Friday, 17 May 2013

The Bloggers Quilt Festival

Hello, and welcome to my blog if you have popped over from the Quilt Festival and this is a first time visit. The quilt I have entered is called Singing the Blues.


The colour concept for the quilt began with some layer cake squares I was given in a swap. The range of blues inspired me; the injections of bright colours worked for me perfectly. The hard bit was whittling down the colour pops to just three. 


I have long loved the plus quilt design but knew that I wished to do my own take on it. I wanted a fair amount of negative space so that the actual pluses stood out well against the background.


And I wanted to have no interruption to the flow of the design. No edge, not even the binding. I went about this by incorporating the pluses that touched the edge right into the binding. 


The final part of the process, the quilting, was another new to me process. I had never done such tight quilting on a quit before. It was a learning process, to say the least. But I gained invaluable help from my wonderful online friends and love the texture that the quilting adds to the overall finish.


Singing the Blues finishes at 42" x 50". I used a range of quilters cottons, backing it with Kona white. It is quilted with Aurifil 50 white on the front and an Aurifil orange on the back. 


Thank you for taking the time to stop by and see my entrance into the quilt festival. I love visiting the blogs of as many of the entrants as possible. There is always so much talent and inspiration. 

AmysCreativeSide.com


Susan
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59 comments:

  1. Susan17 May 2013 at 09:40

    I love seeing this one again! Those random pink and orange crosses are the perfect 'foil' to the pretty blues!

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  2. Anonymous17 May 2013 at 09:44

    Hi! Your plus quilt is beautiful! I love your own way to design it and the colours are super! x Teje

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  3. Claire17 May 2013 at 10:08

    I love this one...it is so very clever.

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  4. pennydog17 May 2013 at 10:30

    Yey!

    Thanks for reminding me about BQF.

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  5. Reene@Nellie's Niceties17 May 2013 at 10:43

    So lovely! I love the pops of colour alongside the blues :)

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  6. Charlotte17 May 2013 at 10:49

    love it! (but you know that already!)

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  7. Nicky17 May 2013 at 10:55

    Gorgeous Susan - this works so well!

    Have to say thank goodness for skirt hangers (wink)

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  8. heart of charnwood17 May 2013 at 11:10

    A worthy entrant to the competition Mrs, just lovely!

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  9. Annabella17 May 2013 at 11:25

    It's such a happy quilt Susan and I always love a plus quilt - gorgeous!!

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  10. Seams Sew Together17 May 2013 at 12:06

    Love your quilt the colours are so beautiful!

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  11. Fiona @ Poppy Makes17 May 2013 at 12:20

    Still love this quilt Susan! Its just beautiful!

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  12. Sadie17 May 2013 at 12:31

    Lovely! Good luck Mrs xx

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  13. DeborahGun17 May 2013 at 13:12

    love this - the pink and the orange crosses popping out are wonderful :-)

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  14. Cindy17 May 2013 at 13:53

    Oh, Susan, it's wonderful. I love the little specks of color in the "rebel" crosses. Absolutely beautiful quilting.

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  15. Archie The Wonder Dog17 May 2013 at 14:45

    I love this quilt - it's lovely to see it again!

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  16. CitricSugar17 May 2013 at 14:50

    I was wondering what you were going to enter.... This is easily one of my favourites of yours. The quilting and the matching binding - icing on the cake!

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  17. Little Island Quilting17 May 2013 at 15:23

    Tis lovely. Lovely when I first commented and lovely now :-)

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  18. vexa17 May 2013 at 17:13

    Love the pop of colors plus the quilting.

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  19. Mary17 May 2013 at 18:21

    You did a great job extending the color into the binding. Such a fun bright quilt, I like the PLUS design too.

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  20. Katy Cameron17 May 2013 at 19:38

    Glad this one got another airing too :o)

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  21. Kelly17 May 2013 at 19:49

    Another fab entry Susan - I can see some prizes coming your way.

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  22. Patti17 May 2013 at 19:50

    Great quilt, Susan! I really love the idea of extending the plus into the binding!

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  23. Beth17 May 2013 at 22:26

    I love the pops of color and how you did the binding.

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  24. Judith, Belfast17 May 2013 at 23:08

    Lovely to see this beauty again! Jxo

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  25. Sandy17 May 2013 at 23:35

    Beautiful! I love geometric design.

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  26. Toni18 May 2013 at 02:17

    Fabulous, Susan! I love a good plus quilt and your quilting is perfect. Excellent idea on the binding, too!

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  27. www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com18 May 2013 at 04:30

    Perfect entry for the festival, Susan. I love this quilt.

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  28. sonia18 May 2013 at 11:38

    It's an amazing quilt! Congratulations. Love the quilting on it too!

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  29. Karen18 May 2013 at 12:59

    Your quilt is lovely. The work you have done with the quilting really finishes it off.

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  30. Lorna18 May 2013 at 20:39

    Love those pops of color in the sea of blue. Really eye catching!

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  31. Mrs Flying Blind...18 May 2013 at 21:36

    Great choice xxx

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  32. QuiltCandy18 May 2013 at 22:29

    This one is simply gorgeous and I just love that quilting.

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  33. QuiltCandy18 May 2013 at 22:29

    This one is simply gorgeous and I just love that quilting.

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  34. Shay19 May 2013 at 00:27

    The edging and binding on that quilt is genius Susan. That's one lovely quilt!

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  35. stitchingandbacon19 May 2013 at 01:42

    I love this quilt! It is amazing how the color pops really make the quilt look three dimensional.

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  36. Kirsten19 May 2013 at 02:05

    So beautiful - love the pops of colour and the dense quilting. The way you extended the plusses out to the binding is brilliant too.

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  37. Dianne Neale19 May 2013 at 07:26

    So bright and fresh and clean. Good luck!

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  38. Dianne Neale19 May 2013 at 07:27

    So bright and fresh and clean. Good luck!

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  39. Dianne Neale19 May 2013 at 07:27

    So bright and fresh and clean. Good luck!

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  40. Rachaeldaisy19 May 2013 at 11:29

    Definitely a quilt with lots of pluses- Beautiful colours and I love the quilting!!

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  41. Melanie19 May 2013 at 17:36

    I love the pops of color from the pink, yellow and orange crosses! I especially like what you did with the binding! Thanks for sharing your beautiful quilt with us!

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  42. Barbara19 May 2013 at 18:22

    What a fun little quilt. I love the way you've quilted it.

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  43. Sheila19 May 2013 at 21:27

    Fabulous Susan, such a clever trick on the binding.
    My mum used to have Singing the Blues on a 78............by Guy Mitchell in case you wondered.

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  44. Amy20 May 2013 at 05:48

    Such a lovely quilt. Love the pop of color you used with the blue and white!

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  45. Amanda20 May 2013 at 20:28

    I love the negative space on this! It looks great.

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  46. Sarcastic Quilter20 May 2013 at 21:02

    This is lovely. The quilting is such a great finish to this.

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  47. Aoife21 May 2013 at 00:12

    What a great quilt! Extending the pluses into the white binding is a great idea. I love the quilting though, echoing out from the central cross from the corners.

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  48. Camilla21 May 2013 at 02:49

    I have a soft spot for pluses/crosses too and yours looks so fresh, love the colour theme adn colours pops you chose. Very effective quilting.

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  49. JanuaryT21 May 2013 at 19:15

    This is beautiful!! You did a fantastic job and I love, love, love the binding. Such a great idea :)

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  50. Jennie22 May 2013 at 18:17

    I love the texture from the dense quilting - and the negative space really makes the pluses pop!

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  51. it's d'Joy.One Creation23 May 2013 at 12:16

    Awesome ....

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  52. Roberta Cogan23 May 2013 at 12:23

    This quilt is awesome! I love the quilting; it compliments the design perfectly!

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  53. Roberta Cogan23 May 2013 at 12:23

    This quilt is awesome! I love the quilting; it compliments the design perfectly!

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  54. Deborah23 May 2013 at 14:09

    How beautiful. I just finished the plus quilt as a memory quilt using baby clothes. I've got to get it quilted now. I love how you quilted yours. Great job.

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  55. Mary24 May 2013 at 14:41

    This is a fun quilt. Love how the binding disappears.

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  56. grapes and hearts24 May 2013 at 21:22

    I am still in love with your little plusses quilt! And your precision-piecing of the matching binding still leaves me in awe :o) A lovely quilt, Susan!!!

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  57. Valerie the Pumpkin Patch Quilter25 May 2013 at 17:32

    This is beautiful! I love the quilting!

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  58. quirky granola girl26 May 2013 at 08:07

    this has great quilting. i love it.

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  59. Salley26 May 2013 at 08:39

    Just Voted! This is such a gorgeous quilt. Good Luck Susan!

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