Friday 23 May 2014

Blogger's Quilt Festival

Welcome new friends and old to my blog and entry to the Blogger's Quilt Festival.  


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My name is Nicky and I am a Scot living in the South of England between London and the South Coast!   I have been patchworking on and off since the 1990s but stitching since my teens.

Last year I started a mountain of new projects which I had to add to my previous pile of UFOs so this year has been all about catching up and I've finished 9 quilts so far.

Including this one which is my own design and therefore I am entering it into the original design category.






I started with some propeller blocks last year and intended to make a quiltful. I enjoyed making the blocks with four HSTs and a cross of little squares...



picking out the colours in the cross to match those in the HSTs.


But after a while I shelved the project.



This year I took it out again and decided to go a different way.  I added some vintage blocks from some out of print patchwork books. And put my blocks on point.




To make my vintage blocks fit with the propeller blocks I added a narrow border again picking out one of the colours in the block.

I finished the quilt with some strip pieced setting triangles and quilted it in the ditch.  



My backing  - Vintage Happy Circles was bought with a giveaway voucher I won from my friend Cindy's Fluffy Sheep Quilting shop.



And here it is again out in my garden with a few close ups









Thanks for looking!  Enjoy looking through the other entries and don't forget to vote on the 24- 30 of May for whichever beauty takes your fancy and thank you if you vote for mine!






7 comments:

  1. I think that this is my favourite of your quilts (so far!)

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  2. This quilt is so wonderful, I love every part of it. You are a master of mixing in so many colours and fabrics without them being overwhelming. A perfect entry to the festival.

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  3. Are you sure this quilt isn't for me?!! It's definitely inspired me to try blocks as background, just need to clear some WIPs off my list...does that sound familiar?!!!!

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