Friday, May 16, 2014

Blogger Quilt Festival - Twirling Trellis


I've designed a lot of my own quilts over the past few years, so picking one for the Original Design category was a tough one. In the end, I decide to pick one that felt most spring like and was very happy - my Twirling Trellis quilt.


I designed this quilt at the beginning of 2013, but I didn't get a chance to show anyone this completed quilt until a couple of months ago because it was off getting the royal treatment by Modern Quilts Unlimited. 

I think one of the things that I love about this quilt is that I didn't extend the pink pinwheels into the outer white sections. I think it gives the quilt a nice balance and centers it. Like so many of my quilts, it's paper pieced. 
This was the very first quilt I tried to do ruler work on my longarm. It was a bit tricky at first, but I got the hang of it. 

I used Michael Miller Cotton Couture solids for this quilt and quilted it using So Fine #50 thread. I pieced the quilt using Aurifil #50 in white. The batting is Quilters Dream Cotton. 

If you want a copy of the pattern, you can purchase a copy of the magazine online, as I don't think it's on newsstands anymore. And look, there's my quilt on the cover! How exciting!!!

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14 comments:

  1. This is such a great quilt! I loved seeing it in MQU, too!

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  2. Your pattern is marvellous, and the genious quilting like icing on the cake :)

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  3. Oh, now I know why it looked so familiar- I saw it in the magazine!
    Very beautiful!

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  4. This is such a wonderful graphic quilt! Fun quilting too, it's just so right for the quilt pattern.

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  5. Beautiful! Just Beautiful! Well deserved cover photo.You Rock!
    Just stippling in to say "hi" as I tour fellow blogger for AMB tour.

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  6. When I saw the thumbnail of this quilt I really thought how spring-like it was - beautiful colours and beautiful quilting

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  7. This is gorgeous! And I love the color combination, too.

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  8. Really beautiful, I love the colours you chose and the quilting is AMAZING!

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  9. The quilting on this one is so gorgeous! Great choices on it.

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  10. I love the way that the colours all work together- stunning!

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  11. Fun pattern-I love the greens and pink together!

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  12. The colors on that quilt are fantastic. What a combination! The quilting is lovely, too.

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  13. beautiful! I love that the pinwheels don't extend all the way too - it's such a great idea!

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  14. I love the pink with the two greens, and I agree - the white space on the edges really makes it pop. Good luck with your entries!!

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