Friday, October 28, 2011

Bloggers’ Quilt Festival

Here is my latest favorite quilt.  It is also the one I am using as a header on my blog currently.

I took it to guild today to get a charm for finishing a large quilt.  I came home and put it on my bed and will sleep under it for the first time tonight.

This quilt was made over the past 3 years.  It was a block of the month at the Allatoona Quilters’ Guild and I finally completed it this summer before our quilt show.  I used many, many black and lime green fabrics and really love this quilt!  If I decide to keep it on the bed, I guess I might have to repaint.

The feathered star was a challenge, especially since I wanted it to be scrappy.  I finally paper pieced it.  I wanted to custom quilt this but realized that it was so busy that my efforts would be wasted so I did an overall swirl and it turned out just fine.  Of course I used lime green thread!

This is my current entry in the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival.  Be sure to check out all the other wonderful quilts.

Melinda

35 comments:

  1. Lovely quilt. Love the colors!

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  2. Stunning quilt -- that feathered star is magnificent!! :)

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  3. A feathered star is a block I've wanted to make for a while. Yours is well-done and Congrats on a BIG finish. What kind of charm does your Guild give out?

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  4. WOW!!!! This quilt is beautiful. Love the colors. Looks great on the bed.

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  5. Love it! It looks amazing on your bed!

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  6. love the quilt! I'm a big fan of lime~

    Margaret
    www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com

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  7. I love the colors of this quilt!

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  8. Stunning quilt, what a labor of love.
    Have a great day.
    Always, Queenie

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  9. G'day. Just beautiful. It looks terrific on the bed. Love the colors. Take care. Liz...

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  10. What a wonderful accomplishment! I really like how you kept it scrappy and fun, great feather star, too. I'd be keeping it, if I were you!
    :-}pokey

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  11. Melinda, that quilt is just gorgeous, really stunning in both pattern and color!! if you decide it doesn't match well enough, my bedroom is bright green and I would be happy to take it off your hands!!

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  12. Melinda- that is jaw-dropping STUNNING! I LOVE IT!

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  13. Beautiful job. Yes, repaint. Perhaps a nice soft gray.

    http://www.littlebitsandmore.com/2011/10/bloggers-quilt-festival-serendipitous.html

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  14. Such a wonderful quilt!! So much beautiful piecing!! I love the colours you've used.

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  15. So pretty!! I love the greens.

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  16. Such fabulous colours! You done good...

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  17. Your quilt looks wonderful. The way you have used the colours in the blocks is stunning. It has turned out so well. It looks lovely spread out on the bed.

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  18. The green looks great with black. Great job- It's beautiful!

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  19. It's wonderful!!! So bright and happy!

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  20. Ooh la la! Love the colors! Thanks for sharing!

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  21. This is one of my favorite of your quilts, too. I love the color and how alive it looks. Didn't you just smile when you woke up and found yourself under that beautiful quilt?

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  22. Wonderful way the colors work together so well. Really a great quilt to keep and enjoy!

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  23. One of my favorites too, Melinda. Striking.

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  24. This quilt is one that I saw in my early blogging experience and it was the inspiration for learning to do a feathered star. Thank you for sharing! It is gorgeous!!!

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  25. I covet your quilt. Green is my favorite color, you know. Truly, you did a beautiful job-- it is totally fabulous!!!

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  26. love the color combo - you can never go wrong with black and green!! =)

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  27. Beautiful and that feathered star is wonderful. Love the color comination Think the room needs to be painted so you can keep this lovely quilt there!! Thanks for sharing and have a great day

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  28. This all came together so nicely and looks just super on the bed.

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  29. What wonderful colours. I love this quilt - thanks for sharing!

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  30. it' s nice to see this quilt on your bed being used. It looks fantastic!

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  31. I'm having difficulty writing this comment because my whole brain is trying to drag my body away from the computer to dig around in my stash for lime green and black fabrics so I can make a quilt like this! I love it. I would repaint your bedroom. Definitely. :)

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  32. Wozers! Great quilt - thanks for sharing. :)

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  33. That's quite an accomplishment. Good for you. :)

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  34. What an awesome quilt! Thanks so much for sharing it.

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  35. That is certainly a stunning quilt..thank you for sharing it.

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