Blogger's Quilt Festival

If you love quilts then you've probably heard of the Blogger's Quilt Festival
hosted by Amy of Amy's Creative Side.
Several hundred quilters show their quilts.
I look at each and every one of them and they are incredibly inspiring. 

I am going to share one of my favorite and most recent quilts with you.
I blogged about it only a month ago, but most of you haven't
been here before, so I think I'm OK.

This quilt was made for a doll quilt swap.  The swap had some repeating
block guidelines and I choose the churn dash block, which was a favorite for my partner.
I started planning and playing and moving things around and realized
 it reminded me of this quilt block, which I love.  

It came together pretty quickly and as I went along 

I found opportunities to add a bit of fun. I had some word fabric and thought that the centers of the churn dash blocks needed to be different from the background, to add some interest. There were four blocks, what a perfect opportunity to spell a four letter word.

The centers of the small churn dash blocks spell    L  O  V  E   

Here is the finished flimsy

   I thought it would be fun to bind it with the word fabric to tie everything together.

I didn't like it from the start, it was too light (I prefer dark) and I had

 been pushing another idea out of my mind all along, but it

 kept creeping back. I took it off and gave idea number one a try.

 I had been too lazy up until that point to try it. 

To my surprise it worked up perfectly and turned out pretty well.

So much better, don't you think? It really screamed for the color 

to continue out to the binding. 

I wish I would have quilted it more, but isn't it so wonderful 

when a idea comes together, you think its ok, but it gets better as it goes along. 

I love this little quilt. 

It was hard to send off, but I know its right where it belongs.

This is my "side of the barn" photo along side the fabulous quilt I received in the swap. 

Details

Churn Dash Love

18.5 X 18.5

 April 2012

Churn Dash Love

I get carried away with new projects and forget to post 

what I'm currently working on or just finished up. 

Maybe its because it usually takes over an hour to post.

I know, I know if I blogged more often, it would get easier and faster.  

Hopefully I can get to that point this summer when I'm off work. 

 Anyway, I'm starting some new projects so I will stop and bask in my completed projects for a moment.

I showed you the fabulous little doll quilt I received from the Doll Quilt Swap 12, 

but I didn't show you what I made. 

Here are the beginnings

Can you find the word spelled here?

The completed flimsy

Now for a label

I wonder who its for?

Along the way I had some decisions to make. 

I decided what would really be cool, would be to continue the color 

theme and bind each quarter of the quilt in its matching color. 

The red corner in red, the yellow corner in yellow and so on. 

Then I thought, oh no, lots of work with that idea and 

I probably couldn't get it lined up well anyway, 

which would result in failed attempt yuckiness. 

I decided to bind it with the word fabric from the center.

I didn't like it from the start, it was too light and the original idea kept creeping into my mind. 

I took it off and gave idea number one a try. 

To my surprise it worked up perfectly and turned out pretty well.

Ahhh, so much better, don't you think?

Label attached

I have to say I love this little quilt. It was very hard to send it off. 

I don't think I captured my partners tastes, but I hope she loves it anyway.

She still has not received it. I sent it a few days late, 

as it took three trips to the post office to get it sent, long story. 

Let's just say I need to learn more about the options of sending packages, 

and sending outside the U.S.

This is my "side of the barn" photo

The sent and received doll quilts side by side.

Details

Churn Dash Love

18.5 X 18.5

Until next time   : )

Look What I Got!

It's been crazy busy around our home, 

so I haven't posted much, but I want to stop and show you all the

amazing little doll quilt I received from Mona Keegan 

for the Doll Quilt Swap 12 group.

You can find her on flickr as Quilting Cyclist

The Doll Quilt Swap 12 ended today. 

The deadline to mail was today, but I received my quilt a few days ago. 

In fact, it arrived on my porch on Thursday, 

but no one was home and we didn't see the package until Friday.

My husband is home most everyday, but just happened to be gone on the day it arrived. 

We brought it in and hubby cut the box open while it was in my lap, 

I lifted the lid in his direction, 

I was on the backside of the box and couldn't see the quilt, 

as I am in the middle of saying "Am I going to like it" his jaw dropped. 

He says "Yes, you are going to love it. "

And I do, 

I   L O V E  it!

Wouldn't you?  

some close - ups

The idea that someone, a stranger, would create something for me this fabulous, this gorgeous is, well,  overwhelming. I could not take my eyes off of it.  The photos do not capture its beauty.

 Everything about it is beautiful, the color & fabric choices, 

the piecing, the quilting.... 

It truly is a fabulous little quilt.

Thank you mona!   : )