked best, but then it needed more.  My friend is an artist and he knew that black would really set off the colors, so I knew a black border was a must to really make those squares pop, but it still needed MORE!  Then, I had remembered recently reading about a fellow blogger’s postage stamp quilt and thought that might be an option for some borders.  Using postage size pieces all around the inner pieces and building a 5 inch postage stamp outer drop border turned out to be a great way to use lots and lots of fabric from his grandmother’s stash and really let all the colors play! It turns out there are over 3000 postage stamp sized pieces in this quilt!!!  (I have to give a BIG THANK YOU to my mother for helping me cut all those little buggers! If she didn’t help me with that part, I’d still be working on this top!) This quilt measures 105x105 inches and is soon going to the long arm quilters to be beautifully stitched.  I just love how the layout of the angles play tricks on your eyes and makes it look like shattered glass.

I’d like to thank Amy for once again for hosting the AWESOME Bloggers’ Quilt Festival!  I look forward to it and enjoy it every time! I love looking at everyone’s hard work and talents! 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting.  Please feel free to leave a comment so I know you were here!

Purple Majesty

I first saw the Swoon pattern by Camille Roskelley when I was reading one of my favorite quilting blogs - Film In The Fridge.  There was a "Swoon-along" and I decide this was the motivation I needed to finally use all the purples I had stashed away and make something with them!  I spent some quality time with my flying geese ruler and ended up with 13 blocks, of which I only needed 9.  I decided which 4 really didn't fit my vision - so out they went. (Two of the extra blocks have since been turned into wall hangings for donations to locate chairty auctions).  I added some flying geese around each block in alternate colors from the block within and then sashing to come up with Purple Majesty.  

Topsy Turvy

Things are a little Topsy Turvy around here!!  This quilt came back recently from Melears and I'm loving the wishbone quilting over it!  Just finished binding and couldn't wait to photo it! I enjoyed working with the Denyse Schmidt fabrics that are finally at JoAnn's - those mixed with the Kona solids make for a very fun HST quilt!

Seaside Escapade

Just wrapped up binding the Seaside Escapade quilt!  I just love this material from Michael Miller - Going Coastal - those bottle caps are so adorable! The Kona Tangerine just gives it such a POP!!  It was a perfect afternoon for a little photoshoot!