Bloggers' Quilt Festival - Spring 2012

I really enjoyed participating in the Blogger's Quilt Festival last year, so naturally I can't wait to see what I see this year!  There was no question about what quilt I wanted to showcase this year.  I began my Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt in July 2010.  The piecing took about 7 months or so.  I used 1.5" hexagons in a scrappy motif with a consistent pathway fabric.

I was fortunate to borrow a friend's Hinterburg quilting hoop and began the quilting in February 2011.  I enjoyed quilting during my TV times, especially in the colder months.  Here, I could drape the quilt a bit over my legs while I worked.

Quilting took a bit more than a year.  It was finished and ready for binding in March 2012.





It was bittersweet to finish!  I love this quilt and really enjoyed handpiecing and quilting.  I would like to improve my quilting skills (smaller stitch-length and improving my ability to hife stitches in the hexagon pieces) and have another quilt planned in my head for this year or next!

Here is the final picture!

Thank you for stopping in!  Please check out Amy's Creative Side for more Blogger's Quilt Festival photos!

Blogger's Quilt Festival: Fall 2011

It is Fall Quilt Festival time!  Amy at Amy's Creative Side is gracious to host such an event with prizes too!  I enjoy them because I often find a new blog to look at.  I always love some good eye candy!

This is my contribution.  In fact, this is what brought me into blogland.  I love traditional quilts and love scrappy-goodness.  I wanted to incorporate crumb blocks into a larger design.  While I love crumb quilts, I like when the busy-ness of the quilt is tamed down into a larger design or pattern.  I think I accomplished this here.

The above quilt ended up about twin sized.  I used warm and white batting and machine quilted it using grey thread.  I have learned that grey thread blends in very well when quilting in a scrappy quilt.  It is my NEUTRAL thread!

Here are closeups of the quilting:

I hope that next year I can come up with another idea of a quilt design using crumbs to share with you!

Below is a second quilt I made with this pattern.  I named this one I-Spy a Crumb Patch.  It uses an I-Spy format and is child sized.  I made prairie point around the outside border.  I hear this was very much enjoyed by the recipient and his older sister.  She was entertained by all of the things she was able to find!

Thank you for allowing me to show this quilt again.  I really love this quilt and it is currently thrown on my bed for extra warmth now that it is getting cold.