Friday, May 21, 2010

Bloggers Quilt Festival

Whew! It's been a busy week in quilting/crafting blogland! There was no way I could get through all the giveaways for Sew Mama Sew's giveaway day.  I did what I could!

Now you're probably here for the Blogger's Quilt Festival! A big thanks to Amy for organizing, as I really do love it!



Here's my entry (which my followers have already seen):
Out of Line quilt front

The pattern is called "Out of Line" and it is from Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr.  I had a lot of fun with it.  Those strips are really small though--some have a finished size of .50"

Here's a detail shot:
Out of Line quilt detail

You can see the black ones are the thinnest strips.

And here is the pieced back:
Out of Line quilt back

The turquoise is "Proud" from Keri Byer, and the red is Joel Dewberry's Deer Valley.

The quilt was a barter with my friend Peter. He is an artist and traded us one his paintings for a quilt.  I really love the painting, so I'd say it was a fair trade!

Enjoy the rest of the festival!

23 comments:

  1. That is a LOT of piecing! The end result looks fantastic!

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  2. That's a WOW quilt!! I love the colors and the back. I'd say Peter got a great deal!

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  3. Cozy quilt! Thanks for sharing!

    SewCalGal
    www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

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  4. What a fun and lively quilt! Such a great swap, a painting for a quilt...

    ; )

    Thank you for your nice visit.

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  5. Wow, I can just see the tiny black strips in there! Lucky painter friend- I'll have to take up painting so I can do you a swap ;)

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  6. This is a wonderful quilt! I just love Weeks and Bill's patterns. You did a great job!

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  7. I really like the quilt and the colours! I just feel joy seeing it!
    Thank you so very very much for sharing it with us,
    Valentina from Cyprus

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  8. I'm going to have a bunch of 1.5" strips from my latest project...this quilt just may be my solution! And the barter...brilliant!

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  9. Sounds like a good trade to me! But .5 inch strips? Woosh!

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  10. this is gorgeous. i love the colors

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  11. Nice colors. I really like the simplicity of the pattern.

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  12. This is absolutely gorgeous! Looks almost like a rag rug from the distance (I mean that as a compliment!). Love the colour scheme too.

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  13. wow love it! i've been wanting to try one like this... http://erinlebeau.blogspot.com/

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  14. Wow your quilt turned out well. They have great patterns don't they (Bill Kett & Weeks Ringle).

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  15. love this--fun to see the various sizes of strips--little black ones and all. colors are great. thanks for sharing

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  16. This IS a lot of piecing. Wow. Now I want to see the painting.

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  17. I am in the process of making this same quilt. I have some photos of it on my blog and will be posting more later this week. Love your version. Come take a peak at mine.

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