Blogger's Quilt Festival

 I am so excited to get to participate in the Blogger's Quilt Festival this year, hosted by Amy at Amy's Creative Side.  A big thank you to Amy for putting it all together!  

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.  

This quilt is reversible.  The back is made of 12" by 12" blocks in a random pattern except for a row of the green/pink zig zags on the left side.

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.

The Blogger's Quilt Festival is a great place to view a lot of wonderful and creative quilts.  Please go check it out and visit some of the entries.  I am so excited to get to participate this year.

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:

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