BLOGGERS QUILT FESTIVAL FALL 2014

It's time once again for the Bloggers Quilt Festival hosted by Amy of Amy's Creative Side. I missed linking up for the last one, but this time I have a finish to share.

One day back in the spring I tried my hand at sewing some arrows. I was happy with how they turned out, so I wrote up a tutorial.  When it was my turn to receive blocks from an on-line group I'm in, I asked them to make me either an arrow block or a feather block. After getting all my blocks, I arranged them on my design wall. I filled in the spaces between the blocks with low volume prints and made a couple of random blocks to complete the top.

thank you Becca for allowing me to come into your beautiful barn to take pictures

I really like how the blocks pop against the background

For the quilting, I gave it to the very talented Linda. She did some free motion swirls and gave it lots of texture.  I love what she did!

For the backing I chose a print from the Cotton and Steel line. It had the right 'look'. The binding is a chicken wire print from my stash : )

Thanks so much to all my Mid Century Modern girls for sending me my blocks. I really love my quilt.

Because I made this up as I went along, I am entering it in the 'original design' category of the festival.

**This quilt is a finish for the fourth quarter of the finish along too**

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy all the other quilts in the link ups. Starting Now, you can nominate quilts for viewers choice and then vote for your favourite starting Nov. 1      : )

quilt stats:
original design
pieced by me and my bee mates
quilted by Linda King
48 x 61

linking to finish it up friday

ARCHERY

Last week I played around with more arrows.  I'm going to be teaching a class on them so I needed a smallish sample. This one is made using the new Cotton and Steel fabrics

Just up the road from me is Mandy and her big red barn. It was perfect for a backdrop.

Isn't this wagon great?

thanks Mandy for letting me come and photograph my quilt top

The quilting has begun, but it's taking a while

I'll post a picture when it's all finished   : )
As usual, thanks so much for stopping by

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AN ARROW FLIMSY

Finally, this top is done! Back in May it was my turn to receive blocks from the Mid Century Modern group I am in. I asked them for arrow blocks using my tutorial. If they wanted, they could send a feather block instead.  I arranged and re-arranged and fretted over the layout of this quilt. I asked certain family members their opinion so many times, that they started to hide when they heard me calling their names........

Anyway, this is the layout I decided on

I was a bit concerned while filling in the background with low volume fabrics that it might be too busy. I nearly scrapped the whole thing, but my daughter said "Mom just keep going!"

Now that it's together I'm quite pleased with it and really glad I did      : )

Some of the ladies sent me signature blocks and I found a way to include them

Carla sent me this little arrow and I just had to include it too

I did a google search of Navajo rugs and this pattern was in one so I made a block using half square triangles just to give it a little something extra

I haven't a clue how I am going to quilt this, but for now I'm going to work on something more mindless----like hexagons  : )

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