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.
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.
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
I love your quilt. Such gorgeous colours. And I like the fabric you've chosen for the backing too.
ReplyDeleteGood placement of color design.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful quilt Amanda - thanks for the lovely comments about the quilting, it was a delight to work on!
ReplyDeleteI love the colors and the pattern! This is so pretty and huge too!
ReplyDeletethat's just lovely!
ReplyDeleteAmanda, I love the freshness of the colours in your quilt! It's a triumph and must look spectacular on your bed.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm a sucker for a rainbow arrangement--and this one is so great!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love that it's not just squares but squares within squares for the colour blocks.
ReplyDeleteI love the rainbow of colors! What a great design!
ReplyDeleteSo 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!
ReplyDeleteI really love your use of colour, so perfect against the kona white. I love the fabric you have used on the back too. Juliex
ReplyDeleteI love the many rainbow quilt variations I am seeing here!
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Margaret Gunn
www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com
Wow beautiful quilt, beautiful blog and wonderful photos
ReplyDeleteWow I can see why this took a while-lots of work, but so worth it! Beautiful! Great to visit you back!
ReplyDeleteGreat use of color in your quilt. I love the mix of prints along with the white. very nice.
ReplyDeleteLovely quilt!
ReplyDeleteThis is a super excellent quilt! I love your choice of backing as well. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteFantastic quilt. Love how the white shows off the colors so brilliantly. You must be proud.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for such lovely comments.
ReplyDeleteGood gracious, this is one gorgeous quilt!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful quilt!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous!
ReplyDeleteSmiles~Beth
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!
ReplyDeleteHuge and beautiful!!! Love the colors and fabrics!
ReplyDeletea fresh take on a rainbow quilt, lovely :)
ReplyDeletewonderful rainbow quilt. really like the blocks and the layout is beautiful. thanks for sharing and have a great day
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