Bloggers Quilt Festival

Being apart of the blogging community is such a fun experience. Many opportunities come to share work and the process that comes into it. A quilting blog called Amy's Creative Side hosts this Bloggers Quilt Festival every year and I'm excited to participate this year! A good friend of mine, Petra, encouraged me to enter my Retro Modern Quilt. I'm so glad that she gave me the push I needed as I wouldn't have done it on my own. 

I love retro mid-century shapes and once I found a print with many of these shapes I knew I had to recreate it into a quilt. I appliquéd all of the shapes. The process of applique is so much fun, I can see using it in lots of future quilts. 

 

I made this quilt to submit into the Sisters Outdoor Show, and I'm so thrilled that it was excepted into the show! On the back of the quilt, I used the leftover strips of the prints from the front. I cut the strips wonky, I love how the cross came out. 

The above two blocks are two of my favorites! I decided to quilt this with straight line quilting. It was the first time I quilted with this pattern and I love the simplicity. It allows you to really focus on the retro applique patterns. 

To hear the full story from conception to completion of the top, click here. 

Thanks so much for shopping by and enjoy the Quilt Festival! 

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