Bloggers Quilt Festival

I have visited Amy's blog often and have always loved looking at the quilts posted during the Bloggers Festival each year.  I decided this year to be brave and post my own.  Thanks for stopping by to see my quilt - and thanks to everyone who posted one of their own.  I have LOVED looking at them all.

The last festival I spent a whole afternoon marking the pages of quilts I had to go back to awe over and even make.  My Bliss Zig Zag quilt was inspired (copied) from a quilt I sew during the last festival.

Every day I'm so excited to jump back on and see the new ones added!  I'm so glad Amy created this venue for all us quilters to enjoy!

So on with the show....

The quilt I chose was a pattern from the book Laps from Fats.  I used Shangri La by Moda's 3 Sisters.  This quilt was fun for me to make for several reasons.  I loved the fabric line, the reds, creams, browns, and greens are so me.  I loved each step of the piecing.  I don't do a ton of more time consuming quilts and this was a fun challenge for me.  I also started this quilt before Jake was born, and it was the first one I finished up once I was a new mom.  It was my outlet and my way of getting back into the swing of things.

I had a bigger border on it originally and used my favorite print from the line, which was a small flower.  Once it was on the quilt, I felt it was way too busy and took away from all the piecing, so I just left the little stop border on the quilt and bound it up.  I LOVE the stripe bias binding.

This was a fun quilt for me to make, and makes me happy every time I pull it out.  It will be on display over my stairs come January for a few months.  Can't wait to bring it out again.

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy quilt hunting.

Quilt Show in the Barn

Every year...Every other year??? I forget, but at least every other year a couple in our area does a quilt show in their barn.  And by barn I mean bigger then my house....and the doors are probably more expensive then my whole house!  It is a beautiful property down Walker Lane on 16 acres.  I dragged my sister Whit along for company.  There were some great quilts on display, and even better quilting.  A lot of my photos are close up to capture more of the quilting and less of the quilt.  I thought I would share a few of my favorites.

The BARN...

Some of the land around the barn

An actual goat in the barn...with the quilts

Love the fireworks in the quilting!

 Sampler quilt - how bright and cheery.  It was so much better in person!

 I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but the star centers were I Spy fabrics.  Cute and different from others I've seen.

 I have this pattern and have been wanting to make it for ages.  Love the small and large stars together.

 I bought the book with this pattern in it, just for this pattern.  I thought it could be my first applique project!

 I'm not sure what this pattern is, but I saw this a lot at the show in several different color ways.

 This is a a wheel pattern...can't remember the name.  Funny how Thelma was just talking about this pattern or one very similar to it the other day.  I had never seen the pattern before and now I've seen the quilt!  What a small world!

 Cute and simple.  Love the Christmas colors.

 I love the 25 patches how they are all done in 1 color way per block but then all mixed.  I don't know if I would have ever been daring enough to do something like this until I saw the quilt!

It was so much fun to see all the different quilts, and especially the quilting.  I hope they continue this tradition.  All proceeds go to a homeless shelter.  Its for a very good cause!  What a fun way to spend a few hours.