Sunday 30 October 2011

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Spring Street





Here's my quilt and its story for the Blogger's Quilt Festival over at Amy's Creative Side.


It is the first quilt I made and has now got me hooked. It's made using the simple disappearing nine patch design which turns out looking really impressive. I cut if mostly from the Spring Street Collection by Carolyn Gavin and adding in a few solids of my own. 


I chose this design after much trawling on the internet for inspiration. I really wanted to see what other people had done with this fabric. But I couldn't find a single quilt made with it. Therefore I had to create my own design. I couldn't bear to cut into the pretty picture so I fussy cut the house and framed it like a picture.






I kept the quilting nice and simple, quilting in the ditch but in a diagonal design. I am delighted with how it all turned out. 










The quilt was for my niece who was born just last month. I made it before she was born so used neutral colours for a boy or a girl. I hope she has many years of enjoyment snuggled up under it.



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5 comments:

  1. Cute quilt. It is hard sometimes to cut into fabric,I like the way you kept it intact.

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  2. lovely quilt, I am sure your niece will love it. what a great idea it was to use the panel in the middle!
    Kristina
    www.priscillacraft.blogspot.com

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  3. What a super cute quilt!
    Beautifully done! :o)

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  4. fun quilt - i love that fabric. great job and thanks for sharing!

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  5. Fun quilt for a new baby to cuddle in and eventually play on. Love that block Thanks for sharing and have a grewt day

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