Blogger's Quilt Festival

I am doing it!  I am entering Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival in the ROYGBIV category and the Modern category. What is super exciting, is that I have never shown you my modern quilt before!  I am so excited to hear what you think! Okay and a tad bit nervous too...

Amy has been doing this each year and  it is a tremendous amount of work for her, but she has the sweetness to put the time in and has found great sponsors, so I want to participate.

Here goes... this is 'Off Balance'. She is a time consuming work of art. It took hours and hours of quilting. In the background are 2 circles quilted in grey thread that you can only see if you are really looking for it.

The quilting is less than a 1/8" apart and changes colours every inch or so.

I am entering Rockin' The Rainbow in the ROYBIV category=)

 This quilt is me! It vibrates with life and colour and circles everywhere. It has polka dots in the centre of each square and is quilted in an ongoing circle!  Love this one so much.

The quilting is done in a circle 1/4" apart from each and in changing colours.

Voting Time

Have you all checked out the Blogger's Quilt Festival?   Now is the time to vote.   Head on over and vote for your favourite.

In case you were wondering, mine is #241=)

I am quilting my latest art quilt, all lines for this one.  They are stitched in variegated and solid threads and crisscross at different areas.   I haven't done straight in a long time, it is certainly a different feeling than free motion quilting.   Not nearly as exciting, but this quilt warrants a bit of uniformity.

Blogger's Quilt Festival

I am sitting at home feeling quite sorry for myself that I am not at Quilt Market right now, where several friends of mine are.   I was perusing through my favourite blogs when I saw this from Amy's Creative Side and it was just the pick me up I needed to shake off my quilting blues.

She is hosting a Blogger's Quilt Festival with a gazillion prizes (that may be a slight exaggeration) but you simply must check it out, if not for the sole purpose of seeing all the quilts entered.   You can enter a quilt you made this year.   I chose to enter my 'Ripple In Time'.

Ripple In Time

54" x 54"

Designed and Machine Quilted by me

200 crystals applied, hand embroidery, free motion quilted

Best Category:   Art Quilt,  Wall Hanging,  ROYGBIV Quilt

Wish me luck!  Why don't you enter too, it is going to be fun and almost made me forget about missing Sample Spree, well almost....