Saturday, October 30, 2010

Blogger's Quilt Festival 2010

I just read that yesterday marked the start of a wonderful on-line quilt festival!  I remember seeing blogs participating in this last year, but last year at this time, I didn't have a blog - or a quilt to enter!  So, this year I'm excited to get to share one of my quilts!  Yay!!

This is the quilt I made for my friend Laura's bridal shower.  (I shared this quilt already here, but Amy said it's ok to share an already previously shared quilt.)  I'll admit, I fell in love with this quilt when it was done and had a really hard time actually giving it away.  But, she's told me how she likes to use it, so I'm happy it's being loved!


This was the 4th quilt I ever made (the 3rd in recent times).  I had fallen in love with the Alexander Henry Starling fabric in a quilt made by Elizabeth from Oh, Fransson!  So I used the different birds as centers of some of the squares and put coordinating fabrics around them.




I didn't follow a pattern in making the quilt.  I had seen many similar quilts created by other quilters and just choose a center square size myself and decided how wide of a border I wanted - and how much sashing to add.  And...ta da!  A quilt was made!


As I said, this was my 4th ever quilt - and I also wanted to try something else I had seen others do - a pieced back!  I think I succeeded - and do love the back too!


I learned a lot about doing "quilt math" with making this quilt without a pattern!  There are a few things I would do differently, but I still love this quilt (and hope to make a similar one for myself one day)!

To see all the quilt festival entries, click on the button below.

Amy's Creative Side - Blogger's Quilt Festival

15 comments:

  1. I really like your quilt! You did great with the design..both front and back. Very pretty!

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  2. I like the quilt front and absolutely love the quilt back!

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  3. Wow, this is really beautiful! I really love this fabric collection, too. I adore the way you pieced the back together, so original :)

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  4. The colors are perfect! It's beautiful and I can see why it woudl be sued very regularly!

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  5. What a lovely idea to put the lovely birds in the squares. I 've found so many lovely ideas these days....

    Greetings from France
    http://busybeefree.blogspot.com/2010/10/bloctoberfest-and-giveaway.html

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  6. Pretty, pretty quilt! Love the little birds and the terrific back!

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  7. Very pretty! You did a fantastic job!

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  8. Pretty quilt! I love the birds in the squares!

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  9. Your quilt is beautiful. I would have a hard time giving it away too! I've made lots of quilts that I wish I had duplicates of. Love the birds. The back is awesome.

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  10. Very pretty. love the birdies :)

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  11. Just beautiful!!! Great job, and keep on quilting!!!


    Blessings,

    KT

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  12. i love the birds...this is so pretty

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  13. Hi Rachel.
    Your quilt has turned out so well. I like the way you used the birds in the centre of each block. The white makes the quilt look so fresh!
    What a great gift.

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  14. Fantastic quilt! I love pieced backs:) Your fussy cut birds are so cute!

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