Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Bloggers Quilt Festival - Gemstone Quilt

I am so happy to be entering the Bloggers Quilt Festival, finally! I just put the finishing touches on my Genstone Quilt today. I had been working on this quilt for several months, in between creating items for my Mama Roux Shop. I wanted to make a cuddly quilt for my family (actually, me) for the upcoming winter season. I decided it HAD to be made out of Anna's Folksy Flannels. I purchased my stash from Melanie at Above All Fabric. She has such a great selection AND great sales! Check out her shop, seriously! Anyway, back to my Gemstone Quilt. I wanted it to be fairly hefty and I considered using two layers of batting but decided against it. The finished quilt is plenty substantial and the added weight of the binding (wide-wale eggplant corduroy, oy vey!) contributes to the overall sturdiness of this baby. Quilted in a very loose meandering design to keep it soft and supple. Measures 55" x 45", perfect for keeping folded on the back of the couch for quick access. I plan to make a couple of Folksy Flannel throw pillows for the couch as well. I won't be surprised if I just start sleeping on the couch every night.






So kick off your shoes, grap a cup of tea or glass of wine and hop on over to the Festival and/or the Flickr group and gaze upon all the other quilts, so far 500+ and counting. I'll be looking at all the beautiful quilts on my laptop while cozy under my new quilt...can't wait!

6 comments:

  1. This is beautiful. The colors are great and the back is just as beautiful as the front.

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  2. Love the colours and it looks great in flannel.

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  3. Really beautiful colors and that will be such a great quilt to curl up with on a cold and bleary day!

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  4. Its windy and cold here at the moment. Would love to have such a gorgeous and warm quilt to snuggle under.

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  5. this is stunning, you did a really lovely job. those fabrics are gorgeous

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