Saturday 30 October 2010

Blogger's Quilt Festival


I am loving the idea of an online blogger's quilt festival! It was only a few days ago that I blogged about my first quilts, but I didn't have much trouble thinking of another early quilt I'd like to talk about here for my contribution to the quilt festival.

Before I started quilting, I bought Denyse Schmidt's Quilts book to get inspired. I fell in love with all of her quilts in there but the one that really caught my eye was this shabby chic, modern country quilt in red and white. I didn't follow the pattern, but the idea. I had all these strips laid out on my floor for a couple of weeks while I pieced it together. It was a total mess. I had a lot of trouble with the wobbliness of the bars because of their slightly curved shapes. This was my first project of the sort and learned a lot about sewing "wonky" lines. Anyway, I got frustrated with this quilt many times and in the end didn't think it would turn out as nicely as Denyse's quilt in the book. However, once all those blocks were sewn together, the quilt top worked its usual magic on me and I fell in love. I decided against traditional binding, because I wanted a quicker finish to this already very long project. So I folded over the backing an extra two inches or so and machine stitched it in place. Then I hand tied it with red yarn, completing the very homemade look. What do you think?

13 comments:

  1. I love it. This quilt design has been on my list for awhile! Did you improvise it or follow a pattern?

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  2. This is so, so pretty! Love the mix of fabrics.

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  3. Your quilt turned out great! I have Denyse Schmidt's book also and I have wanted to make this quilt. I loved reading your story. It's nice to know I'm not the only one whos quilt doesn't come together perfect. Keep creating beauiful quilts. :)

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  4. Love it! I just tried my first Denyse Schmidt inspired strip quilt. They're so fun! Red and white is always so classic too. This is great.

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  5. thanks everyone! i am definitely interested in making more of her quilts - i love the simple, two-tone style she seems to gravitate towards! but with so many wonderful colors and beautiful fabrics, it's hard to commit to just two colors!

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  6. I absolutely love this quilt!

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  7. I do love the red and white in this quilt. Your design looks great!!

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  8. thanks for all the great comments, guys! it's really nice to hear! :)

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  9. Hello April! Thank you for your nice comment on the scalloped blanket! :-) I love your quilt, the fabrics are so fresh and modern but still classical and the red and white colourway is really pretty!!! The design of the quilt really underlines all that prettiness going on in the fabrics.

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