Wednesday, October 31, 2012

modern maple mini quilt

I'm joining in with the fun over at Amy's Creative Side & The Bloggers Quilt Festival! 





I'm entering the modern maple mini quilt I completed this fall & have hanging on my wall. 
I have to tell you here at the beginning that I am rather new to quilting, I've only made a few mini's & baby size quilts so far. I love the feeling of satisfaction after one is finished!!

Anyway, I was just introduced to this block pattern a few weeks ago when I saw a few of them popping up over on Flickr. I was so intrigued I had to make a few myself!!:) 
Since fall was already half over I knew I wouldn't have time to make a whole quilt so I just made up four blocks & sewed them together to make a mini quilt. 

I used essex linen for the back ground & a red FMF print, Sandy Garvis yellow print, brown Lizzie House print & a Micheal Miller print. I also used a bit of text print in the background of the MM print for a bit of visual interest. 

Again I  used two different binding scraps I had & love the other extra bit of interest it added!

Because this quilt is so small I was inspired to hand quilt it & I sure am glad I did! I love the texture it adds to the quilt.






 







Here's a detail shot of the quilt where you can really see the hand quilting & the texture it brings!



..............Bloggers Quilt Festival stats..............

finished quilt measures 18x19

hand quilted by me: Karen Peachey

Best category: hand quilted, wall hanging, doll/mini quilt




7 comments:

  1. I love the prints you chose for this, it's so perfect for fall!

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  2. Such a fun mini adn nice hand quilting. I really like it

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  3. Beautiful! I'm a sucker for a maple leaf.

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  4. Your quilt turned out great! Love the neutral background behind the leaves and the scrappy binding.

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  5. This is so fabulous and the hand quilting is lovely!!! Perfect for fal:-)

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  6. I voted! Super job on that hand quilting. :o) You did an amazing job on this cute little quilt.

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