I love when this festival comes around every year! Blogger's Quilt Festival is in full swing and we get to soak up all the beautiful quilts gaining friends and inspiration! There is a huge online community of quilters and this is our chance to see who they are, what they do and fill our minds with creative ideas!
It's difficult deciding which quilts to share! I choose to share 'Tinker Toys' just because I love it! It's rainbow, it's English Paper Piecing, its different!
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| TINKER TOYS 47" x 62" |
It all started with English Paper Piecing and a pattern called 'Striped Octagon' from Tierney Barden. I love having a hand project to work on in the evenings...idle hands are not good for me...and settled on this one.
When I had what I thought was a good amount of pieces, I wondered what to do with in. It could have simply been a mini quilt and be done, but I wanted to take it further. Push myself. Let it morph into something different! And it certainly did morph!
Letting the top stew for a week or two, finally an idea came to me on how I wanted to quilt it. I started with the center panel by making circles in each white square and in the center of each octagon stripe.
Each stripe is quilted in a matching thread using 1/4" straight lines, with some extend through the background.
I love this quilt because it's just plain happy! Happy and weird and different!
One of my favorites. Seeing it again gives me inspiration for something I'm working on.
ReplyDeleteGreat selection for the festival, Jayne! I agree that it is hard to select what to enter sometimes, and I always enjoy a good review of the work we've all done in the past year. :)
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten about this shimmering gem of a quilt. So nice to meet you again. If there was a magazine about Quilt Porn, this would be in it :-) If a paint company had to recreate its ad saying - Do you dream in color, this would be in it. Love it, Lust for it. Cannot forget it.
ReplyDeleteHappy is a good word for this quilt. :) It is so simple yet complicated. It is beautiful. I totally agree with Preeti! This should be a paint company ad.
ReplyDeleteAmazing quilt. Neat pattern, nice colors, love the quilting.
ReplyDeleteAh, so fun to see this one again. I just love how you extended the lines in both the colored strips and the quilting. Great choice for the festival!
ReplyDeleteThis quilt is just one big WOW! And the binding, you're just too good.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is stunning and the work you have done is beautiful!
ReplyDeletePerfect choice for an entry!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! Love the name of the quilt.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite quilts of yours and I loved seeing it again!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of those quilts that appeals to a modern asthetic. I came from the festival to see it based on looks alone. The work may have been difficult, but it is stunning. I love that you extended the quilting lines for some of the stripes...such a delicate detail that really makes the quilt stand out. Beautiful finish!
ReplyDeleteSuch a beauty. I love this quilt ♥
ReplyDeleteJayne this is one of my favorites so far in the festival. The details in the quilting are perfect.
ReplyDeleteThat's vey pretty, and your quilting is beautiful. You're right, it is a happy quilt!
ReplyDeleteSuper fun quilt and the quilting is such a successful choice.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing this one again. I agree, it is one happy quilt!
ReplyDeleteLove this one Jayne! Lovely colors and the quilting!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice of entry, crisp and clean with a feeling is spaciousness and I so love a rainbow. I love that you not only show the details but explain your thinking too, I always learn something from you posts. Wonderful
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