Saturday, May 19, 2012

bloggers quilt festival (spring 2012)

Hi Everyone.
I'm so excited!! Its Bloggers Quilt Festival time (thanks Amy) and I'm showcasing my Colour Wheel quilt. Its my only finish this year, but boy has it taken all my focus and attention since January. Its a monster size fitting our king size bed made with 360 blocks. Colour Quilt It was a pleasure using all my favourite fabrics for the front and I'm pleased by how the Kona White offsets the bright colours. The quilt is so large I didnt think it possible to quilt in my home sewing machine so I sent it out to be professionally quilted for the first time. I could not be happier with the result - Karen at Quilts on Bastings did a wonderful job and I love how the swirls offsets the square blocks. Inspiration for the Colour Wheel quilt came from Rita at Red Pepper Quilts. I have these cushions on my sofa and the pillow on the right formed the inspiration, and I was intrigued to see how it would look on a larger scale. I could not be happier with this quilt. From start to finish I enjoyed the process and although it will be a while before I tackle a project this large, it feels great to finally have a quilt of my own. I hope everyone enjoys the festival ... I'm looking forward to spending time tomorrow afternoon looking at everyones contributions. Thanks Amy.
Amanda
P.s I promise to blog a lot more in the second half of this year - time has gotten away from me big time this year. I'm busy making skirts for my nieces which I will post up next weekend. Very gratifying to have a tangible product so quickly and I suspect I will be sewing more clothes this year. Colour Quilt Colour Quilt Colour Quilt Colour Quilt
Measurements: 85 inches by 80 inches
Fabric: Range of brights from my stash
Backing: Little Apples
Binding: Narrow Red Stripe
Quilting: Karen at Quilts on Bastings
Amy's Creative Side

26 comments:

  1. I love your quilt. Such gorgeous colours. And I like the fabric you've chosen for the backing too.

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  2. Good placement of color design.

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  3. A beautiful quilt Amanda - thanks for the lovely comments about the quilting, it was a delight to work on!

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  4. I love the colors and the pattern! This is so pretty and huge too!

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  5. Amanda, I love the freshness of the colours in your quilt! It's a triumph and must look spectacular on your bed.

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  6. Yeah, I'm a sucker for a rainbow arrangement--and this one is so great!

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  7. Beautiful! Love that it's not just squares but squares within squares for the colour blocks.

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  8. I love the rainbow of colors! What a great design!

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  9. So beautiful! This is a very nice way to arrange square-in-a-square. Really pretty and colorful, and the white lights it up very nicely!

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  10. I really love your use of colour, so perfect against the kona white. I love the fabric you have used on the back too. Juliex

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  11. I love the many rainbow quilt variations I am seeing here!

    Check out my blog if you can...

    Margaret Gunn
    www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com

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  12. Wow beautiful quilt, beautiful blog and wonderful photos

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  13. Wow I can see why this took a while-lots of work, but so worth it! Beautiful! Great to visit you back!

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  14. Great use of color in your quilt. I love the mix of prints along with the white. very nice.

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  15. This is a super excellent quilt! I love your choice of backing as well. Thanks for sharing.

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  16. Fantastic quilt. Love how the white shows off the colors so brilliantly. You must be proud.

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  17. Thanks everyone for such lovely comments.

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  18. Good gracious, this is one gorgeous quilt!

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  19. Absolutely fabulous!
    Smiles~Beth

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  20. Wonderful colours ... Colour is an amazing tool ... try more colour with colour, I think you have the eye ... Nice to meet you ... Cheers, Wendy - Fellow Melbournian!

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  21. Huge and beautiful!!! Love the colors and fabrics!

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  22. a fresh take on a rainbow quilt, lovely :)

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  23. wonderful rainbow quilt. really like the blocks and the layout is beautiful. thanks for sharing and have a great day

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