Bloggers Quilt Festival Fall 2013

Hi everyone
I'm very happy to tell you that my Hummingbirds won the wall hanging category in the  Bloggers Quilt Festival.

Thank you to everyone who voted for me and thank you to Amy for all her hard work and to the sponsors who help make this such a fun event.  Look forward to doing it all again in the spring !
Rhianon. :)

Bloggers Quilt Festival Fall 2013

Hello everyone

I only discovered yesterday that 2 entries are allowed into the Bloggers Quilt Festival, the twice yearly quiltfest kindly organised by Amy from Amy's Creative Side

I have decided my second entry will be my Hummingbirds piece in the Wall Hanging quilt category.

It measures 27" x 35" and I've only finished it in the last few weeks.   The appliqued hummingbirds were supposed to go in the border of another quilt I was making but they didn't look right.  This is how this piece came to be.

I appliqued the birds, flowers and leaves using bondaweb then with the work in a slat frame, I hand embroidered over the top.   Took quite a few weeks but was worth it.

I made some crumby/string blocks for the border then it was ready to quilt.

This is the finished result:

I hope you can find the time to pop over and look at all the quilts.  There are really some amazing entries - very inspiring.
Thanks for stopping by,
Rhianon.

Bloggers Quilt Festival Fall 2013

Hello there,

The leaves are falling from the trees and that can only mean one thing - it's time for the  Bloggers Quilt Festival.  Kindly organised by Amy from Amy's Creative Side, it is a twice yearly feast for the eyes.

Competition is always stiff because there are just so many talented people out there.

I've decided to make "Enchanted Garden" my entry.   I would like this to be judged in the Favourite Home Machine Quilted Quilt category.

Its quite a big quilt measuring 79" by 86"
I got the star blocks from a Carol Doak book and the rest is my own design.

Machine appliqued flowers and butterflies in the center and borders.
I free motion quilted this on my domestic machine.  all the feathers are freehand and unmarked..

This is a good shot of the whole quilt.  Here I was basting it out in the garden in the summer.

                                                                       Feathers galore!

More feathers in the final border..

So why not head over to Amy's and check out all the beautiful entries.  Of course I would like you to vote for mine if you think it would be a worthy winner.
Thanks for stopping by.
Rhianon.