It's Votin' Time! Blogger's Quilt Festival

What a whirlwind it's been with the Blogger's Quilt Festival!!  I cannot stop looking at all the beautiful quilts entered!  Each year they get better and better!

I have been entering quilts in the festival for a few years and imagine my shock, surprise and gratitude when I saw that my 'Black & White Illusion' quilt had been nominated in the Viewer's Choice Category!  What??!!

Blogger's Fall Quilt Festival ~ 2015 ~ Illusion

LARGE QUILT CATEGORY

I honestly don't know what to say other than Thank You!  Regardless of the outcome, for me it's already a win!  I'm grateful that I'm able to share my journey of quilting.  And grateful for the support from this amazing quilting community!  

I encourage you to check out and vote for your favorite quilts in all the categories!  You have until November 5th to cast your vote!  

Go fill your mind with inspiration...see the eye candy!

Blogger's Quilt Festival ~ Vote Here!!

Blogger's Fall Quilt Festival ~ 2015 ~ Illusion

It's all an Illusion!  Warning:  Staring too long at this quilt may make you dizzy!

My second entry in the Blogger's Quilt Festival, will be in the LARGE QUILT CATEGORY. Presenting:  The Optical Illusion Quilt.  

A black & white quilt had always been on my bucket list, along with making an optical illusion quilt. The logical choice was to marry both together!    

This is the second time I made this quilt design.  The first, Black + White = Illusion was quite an adventure!  When I decided to make it again (Illusion Number Two), it became quite the misadventure!  I misplaced my original notes and directions.  When I finally found them...I could barely make heads or tails out of it!  

Not letting that stop me, I eventually figured out what I needed to do!  Lot's of black and white, strip piecing, tiny squares...all pieced to perfection!
  

51" x 75"
Kona Cotton

I machine quilted this one using Aurifil White thread in an organic (very) vortex design.  It turned out much better than I thought or hoped it would.  Perfect for this illusion! 

I love how the white shows up on the back.  Black & white...keeping with the theme!

When it came to laying out the blocks on the design wall, it was harder than it looked!  One wrong block and there goes the illusion!  Which in fact was exactly what I did!  It was an easy fix and all ended well!

I'm sure this design will be revisited again one day.  I might even change it up a bit!  For someone who thrives on color, this was totally the opposite of that!  Which is a good thing!  Change it up, step outside the box and push yourself...that is the wonderful thing about designing and quilting!

Stats:
Kona Black & White Fabric
51" x 75"
Aurifil White Thread
Warm & Natural Batting
Machine Quilted

Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall ~ 2015  

Entered in the LARGE QUILT CATEGORY 

Fall Festival Schedule!

October 23-29, 2015 – Linky’s Open & Nominate for Viewer’s Choice

October 29-November 5, 2015 – Vote for favorites in each of the categories

November 6, 2015 – Winners announced

Blogger's Quilt Festival ~ 2015 ~ Threads

It's that time of year again!  Blogger's Quilt Festival where you can browse, be inspired and fill your head with all kinds of ideas!

My first entry in the MODERN QUILT CATEGORY is 'THREADS'.  

47 1/2" x 62"

When my grey scraps began to over take everything, I decided it was time to do something about it!  Finding inspiration wasn't hard, this quilt by Debbie @ A Quilter's Table was mine. 

Getting inspiration from others and making it your own is always a fun process for me.  So, my added touch was to add color.  Just a little, just enough to satisfy my 'gotta use color' itch!

Improv never let's me down!  I enjoy the process of slicing and dicing.  Sometimes it's scary not knowing where you are going or even if it's going to work out in the end.  My advice is keep going, because you never know!

There was the million dollar question of how to quilt it.  Make it or break it, as they say.  This quilt screamed random, organic, funky and imperfection.  I used a variety of grays in the beginning and then went back and added a lines of color. 

If you would like to read more about this quilt, you can find the details here:   THREADS

This quilt is entered in the MODERN QUILT CATEGORY !  

Fall Festival Schedule!

October 23-29, 2015 – Linky’s Open & Nominate for Viewer’s Choice

October 29-November 5, 2015 – Vote for favorites in each of the categories

November 6, 2015 – Winners announced