Let me tell you about my entry in the Blogger's Quilt Festival going on at Amy's Creative Side. I couldn't decide whether if I should enter my Rainbow of Favorite Things quilt into the RYOGBV category or the Hand Quilted Category. I finally decided upon the Hand Quilted.
43x60
6 inch hexagons
It is completely hand pieced and quilted. No machines were involved.
It was paper pieced and then hand quilted with perle #8 in a rainbow of different colors.
And the quilt is a rainbow of my favorite things. I started in the middle with black - the absence of color and some crayons, then a mix of colors in some of my favorite things - buttons, ice cream, cupcakes, butterflies, candy...
Red is for valentines, strawberries, zinnias, roses, cherries, tulips, tomatoes, candy canes...
Orange is for pumpkins, peaches, oranges, carrots, daffodils...
Yellow is for bananas, daffodils, lemonade, sweet corn, roses, sunflowers...
Green is for Christmas cookies, kiwi, broccoli, peas, shamrocks, Irish, basil, pears...
11 comments:
Your quilt is so pretty. I love the way you hand quilted it.
Gorgeous! Best of luck in the competition.
Stupendo!
Beautiful - and great use of colour!
Lovely! Can I ask how long it took to complete?
beautiful, love all the hand stitching.
What a fun collection of fabrics you must have to be able to come up with so many great color coordinated memories.
Beautiful quilt! I love all the fabrics, a story to be found in each hexie!
Have a great day.
Always, Queenie
I love all the variety of blocks you incorporated! Beautifully done! Hand quilted is always a winner in my book!
I love all the variety of blocks you incorporated! Beautifully done! Hand quilted is always a winner in my book!
Beautiful! I love all of the fabrics and the hand stitching!
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