Friday, 26 October 2012

Blogger's Quilt Festival

The Blogger's Quilt Festival snuck up on my this time round. So I had a look at what quilts have been finished in the past six months. (Not many!) And decided which one I wanted to enter into this great online event run by Amy over at Amy's Creative Side. It is fabulous to look at the hundreds of quilts linked up and see the inspiration available.

After a short while pondering, I decided to put my Sew Stitchy quilt into the festival. I chose this one for several reasons. (a) I love the colours. (b) It was to my own design. (c) I was so happy with the way I decided to quilt it. And finally, (d) some quilts just make us smile when we finish them and this, for me, was one of them.


The quilt was made up of simple framed squares. All the solids were pre-coordinated solids that came with the line. I supplemented the grey with additional Kona Ash. I used the panel Aneela designed for the back, with some more Kona Ash.


The most fun about this quilt was picking up on the sewing and hexie theme in the fabric design and deciding to use some grey perle cotton to hand quilt it. I used random groupings of hexies, rather than a uniform quilting design. Each hexie measures 1.5".


Blogger's Quilt Festival Stats
Finished Quilt Size - 31" x 41"
Machine pieced, hand quilted.
Quilted by myself - Susan Standen
Best category - Baby Quilt; Hand Quilted Quilt

It was a pleasure to piece this baby quilt, and even more fun to quilt it. If you have stopped by from the quilt festival then I hope you enjoyed your visit. If you haven't checked out the quilt festival yet, then please do so. There are some amazing quilts to be found there.


Amy's Creative Side

Susan
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45 comments:

  1. Sew Create It - Jane26 October 2012 at 11:58

    Great entry...it is a stunning quilt.

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  2. Jan26 October 2012 at 12:06

    Love your quilt, Susan.

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  3. Annabella26 October 2012 at 12:13

    The hand quilting is genius and I love how you carried the hexie theme through. A great quilt for the BQF.

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  4. Isisjem26 October 2012 at 13:04

    I'd completely missed the hexie quilting when I saw pics of this before. Brilliant idea and it looks fab!

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  5. Nat at Made in Home26 October 2012 at 13:09

    Great entry!

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  6. Leanne26 October 2012 at 13:45

    This quilt is such a cheerful one and the quilting is just perfect.

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  7. Nicky26 October 2012 at 14:57

    Making me smile too! Utterly fabulous..

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  8. Anonymous26 October 2012 at 16:05

    I love the quilting design! How creative and it looks wonderful!

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  9. Unknown26 October 2012 at 16:27

    The quilting on this is inspired! Love it!

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  10. Anonymous26 October 2012 at 19:23

    Love the colours and the block design :-)

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  11. Kelly26 October 2012 at 19:25

    Yay Susan - I love this quilt and the quilting!

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  12. Patti26 October 2012 at 19:37

    Love it! Your hand stitching is absolutely perfection!

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  13. Sarah26 October 2012 at 19:38

    such a lovely wee quilt this one, and its just wonderful quilting :-)

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  14. Marit26 October 2012 at 20:13

    Oh, this is such a cute baby quilt!

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  15. www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com26 October 2012 at 20:26

    Your beautiful hand quilting just makes this one sing! Great choice to showcase this quilt

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  16. Catherine26 October 2012 at 21:19

    Oh yes, I do love this quilt

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  17. thea26 October 2012 at 21:43

    Great choice. I love this quilt and your hand quilting is great!

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  18. Sarah Ashford26 October 2012 at 22:42

    What a nuisance about the escaping gerbils! And as for the wonky stars, they look fab. Great choice of quilt for the Festival by the way. Will you enter it into the hand quilted category?

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  19. CitricSugar26 October 2012 at 22:43

    I love the way you quilted this! So sweet.

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  20. Mrs Flying Blind...27 October 2012 at 00:13

    This certainly a cutey xxx

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  21. Cathy27 October 2012 at 02:41

    Your hand quilting rocks!

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  22. Susan27 October 2012 at 05:48

    It is a smiley type of quilt, isn't it? And your hand stitching is perfect! Thanks for sharing this one again!

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  23. Kirsten27 October 2012 at 07:54

    Such a beautiful quilt - the colours are so pretty and your handstitching really makes it special!

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  24. Marg27 October 2012 at 10:33

    It really is a great quilt, it's so pretty, and the hand quilting is perfect for it.

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  25. Lorna27 October 2012 at 16:55

    Thank you so much for posting this quilt. Amazing colours and fabrics. And the hand quilting of the hexy's.... inspirational! The quilting really makes this quilt wonderful.

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  26. Pattilou27 October 2012 at 17:16

    Love your quilt and the quilting is really unique--like it so much!

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  27. a maidenhair fern27 October 2012 at 18:30

    I love the pick stitching design. It's unique.

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  28. Sheila27 October 2012 at 21:05

    Super choice for the Festival, I love the quilting on this one so much.

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  29. Anonymous27 October 2012 at 23:01

    Is it supposed to be the last 6 months or is that just the last time you entered?
    I saw someone else write that too but I couldn't see it anywhere in Amy's post...

    You hand quilting in this quilt ins Devine!! Beautiful quilt.

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  30. The Cozy Pumpkin28 October 2012 at 01:31

    The random hexagon quilting is genius!

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  31. Sunshine Girl28 October 2012 at 06:43

    Its adorable - I love the colours. Thanks for sharing. #263

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  32. Tina28 October 2012 at 12:52

    Beautiful quilt, Susan! I especially like the quilted hexies!

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  33. grapes and hearts28 October 2012 at 17:39

    Susan, I love the colours and your awesome hexie-quilting! I always admire your handstitching skills, I could never do that, I'm sure!

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  34. Shay28 October 2012 at 19:48

    You always manage to put your own unique twist on any quilt you make. This one is a real beauty.

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  35. Rene'28 October 2012 at 23:28

    Fabulous quilt! Love the hand stitching of the hexie design. Brilliant.

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  36. cat in tassie29 October 2012 at 03:35

    Great quilt! Love the quilted hexies - thanks for sharing.

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  37. Pam29 October 2012 at 16:19

    love your hexies and love this fabric xoxox

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  38. sonia29 October 2012 at 21:34

    Beautiful quilt! Love the quilted hexies!

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  39. Lyanna L.31 October 2012 at 00:39

    I adore the quilting on this one! Great job!! =)

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  40. tusen31 October 2012 at 19:39

    You know I like this one and the quilting is just the perfect finishing touch.

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  41. Karen4 November 2012 at 06:42

    This is a fantastic quilt. I really like the design and the fabric. Great idea to use the stitching in a hexagonal pattern. It looks wonderful.

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  42. Karen@littlebirdiequilting4 November 2012 at 09:35

    Your quilt is a happy quilt! And your hexagon hand quilting was a lovely idea!

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  43. Lindsey6 November 2012 at 01:08

    I love the hexie hand quilting, that was such a great idea! I had no idea I would see that when I clicked the thumbnail, what a fabulous surprise!

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  44. Sandra6 November 2012 at 11:02

    what a crisp clean quilt. The hexagon quilting is unexpected and quite fun.

    Come see my Batik Tulips #46

    and my antique zigzag-a-licious quilt #23

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  45. AnnieO7 November 2012 at 18:11

    Awesome hand quilting--it is just a wonderful complement to the pieced blocks, which all add up to whimsy and bright fun. Congrats!

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