Mini quilt for Blogger’s Quilt Festival
Right now, the Blogger’s Quilt Festival is going on at Amy’s Creative Side. This is a virtual quilt show that we can all enjoy from the comfort of our own homes. Amy has been hosting this quilt festival twice a year for the past several years.
I have a mini quilt that I’ve decided to enter into the Mini Quilt Category. It could easily fit into the ROYGBIV (rainbow) category as well, but it’s more of a mini quilt to me. I made it a few months ago for a rainbow mini quilt swap on Instagram.
My swap partner was Rebecca Silbaugh who has a longarm quilting business and blogs at Ruby Blue Quilting Studio. On top of that, she has written two books! Yes, she was a little intimidating to quilt for.
This little quilt is my own design and it started with the center block. The rest of the quilt evolved after that. I love adding a little personalization to my quilts, so I appliqued the letter “R” in the center. I wanted hexagons to be a part of this project, so the easiest thing was to applique those onto the border (in color order). I was a little random in the placement of each set – trying to add a modern element in spite of myself!
I had a few firsts on this quilt. I added some big-stitch embroidery (not sure if that’s the correct term) around each color group of hexagons (before quilting). And, I tried some organic, match-stick quilting around the hexagons to add some texture.
A little stitching in the ditch, some FMQ in the flying geese and pebbling around the letter “R” completed the quilting. It sounds similar to making a recipe with a dash of salt and pinch of pepper!
I used this great text print on the back of the quilt along with a rainbow-hexagon label and hanging sleeve:
I love the opportunity to make cards and this was definitely one of those times. I really enjoyed making this one:
I hope you get a chance to check out all of the other quilts entered into the Mini Quilt category, as well as all of the other categories. You can still participate by entering your own quilt or by voting for your favorites. There are prizes to be had! Amy has some amazing sponsors that are supporting this quilt festival. A big thank you to all of them!
Thursday, 5/21, is the last day to nominate up to three quilts for the Viewer’s Choice award. Make sure to go HERE to do that! Then, all of the actual voting will begin on Friday, May 22nd.
Enjoy the show!
Love all the little touches on this quiltie. It has my vote. xx
I love this Julie! So much skill in this little piece of work – well done. Good luck in the Festival!
I love this! Especially the ghost hexies you quilted in. 🙂
I would be over the moon to have a mini like this and will vote when it starts, could not work out how to nominate hope voting will be easier for those of us who are a bit thick when it comes to computers.
It is so awesome you entered this into the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! Then again, it’s pretty awesome that you made this for me and I couldn’t love it more. It’s just perfect! Thank you for putting in so much creativity into this quilt, I will treasure it forever! -Rebecca
This is a beautiful quilt! 🙂 I love the rainbow effect and your quilting is great!
I love those phantom hexies and your quilting is amazing!
Hi! Your Mini quilt is fantastic! So beautiful and unique! Good Luck! x Teje
What a pretty little quilt. I love the matchstick quilting, the hexagons, the geese….all of it.
I am so loving this beautiful gem! I want to try this. Thank you for sharing.
Wow, it came out great! You have such vision. I love how the quilting turned out. I bet Rebecca was over the moon when she rec’d this!
I love it, nice job Julie. Your quilts always look happy. Thanks for sharing with us.
Love it, Julie!
Really cute Julie. I’m sure she squealed upon its arrival : )
You have my vote, I love the colors and details in your mini quilt.
Your quilt is beautiful! What type of batting did you use?
This is gorgeous! Every little detail is so pretty and fun. And your quilting details are amazing, Julie! Thanks for sharing your little treasure!