Friday, 25 October 2013

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Autumn 2013

In the Scrappy section I am entering this quilt:


I previously blogged about it here, here and here.

For those new,  it is entirely hand-pieced: not EEP, just shapes cut out and sewn together with a regular small running stitch.

I found the block on Quiltivate, printed it out to make a 10" block, made plastic templates from the print out , individually cut out each piece (and tried to fussy cut for most of the centres) and off I went.


It was my portable,hand-piecing project for most of the summer.


I hand quilted the majority of the quilt with perle cotton, just adding in some machine quilting in the dark triangles.




It gave it a really lovely texture.

It was one of those quilts that I was really sad to see the finish of. I could have gone on and on, hand-piecing a monstrosity of a quilt, such is my enjoyment of calm hand-piecing.




Thank you once again to Amy for putting on the Blogger's Quilt Festival - I'm off to see what everyone else has been up to now.
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51 comments:

  1. Shannon25 October 2013 at 17:15

    This is so pretty. It looks like the kind of quilt I'd love to snuggle up under to brighten a cold grey day!

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  2. giddy9925 October 2013 at 17:54

    This is so amazingly glorious! I love everything about it.

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  3. ipatchandquilt25 October 2013 at 18:02

    Amazing work! Good luck with the competition!
    Esther
    esthersipatchandquilt at yahoo dot com
    ipatchandquilt dot wordpress dot com

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  4. Rachel25 October 2013 at 18:11

    This is a great quilt. Love how it all meshes together.

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  5. Megan25 October 2013 at 18:44

    Such a beautiful quilt! I love that I have to look really hard to see where the block edges are.

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  6. Reene@Nellie's Niceties25 October 2013 at 18:57

    Great choice! I still need one of these :)

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  7. Kelly25 October 2013 at 19:17

    Work of art and the perfect choice!

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  8. Tamara Hampton25 October 2013 at 19:21

    beautiful color and texture! It looks so snuggly!

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  9. Pam25 October 2013 at 20:53

    BEAUTIFUL!! xo

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  10. Unknown25 October 2013 at 21:13

    It's a winner :)

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  11. Rachaeldaisy25 October 2013 at 21:30

    This is such a beautiful quilt! I love the mix of fabrics you've used and those fussy cut centers.

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  12. Anya25 October 2013 at 21:33

    I'm always in awe of people who make things like this by hand -- lovely job!

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  13. Candace25 October 2013 at 22:20

    This is a beautiful quilt, and I really admire your patience too.

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  14. Canadian Abroad25 October 2013 at 22:21

    You know I love it, but I case you have forgotten I am telling you again - I absolutely love it!

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  15. Riel Nason25 October 2013 at 23:49

    So much scrappy beauty!

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  16. Ella26 October 2013 at 01:08

    Gorgeous!

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  17. Sujata Shah26 October 2013 at 02:21

    Gorgeous Scrappy Quilt! Thanks for sharing!

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  18. Erica26 October 2013 at 02:48

    Thanks for sharing this again, I don't think that I could see it too many times! It is so gorgeous.

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  19. margaret26 October 2013 at 06:36

    good to be reminded of this quilt again, liked it first time and like it even more second time round, so many fabrics all working so well together

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  20. Carla26 October 2013 at 06:47

    I keep saying it. You do such amazing beautiful work.

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  21. Jess @ Elven Garden Quilts26 October 2013 at 07:55

    Stunning. Completely get the hand piecing addiction now - although I've only just started doing it, it is incredibly relaxing.

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  22. chicken lover26 October 2013 at 08:08

    This is lovely, a real scrappy quilt - wish I had the patience for hand piecing on such a scale.

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  23. audrey26 October 2013 at 08:11

    Beautiful colors. Love the richness you obtain from your scrappy quilting! And that stitching--yum.:)

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  24. elsy26 October 2013 at 10:29

    love the colours , detail, texture.....wonderful

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  25. Nicky26 October 2013 at 11:27

    Gorgeous quilt! I love that wonderful rich scrappiness

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  26. myBearpaw26 October 2013 at 16:50

    wow, another stunner Alison! The thing I love abour BQF is catching up with all the quilts I have missed on folks blogs!

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  27. Britt-Inger26 October 2013 at 17:44

    Oh it is an amazing quilt and I love the color. It is so bright and bold.

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  28. Carli The Quilter27 October 2013 at 02:31

    This is so gorgeous, can I make it my desktop, so cool that I Pinned It!

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  29. CitricSugar27 October 2013 at 04:39

    Gorgeous work! I've hand-pieced so I know how much work went into that! Good on you.

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  30. Vicki27 October 2013 at 06:02

    Gorgeous. I love the colors you used.

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  31. Unknown27 October 2013 at 07:49

    It's fabulous - subtle but colourful too. Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing

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  32. Linda @ kokaquilts27 October 2013 at 08:23

    Such a lovely quilt! and so much work!!! L

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  33. Jitka27 October 2013 at 12:30

    I love this scrappines.

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  34. Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation27 October 2013 at 13:19

    This is really a gorgeous quilt! It is really amazing that you pieced it entirely by hand!

    :) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

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  35. Rene'27 October 2013 at 15:25

    WOW just WOW!!!!! To be able to hand piece like you...well that would be something ;-) I just love it! Thanks for sharing!!!!

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  36. Anonymous27 October 2013 at 21:17

    Wow!! Gorgeous scrappy quilt in an unusual pattern!

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  37. Lisa27 October 2013 at 23:44

    I just love this quilt so much! You have the best stash of fabric I have ever seen. Just great!

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  38. Charlotte28 October 2013 at 09:49

    You amaze me!!!!!

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  39. Leanne28 October 2013 at 13:07

    This one is so beautiful, it is lovely to see it in the festival.

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  40. Jacqueline28 October 2013 at 22:24

    Beautiful scrappy quilt! The hand quilting just adds to the overall look of it. Lovely!

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  41. Nifty Quilts29 October 2013 at 15:13

    Wow! This is a lovely quilt!

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  42. Carla30 October 2013 at 01:52

    So, so pretty! I wish I could hug it!

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  43. Camilla30 October 2013 at 02:17

    And once again this will get my vote! It's so inspiring. I've never done hand piecing, but will be without my machine while we move and travel and I'm wondering about the feasibility of starting something like this? My head says I'm biting off more than I can chew, but my heart says YES Do It!

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  44. Beth30 October 2013 at 03:33

    This is amazing! I started something like that I am not sure it would ever get done. I love the look of the hand quilting on it as well. Wonderful work.

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  45. Jayne31 October 2013 at 14:18

    Wow and amazing!

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  46. happydaysquilting31 October 2013 at 20:02

    A beautiful labour of love :)

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  47. Cathy31 October 2013 at 21:41

    Love, love, love it.

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  48. Simon Says Sew1 November 2013 at 01:52

    So beautiful and WOW, that's a lot of love that went into that quilt. Really awesome quilt!

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  49. Jeneta2 November 2013 at 11:58

    This is AMAZING - I adore it!!

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  50. Robin3 November 2013 at 15:59

    Beautiful! You did a wonderful job with value in this quilt-- it is so visually appealing and happy! I'm not usually a fan of "big stitch" quilting, but I really do love how you utilized it in this design. Thanks so much for sharing it! :)

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  51. NachtPedalQuilts28 June 2014 at 11:09

    Wow, what a wonderful valuableness in art, so lively and friendly in its colors ... I like the way, you've done your hand-quilting ... I'm really excited! ;) Thank you!!!

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