Saturday, October 30, 2010

Blogger's Quilt Festival

It's time for another blogger quilt festival courtesy of Amy. This time around I thought I'd showcase my newly finished Wonderland quilt.  I just finished putting the binding on last week so this is the first time I've show this quilt finished.


This quilt started as a get together with my aunt and friend Lynn.

As I continued making this quilt and just wasn't in love with it.  I continued to put it aside because I just couldn't get motivated. Finally, I finished all of the rectangles and arranged them on my design wall.

It spent about 3 weeks on my design wall where I moved things around to get an arrangement that I was happy with and I pieced it together.
At this point I still didn't love the quilt until it is that I quilted it using some straight line quilting.  It's the quilting that really turned things around for me on how i felt about this quilt.  After quilting it I loved it.

I then found some of the red dot fabric online to bind the quilt.
And now I have a finished quilt.  After making this quilt I really learned to not judge a quilt until after it's quilted.  It really changed things for me.

15 comments:

  1. This is a great quilt! So much color! Love it. I especially like the quilting.

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  2. I LOVE this quilt - in fact I have the exact same jelly roll picked out for this oattern. Great minds think alike - LOL! You did a wonderful job and I love the quilting - it really enhances it.

    Happy stitching-

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  3. It's a great quilt, I particularly love the quilting. And yes, funny how the quilitng can really change how you feel about it! I love that! And now I think I know what I want to do with the stack of Wonderland FQs I've been haording for the last year! LOL Fabulous Jen!

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  4. So true! One of my favorite finished quilts was almost rejected at the quilt top stage....amazing how when it is quilted and washed, it takes on a different feel.

    Nice job! Happy Festival!

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  5. Totally agree with your comment about the quilting making it. Several times I've had a quilt top that I thought was OKish and then it's transformed when it is quilted.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Very cool quilt! The quilting really does make this quilt sing :-)

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  7. Awesome quilt. I love the colour combination too. I often feel the same way about my quilts too. I'm glad I'm not the only one!

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  8. Wonderful quilt.......no wonder it caught my eye. It's eerily similar to the one I started in my head, that came out so different when finished.

    http://dollyshome.blogspot.com/2010/10/cross-quilt-is-finished.html

    Definitely love the quilting !

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  9. I love your quilt! The fabric is one of my favorites, and your quilting does make it sing!
    Wonderful job!

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  10. This quilt is lovely! I love Wonderland and really like the pattern.

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  11. it is such a beautiful quilt! i sometimes feel like that...i dont usually like a quilt when ive only finished the top... after quilting a i like it a little better... and then once its bound..i fall in love! xx

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  12. The quilting is fabulous! I am so glad you stuck with this quilt, it is a beauty.

    SheilaC

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  13. I think it turned out beautifully! Way to keep with it :)

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  14. I also have a Wonderland quilt I need to finish. I love how yours turned out. Such fun colors!

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  15. this is gorgeous. i love wonderland!!! i often hate a quilt when it is coming together but when it is all done, quilted and binding on i fall in love all over again

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