Blogger's Quilt Festival

I've decided to participate in the Blogger's Quilt Festival this time around.  I've enjoyed seeing all of the great quilts around, so I thought I'd share.

This quilt is still one of my favorite quilts that I've ever made.  I think because at the time that I made it, it was one of the most advanced quilts I've made and I was just in love with the color choices.  Before this quilt I tended to lean towards jewel tones or bright colors.  Now, I have learned to branch out, although I still love jewel tones.  The colors for this quilt were inspired by the border fabric, which I fell in love with.

This was the first paper pieced quilt that I ever made.  I thought it was the best thing ever when I first did it.  Looking back at the quilt, I see a ton of mistakes,  but I still love it.  I took a class at a local quilt store on paper piecing for this quilt.  I took the class with my aunt, who was making the same pattern but never finished the quilt.  The pattern was originally for one block to be made into a small wall hanging, but I loved how my block turned out soooooooo much that I made another 8 squares after going back to buy more fabric. 

Here are some close ups of the individual blocks.  The pattern is from Carol Doak's 50 Fabulous Paper Pieced Stars.