As I was surfing blogger land, I came across this neat invitation to the "First Annual Blogger Quilt Festival". The directive was to take a picture of your favorite or special quilt, post it on your blog with an explanation about it and then post a link back.
As I thought about my quilts, I have to admit, I really like all my quilts! The one that I choose isn't any more special than the others, but I really love the colors. It was a Mystery for my Guild and we completed it in one day. Because it was a mystery, I didn't choose the colors for the quilt, but rather choose them because I like them. I love bright colors and some of them are really not what you would expect to see together. The border fabric was purchased at the 2008 AQS Puducah show at Hancocks of Puducah, in the back room. For those of you who have ever been there, you know the fun chaos that exist with oodles of quilters, pawing through oodles of fabric, looking for just the right yardage, and then when you find it, looking for more (since it is all in one yard lengths). You usually wave what you are looking for in the air and ask if anyone finds another piece to let you know. This is how I got this fabric. As a result, every time I look at the quilt, I smile with the good memories associated with it.....the fun of finding the fabric and the fun I had making it into a quilt.
Hope you enjoy looking at my "entry" into the Quilt Festival! Click on the Annual Quilt Festival button and enjoy the other beautiful "entries". Think about "entering" yourself!
Yummy. Your quilt looks so delicious. Love your choice of colors and fabrics.
ReplyDeleteI love it!! The colors are gorgeous.
ReplyDeletenice color placement.
ReplyDeleteI really like the "wreath of spools" in the middle!
ReplyDeleteHey I was there in Paducah in 2008 too! Great quilt.....
ReplyDeleteI agree the colors are great!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, I adore the colors, too. Thanks for the nice comment on my blog!
ReplyDeleteThe spools are a fav of mine. Pretty quilt, thans for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOf course I love the colors as they are some I love working with. The quilt is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteThe colors are intriguing to me. Not a choice I would have made, but I like it very much. I am learning so much.
ReplyDeleteI love that you have so many happy memories associated with this quilt! The colors are so great together - how fun that you didn't know how it would turn out until the end. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny that we can always identify our fabrics where we got them, who we were shopping with........quilting is the best!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! Glad you found the quilt festival.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty quilt. I love the fabrics you chose to use. Very nice design too. Loved it.
ReplyDeleteI love the quilt. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletelove the design in this one! you did a great job!
ReplyDeleteI love how your fabrics work together. Great choices.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors! Fingers crossed! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteZlaty
WHat a fun quilt! Like you, I figure I'll be perusing all these blogs for at least the next 2 weeks!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is wonderful. I LOVE the colors and fabrics you chose. You couldn't have done any better had you known what you were making. It's just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love the way the colours have worked. Its strange making a mystery quilt since you cannot predict exactly how the colours will be placed together in the finished quilt. Yours has worked really well.
ReplyDeleteThe blue and orange are so vibrant and pretty in this quilt. Beautiful job! :)
ReplyDeleteIts really such a fun vibrant quilt! Adore the color combinations!
ReplyDeleteIt's a lovely quilt. Great pattern and the border fabric is fabulous! Thanks for sharing!
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