Saturday 22 May 2010

Bloggers Quilt Festival May 21st -28th 2010


Hi, I am taking part in the Blogger's Quilt Festival and am very excited about it!!  I have only been blogging about my quilting since December so missed the last two.  I have spent ages trying to decide what to show and even tried to get a new one finished, but ran out of binding at the last minute - the fabric I'm using is from the States so there is no way of finishing it! So I have decided to show the second quilt I made, which in some ways is my first.

Twenty odd years ago I attended an exhibition in Atlanta on slave quilts, it made a huge impression on me and I vowed that one day I would make my own quilt.  I finally got round to starting a quilt when I was pregnant with my first child nine and a half years ago, motherhood took over and I never finished it, that is until two years ago - that is when I got the bug.  I enrolled in a block a month workshop and the quilt I am showing is the one I produced from there.


It turned out to be the most expensive quilt in the world!!  I had chosen Japanese Daiwabo fabrics which are extortionately priced in the UK, that combined with the cost of the workshops really brought the price up - but it was worth it and I learnt so may skills and was seriously hooked.  The quilt is a mixture of machine and hand piecing, paper and English piecing, appliqué etc. and is hand quilted. Since then I have produced loads more quilts, which are much better made and in fabrics that I now prefer!  So please excuse all it's flaws.





In December I started my blog and discovered Flickr and they opened up this whole wonderful community of quilters.


Thank you Amy for organising such a wonderful exhibition.

Make sure you visit all the other quilters sharing their quilts and be inspired!



20 comments:

  1. Hi Mandy, nice to meet you! I love your featured quilt! Hand quilted....wow, amazing!! I love to hand quilt but I'm very impatient, LOL!! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Very nice - I love all the muted browns

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  3. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous, that quilt is sooooo beautiful. X

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  4. Lovely quilt! Thanks for visiting my blog, I'll be back to visit you again soon :)

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  5. Hand quilted? That is absolutely amazing. It is beautiful!

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  6. Amazing! I can't belive all the techniques that went into one quilt! Thanks for sharing it!

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  7. You should be so proud of this quilt. It is really amazing, and the story is wonderful.

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  8. Wonderful quilt. There is something soothing about the fabrics. You did a great job.

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  9. You certainly did get the bug didn't you? You produce so many quilts now that I am constantly amazed! I can see that you would learn a lot of skills making a quilt like that.

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  10. Just gorgeous. I love the colors. The fabric was worth it for this quilt.

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  11. That is a lovely quilt. Fabrics in the UK are really expensive! This piece is really a showstopper and you should be very proud! I love the placement, the colors--well everything!

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  12. Beautiful quilt love neutrals

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  13. Very nice sampler! My first "real" quilt was a sampler and I learned a ton from making it! Good work!

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  14. Terrific classic sampler...great first quilt!

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  15. Wonderful quilt! I like that you were able to learn so many techniques with this one. A good idea that many of us could use!

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  16. Beautiful work! I am joining you in the modern swap. Nice to meet you!

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  17. Very beautiful! I really love your block shown on in the last photo! Would it be possible to share how or the pattern or what the name of this one is? If so, please contact me: mgbotelho21@gmail.com

    I am a novice quilter and love to try new patterns.

    Blessings & Aloha!
    (I finally have some free time so am trying to get to more amazing Quilt Festival posts!... so happy to see yours. I would love to have you pop over to my place. And if you get a chance, please let me know by leaving a comment on my post. :o)

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  18. This is an amazing quilt, and especially for a first/second quilt! Geesh; you ought to see MY first quilt...

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  19. i don't know what that star block is called but it's just wonderful!! thanks for sharing your expensive but beautiful quilt!! have a great day. come visit my site with my imperfect but much enjoyed quilting efforts. http://fligamapoof.blogspot.com/

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  20. Fabulous quilt!! Each block is just amazing!!

    Blessings,

    KT

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