Saturday, May 22, 2010

Finished Quilt Top

I had all these great plans for my blue and yellow quilt to add lots of complicated borders but in the end I just put the stripes on the edge and thought that's it. It doesn't need any more. I had already made long strips of squares inside squares to add as one of the borders but sometimes you just have to stop! I have no idea what I'll do with the strips but tomorrow is another day.

Amy's Creative Side is organising a Bloggers Quilt Festival so here is my entry.
This quilt really just evolved. I wanted to create something that was different from my usual colour palette. I had seen the block on Be*mused and loved its wonkiness. I used Judy Hopkins '501 Rotary Cut Quilt Blocks' to work out my block size and then started cutting using yellow and blue as my contrasts. Initially I was very uncomfortable with the colours but now I absolutely love them. I still haven't decided what the backing will be but I will be hand quilting it for sure.

26 comments:

  1. It looks wonderful! I do not usually like the blue/yellow combination, but yours is lovely!

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  2. I love blue and yellows, in fact, I have a very nice stack of the Moda's Natures Notebook just waiting for me to find some inspiration! Very nice, beautiful quilt

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  3. Just beautiful! Love the layout and the colors are wonderful!

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  4. What a unique design to the blocks. I see the block is like a saw tooth edge block and the centers are made of large prints! What a marvelous way to take advantage of the beauty of these modern prints! Well Done!

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  5. What a beautiful quilt! I love your blocks!

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  6. Great design & colors. Love it!

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  7. Yum! Love the Kaffe/Westminster fabrics. Very Nice quilt.

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  8. I love yellow and blue in garden flowers, but in a quilt the combination is stunning. A beautiful quilt.

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  9. So nice to be surprised and love the quilt, huh?
    Very pretty !

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  10. belle réalisation ,j'aime beaucoup,félicitations

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  11. I think that the colors and design are fantabulous! Sew On!

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  12. Love the quilt, love the way it's hanging between the trees. Like it belongs there.

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  13. Hey, that's a great quilt! No wonder you fell in love with the wonky pattern - it turned out beautiful!

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  14. Its so lovely. what a classic colour combo. Its going to look great hand quilted.

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  15. I really like this quilt--especially the fact that it continued to evolve as you were completing it.

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  16. wow--this is just beautiful. love kaffee's materials and his patterns. making his pickle dish quilt right now. it's fun looking at all the materials and the layout of this! great border. thanks so much for sharing

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  17. I love the colors in your quilt! Very pretty!

    Happy sewing!

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  18. The more I quilt, the more this evolving thing has been happening to me. I find it almost mystical. Now when something isn't working out, I don't stress over it. I let it simmer for a while and something always comes to me which was better than what I started with, just like yours. Thanks for sharing!

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  19. Just wonderful! The fabrics are so beautiful and the block choice is perfect! Well done!
    nichi

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  20. I love it! So pretty and fun and great colors, too!
    ; )

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