Blogger's Quilt Festival : Shattered Plus

It's that time again: Blogger's Quilt Festival! I'm entering my Shattered Plus Quilt into the ROYGBIV category.

My Shattered Plus quilt contains 121 quarter square triangles in 20 different shades of Kona Cotton and arranged in a plus pattern! The finished quilt measures 67" square. The backing, which I regret that I did not take a picture of, is white pin dot on black. Nothing fancy, and I have had the polk-a-dot fabric in my stash for a long time. The binding, however, is fancy. I used the left-over fabric from the QSTs to make the binding just as colorful as the quilt top.

I used Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 Cotton Blend Batting for the first time on this quilt. I figured a loftier batting would make the quilting pop more, and it sure did. I also used gold Isacord thread for the all-over free motion swirls.  

And since I never feel like adding labels to my quilts, I have decided that I should just quilt my signature into the quilt. :) 

Thank you to Amy of Amy's Creative Side for hosting and organizing this great festival!

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Happy Stitching,

Blogger's Quilt Festival : Gypsy Wife

It's that time again: Blogger's Quilt Festival! I'm entering my latest finish, Gypsy Wife, into the modern category.

The quilt is approved by Ginger #1! I am really proud of this quilt. It has been a work in progress for well over a year.

I custom quilted my gypsy wife quilt with Isacord thread in gold. The strips are quilted with an all-over, free motion tree design. 

Each block is quilted with loops, squiggles, swirls, and lines. It took a full week to quilt!

I left some areas unquilted so that they would pop and give the quilt more depth.

I used wool batting. So the unquilted areas really pop nicely.

For the binding, I used Art Gallery Squared Elements in Merlot. 

For the backing, I used Windham Wideback Text in black. To me, it was made just for the gypsy wife quilt...perfect match.

One more full shot...LOVE! The finished size is 59" x 68".

Thank you to Amy of Amy's Creative Side for hosting and organizing this great festival!

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Happy Stitching,

Home For Christmas Medallion For Blogger's Quilt Festival

I am so excited to share my Home For Christmas Medallion quilt for the Blogger's Quilt Festival.  This quilt will be entered into the Original Design quilt category.  Thank you so much to Amy at Amy's Creative Side for hosting this wonderful event! The center star of the medallion is three concentric stars. This is surrounded by presents with colorful bows. The next border is peppermints. Christmas trees and corner ornaments surround the peppermints. A candy cane border surrounds all those Christmas trees. Finally, a border of bright suburban houses finishes the quilt with corner friendship stars.
I free-motion-quilted the quilt with an all-over swirl design. I love the texture from the dense quilting. It washed up all crinkly and beautiful.
The binding echoes the candy cane border. SWEET!
Quilt Statistics:
Finished size: 85-inches square
Top fabrics: Kona Cottons in Snow, Aqua, Brown, Canary, Candy Pink Green Tea, Pond, Tarragon, Wheat, Grass Green, Rich Red
Back fabrics (not shown): Sugar Rush Christmas Candy in Pink, Sugar Rush Frosted Snowflakes in Green, Sugar Rush Gingerbread Dream in Pink, Sugar Rush Mini Swirls in Red
Binding fabric: Timeless Treasures Mini Series Red Bias Stripe
Piecing thread: Aurifil in White
Quilting thread: Isacord in White
Binding thread: Isacord in Red
Thank you so much for taking the time to view my Home For Christmas Medallion quilt. If you would like to see more pictures, take a look at Craftsy or my original blog post about this quilt.


Happy Stitching,

Sand Drift For Blogger's Quilt Festival

I am so excited to share my Sand Drift quilt for the Blogger's Quilt Festival.  This quilt will be entered into the large quilt category.  Thank you so much to Amy at Amy's Creative Side for hosting this wonderful event! The Sand Drift quilt is inspired by Native American style. The colors are warm and natural. I used Arizona (April Rhodes) fabric line by Art Gallery Fabrics. When I saw this line, I knew I needed to design a quilt pattern for it.
I quilted the quilt with an all-over water pattern. I used gold color Isacord thread, and the texture is amazing!
Sand Drift Quilt Stats: Quilt size: 82" x 82" Fabrics used: Arizona Canyon Wall, Arizona Triangle Token, Kona Cottons in Peach, Ochre, and Nightfall. Threads used: Aurifil Ivory for piecing, Isacord Gold for quilting, and Isacord Navy for binding Backing: Arizona Agave Field, Arizona Triangle Tokens, Arizona Desert Blanket, Reminisce Meadow in Gold, Winged Plumage in Apricot, and Arizona Tomahawk stripe Binding: Modern Meadow Herringbone in Lake Thank you so much for taking the time to view my Sand Drift quilt. If you would like to see more pictures, take a look at Craftsy or my original blog post about this quilt.


Happy Stitching,

Blogger's Quilt Festival

Have you heard? It's time for the Blogger's Quilt Festival! I'm entering a very special (to me) quilt, a memory quilt using my Dad's work shirts. He passed away in August of 2012. I made two other memory quilts before this one, one for my Grandma and another for my brother. This one went to my Mom.

I spent a year trying to decide what to do with the blue shirts. I remember my Dad wearing them. I decided to go with a white and blue scheme. A star pattern seemed most appropriate. Most memory quilts are scrappy, but I don't believe they have to be. I wanted this memory quilt to bring out the light and love that my Dad emanated throughout his life.

When I saw the Star Surround pattern by Melissa Correy at Happy Quilting, I had an "aha!" moment. This was a perfect pattern for the memory quilt. I used four polyester shirts in various shades of blue, and Kona Cotton in navy and white. When finished, the quilt measured 60x60. I free motion quilted the lap quilt in an allover meander with Isacord thread in white, simple to keep the focus on the stars. The quilt backing is in Kona white, and the binding is in Kona navy. This is my third quilt that I made, and I'm really pleased with it. I will be entering this quilt in the Blogger's Quilt Festival :: Two Color Quilts category.

I was helping my daughter, Ginger #1, with a Kindergarten project for Dia de Los Muertos. She chose to celebrate Grandpa, and I couldn't have been more pleased. Last night we were writing about Grandpa's favorite things. I love how the mexicans, and other cultures too, literally CELEBRATE the dead this time of year. I really like to think of this memory quilt as a celebration of his life on Earth. He was the best! We were so blessed to have him. 


June 1980. Me and Dad.

ca. 1984

Happy Stitching,