Friday, October 26, 2012

Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2012!

Yay, I love the blogger's quilt festival! It's really fun to see so many amazing quilts all in one place.

I'm sharing my Itsy Bitsy Spider quilt from a few months ago.
Itsy Bitsy Spider Quilt
I'm really proud of this quilt because it was such a fun creative challenge for me. Improv isn't usually my "thing" but this quilt really pushed me to go for it and develop the quilt as I went along. It was like putting a puzzle together.
Itsy Bitsy Spider Quilt
Hi Mr. Spider!
Itsy Bitsy Spider Quilt
I originally made this quilt for a Nursery Versery contest that Rachel had. I didn't win but I'm so glad I participated! I really love those Itsy Bitsy Spiders.
Itsy Bitsy Spider Quilt
My main idea was to play off of the rain and have the spiders intermingled. Then I added a bright and colorful spider web for the spiders to live. :)
Itsy Bitsy Spider Quilt

Size: 36" by 44"
Special techniques: improv piecing, free-motion wavy line quilting
Quilted by: Emily McClendon
Best Category: Baby Quilt, Art Quilt, Wall Hanging Quilt

Thanks for reading! Now I'm going to go check out all the other awesome quilts!

17 comments:

Heather D. said...

Oooh, I love this one and remember it well. That little spidey sticks in my mind from the first time I saw this quilt. Too cute.

Sarah said...

Love this quilt, it ticks all my quilty boxes :D

Carla said...

I still love this quilt! I saved it to my desk top for future inspiration ; )

Kelsey said...

Adorable!

Patti said...

So fresh and so much fun! Love it!

Anonymous said...

What a great quilt! Fabulous job at improv!

Mina said...

this is so cute and creative!

Saltwater Quilts said...

This quilt is just too cute! I love the spiders!

Candace

Canadian Abroad said...

Sweet quilt. Great entry into the festival.

Alicia said...

Adorable! So unique! I did an improv quilt a few months back and it is so liberating. I love the spiders too!

CitricSugar said...

Lol! I love it. Great quilt!

Rebecca said...

this is one of my favorite quilts! it caught my eye on flickr originally. i love it all, from the colors to the pattern to that cutie little spider! the bars even sort of look like rain :o)

Robin said...

This is just cool. Look at those happy little spiders! And their web! And the rain! Truly a fun quilt, and the improv style is just so eye-catching. Great work! :)

The Cozy Pumpkin said...

Ooooh...I'm not usually an improv person either. Actually...I never am. lol I'm hoping to change that at quiltcon with my classes being mostly improv based. This Itsy Bitsy spider quilt is genius! And I love the added little Heather Ross spider in there. Well done!!! A fav. of mine from the BQF for sure!

-Amanda-

tusen said...

I love the design and your choice of fabric. A lovely quilt.

JuneBug said...

I love it - great use of lots of fabrics without overwhelming the quilt! I'm nominating it for fave scrap quilt (which I know you didn't list it as, but I like it that way :)

M-R Charbonneau said...

LOVE this quilt! Great design!