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17 May 2013

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Spring 2013 - Sew Retro, Baby!

It's time to celebrate quilts!  This is my first time participating in the Blogger's Quilt Festival and I would like to thank Amy.  Sew....  "Thank you for hosting, Amy!"  And thank you to all her wonderful sponsors who have made this year's festival possible!

I sure have enjoyed reading through many of the posts of past entries, from the last three years, and am sew excited to be a part of this year's festival!
 
Sew Retro, Baby!

After seeing Julie Pickles - Mod Pop quilt, I wanted to design something using curved piecing, too.  This is the first project I came up with.  When my son, Russell viewed the drawing I had made on graph paper, he said the design was very old fashioned - hence the choice of Retro in the name.

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If there was any one fabric color I had collected in abundance, it was pinks.  Some dark, some plain, some polka dotted.  Some with a touch of green.

A pink, grey and white polka dot flannel was purchased for the backing.

 This close up shows the detail of the simple outline quilting along each seam.


I chose my favorite machine sewn binding method, which I found on Aunt Marti's 52 quilts blog.  It has become my signature binding!  It did take me a while to decide on just what fabric to use, but when I seen this checkered candy cane, I knew she was just the one.

 The online quilting community has given me the inspiration to do what I love - and love what I do.  Thanks to all quilting bloggers for sharing their projects, their ideas, and that love of quilting with others.


Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats
Finished quilt measures : 48″x 54″
Special techniques used : curved piecing
Quilted by : Myself on my Janome home sewing machine
Best Category : Favorite Baby Quilt, Favorite Home Machine Quilted Quilt
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15 comments:

  1. Seams Sew Together17 May 2013 at 08:13

    I am loving the colours Lorna, so beautiful!

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  2. CitricSugar17 May 2013 at 10:25

    This is so fun - and makes me want to get better at curved piecing! I love the steep angle of your curves and the interesting slope/swoop effect they have...

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  3. vexa17 May 2013 at 12:11

    Lovely! Love the colors and prints and the pattern.

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  4. Little Island Quilting17 May 2013 at 12:16

    Very, very pretty (in pink)!

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  5. Elizabeth17 May 2013 at 18:14

    Love it! You did an amazing job. Is the pattern or tutorial available somewhere?

    xo -E

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  6. Kati from Kati's Quilting17 May 2013 at 21:59

    It is a stunning looking quilt I have to give it to you! I never thought it was curve pieced until I saw the close-up picture, it looks fantastic!

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  7. Unknown18 May 2013 at 06:16

    Yummy quilt!:))

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  8. April18 May 2013 at 07:38

    Lovely! I haven't tried curved piecing yet, beautiful. :)

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  9. Lorna18 May 2013 at 15:28

    I love the contrast in this quilt. It really shows off your curves. Pink is one of my favorite colors to work with, having Granddaughters increases your pink stash. LOL!

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  10. Renee18 May 2013 at 17:09

    What a fun quilt! Love the mix of pink shades and the quilting!

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  11. Sandy18 May 2013 at 22:45

    Sweet quilt! Cheerful colors and very modern looking to me.

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  12. Newbie Jen19 May 2013 at 16:29

    I love this arrangement. I have a bunch of drunkards path blocks, I wonder if they would look ok in this arrangement. Your colors are so fabulous.

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  13. Carolyn20 May 2013 at 03:22

    Beautiful quilt. Love all the different pinks in it.

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  14. Aoife20 May 2013 at 19:22

    I still love this quilt and its curly brackets and full stops :) Really beautiful all over!

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  15. Elita@Busy Needle Quilting23 May 2013 at 12:45

    I love this quilt!! I have "pinned" it and will do one like it someday!

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Your kind comments certainly make my day!