The quilt I am entering is my Rose Quilt. I absolutely love this quilt. I love roses and grow several antique varieties (one of which you can view in the collage at the end of this post).
I ordered a yard or two of Sugar Hill Falling Roses in white/pink and when I received it in the mail, I fell in love! I knew I had to make a quilt around this fabric. I decided to fussy cut the roses into squares and then built the quilt around them. (I am using the same pattern to make the current quilt I am working on which you can view here: Reunion - Pieces and Placement and Reunion continues...)
I also used it as the fabric for the binding. I love how the roses look against all the other fabrics. They add a splash of color along the edges.
When I look at this quilt, I get the sudden urge to have a picnic in the park on a lazy summer day enjoying the sun, the trees and the breeze. I am not ready for the winter.

It is quilted 1/4" above and below each horizontal seam. Instead of stitching through each rose square, I turned the seam to outline it.

Have a great day!
Candace
Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats
Entry #314
Finished quilt measures : 62″x 73″
Quilted by: Me
Best Category : Home Machine Quilted Quilt, Throw Quilt, Quilt Photographer
The fabrics in this quilt are:
The fabrics in this quilt are:
Crazy for Dots and Stripes Dottie Green/White
Sugar Hill Falling Roses White/Pink by Tanya Whelan for Free Spirit
Skipping Square Dots (Snowflakes) in Vanilla Ice Cream from Sherbet pips by Aneela Hoey for Moda
Pearl Bracelet in Yellow from Outfoxed by Lizzy House for Andover Fabrics
Green and white small print is unknown
Remix Zig Zag Pink/Lime by Ann Kelle for Robert Kaufman
Leaf Stripe in Pink from Outfoxed by Lizzy House for Andover Fabrics
Illusion Diamond Pink from 1001 Peeps by Lizzy House for Andover Fabrics
Dumb Dot Blush by Michael Miller
Robert Kaufman Kona cotton in white and holly
Pink Eyelet from Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy collection
Oh, this is SO pretty! I love the double sided nature of this quilt! And your photos are wonderful! Off to check out the rest of your blog!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I love that you quilted around the roses, makes them pop a little!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. You used one of my favorite color combinations. LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteI love the way you found to really feature those beautiful roses. Such a lovely quilt-- it sings summer! :)
ReplyDeleteYou know HOW MUCH I love this quilt!!
ReplyDeleteSo very pretty!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Love how you treated the rose blocks!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I love how you've made a feature of the roses.
ReplyDeleteIt is so beautiful! all the fabrics are so wonderful but those roses are unique! Would love to see your garden, too! x Teje
ReplyDeleteIt is so pretty and I love the way you photograph your quilts.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous!! :o)
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! The back is wonderful too. I love how this looks easy enough for a less experienced quilter (me) but complicated enough to look great- thank you!
ReplyDeleteThat is really pretty. I never thought of doing a quilt design of squares on the back; I have always done a solid piece of fabric; I really like what you have done.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very pretty quilt, the colors make me think of spring...which based on the weather today seems far off :-). I like the quilting pattern as well.
ReplyDeleteThe rose binding is just lovely, I agree - it adds just the right amount of colour. Really a gorgeous quilt!
ReplyDeleteI think your quilt is so springy looking, love it! I see you have the Janome Horizon too, I got mine a year ago- love it!!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! What a lovely photo shoot as well :)
ReplyDeleteOh Candace! I just love this! Your quilting is perfect too....I bet it is super cuddly!
ReplyDeleteso pretty!
ReplyDeleteand I just love how you did the back!
Such a lovely quilt. You photos are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteI love the contrast designs between the front and the back. Really beautiful job!!
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