Blogger's Quilt Festival Entry

I am entering my Sunlight on Rockpools quilt in the Large Quilt Category of the Blogger's Quilt Festival at Amys Creative Side. I first blogged about this quilt here and here.



I made this as a 21st present for one of my daughter's friends from random fabrics pulled from my stash. I machine quilted it in a wavy side to side pattern myself on my little old Bernina 1010. That machine is a workhorse.

The quilt measures 83 x 64 inches and was made using a cotton batting.



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Happy Stitching
Jenell

It counts as a finish of sorts... doesn't it?

I have completed a layout and in my mind that counts as a finish of sorts. While my fabric selection looked good as a clump I was not happy with it once the blocks were completed.

This quilt will be a gift for a 10 year old boy. It started off as red blue and black only but needed a lift hence the yellow star in the centre.

The problem with having 20+ projects on the go is that I never have an uninterrupted finish but hey that works for me.

I love seeing what others are making and am linking up with Finish it up Friday.
Happy stitching.
Jenell

Pink Ribbon Finish

Long time no type but there has been some sewing. I have completed my Pink Ribbon Raffle quilt.

I saw this post at mmmquilts and loved the concept and set out to make something similar.The fabric bundle used for this was one that I have had for a short time and is Little Harajuku from Benartex with a few others thrown in. It seemed to be perfect for this style of quilt.  I worked with an 8 inch square leaving my 3 steps uneven but I think that adds interest. The quilt finished at 56x56 inches

 I used a white on white print and grey spot on white for the background fabrics.

The backing is Island Hopping by Connecting Threads in cherry. I pieced all the Harajuku scraps together into a strip for the back and embroidered a label also. The binding is another Connecting Threads fabric - Pen and Inked by Winthur Sempliner. I love black and white bindings on quilts.

I have to say that my very basic straight line quilting does not compare to the beautiful feathers on the original quilt. The quilting lines were in the ditch top to bottom and then a 1/2 inch either side of the seam.

The quilt was raffled off at our Pink Ribbon breakfast and I am happy to see it go to a new home. it was for a good cause and you can't get anything better than that.

This is one off the Finish Along Quarter 3 list (I think the only one).

I am linking up with Amanda Jean at Finish it up Friday.

Happy stitching.
Jenell