Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2014

I am woefully behind showing you quilts that I've finished recently but thankfully the fall Blogger's Quilt Festival is going on so I was motivated to post one up for you.

I'm entering this quilt into the Original Designs category. Thanks to a low volume background and a mix of bright triangles, this quilt has quite a different look than my original Archaeology Quilt I made.
Back in August I had just gotten a few of the new Cotton + Steel fabrics and was inspired to cut into them right away. I added a few other fabrics that really compliment them (from Denyse Schmidt, Joel Dewberry, Lizzy House and Carolyn Friedlander).

I love the funky vibe the back has. I was sad to use the last of my Anna Maria Horner Field Study fabric but it was perfect.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2013

Hello and happy Friday! Today I'm linking up with the Blogger's Quilt Festival. I'm entering this quilt into the Two Color Quilt category.

This being my second Double Plus Quilt (pattern here), it came together very quickly!
I have to tell you I was completely inspired by my real life friend Leslie, who when she tested the pattern for me, came up with the idea of using two different shades for the background pluses. You can see her beautiful version here (hi Les!).

So, here is my version using two different background plus colors. One is a super subtle medium gray dot and the other is this Stitch Square in Stone, a really nice grayish brown.

When I was choosing the color scheme, I fell in love with this gorgeous teal floral print by Juliana Horner.

I had to have it on the back too! :)

All in all, I LOVE how this quilt came out! The size of this came out to be 45"x60", perfect for snuggling up with!

Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2013

Whew! I thought I had missed this spring's Blogger's Quilt Festival but I'm so glad I didn't! I love how the links are separated by category this year!

I wanted to share this incredibly special quilt, Native. This quilt really represents my growth as a quilter over the past 5 years or so.

I started this quilt with a Denyse Schmidt Chicopee fat quarter bundle and Anna Maria Horner's Feather Bed quilt pattern. After making a few feathers though, I realized I just didn't have the patience to make so many of them.
Then, inspiration struck in the most unexpected way. Our family spent a night at the nearby Great Wolf Lodge (an indoor water park/hotel resort) and the carpets were filled with fantastic designs!

So I made a bunch of different components separately, the triangles, the arrow and the geometric chevrons.

I laid them out and then just filled in the other areas with inprov pieced sections. It was pretty challenging and a lot like putting a puzzle together.

I could not be happier with this quilt and in fact it is draped on the back of my couch right now!

I would have loved to do some fancy quilting on it but ended up with the good ole meander. It ended up measuring 45" by 64", the perfect throw size!

Now I'm off to browse all the other amazing quilts in the festival!

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.

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.

Hi Mr. Spider!

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.

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. :)


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!