I haven't been sewing quilts for long - ok I did a couple a few years ago when my boys were little, but really its only been since I finished a Mandy Shaw hand quilted quilt this year that I suddenly have gone mad and made six large bed size quilts and numerous small quilts - yes all since May.
Anyway I thought I would enter this quilt into this festival:
You need to enter a quilt with a story so here is mine: I discovered quilt blog hopping in June and took part and showcased my first quilts in July. Since then I have made 28 quilts (19 have already been showcased and my next 9 are due to be showcased on Wednesday). This one is part of my second blog hop - Think Christmas. I won a fabulous prize of 32 fat quarters of wonderful Christmas fabrics which took seven weeks to arrive from across the pond (Canada to England) so you can imagine the excitement when they finally got here!
Until then I had never realised that there was such a fun set of quilters out in the big wide world (I get together with 3 or 4 friends regularly to sew and we go to quilt shows together (yesterday been one of those days!) but other than that I haven't particularly looked further afield. My online friends (which are many) are mainly all papercrafters which is the other creative passion of mine.
However since July I have found a wonderful new community of friends - again both online and in real life - who encourage, help, guide and share this wonderful hobby with me. It's such fun - it's just a shame I now need a bigger house to keep all my quilts in!
My quilt details are:
Measurements: 12.5" x 12.5"
Techiques used: Dyed fabric, appliqueing of my own designs, yoyos for snowman (had only just worked out how to make these!)
Quilted by: Me
Best Category: Favourite applique quilt, favourite home machine quilted quilt, favourite quilt photo, favourite mini quilt and favourite wall hanging (I can't wait until 1st December when I can hang this on my wall to look at everyday for five weeks!).
The link to the festival is here at Amys Creative Side - such a wonderful blog to have found!
Thanks for looking - All shopped out and inspired from the Quilt show yesterday from Solihull
33 comments:
I love this ...I so want to quilt but I need to master a sewing machine first lol.
You had a great space below ... sorry i missed you on the trip through the links ...I cant manage the whole trip.
Good luck with all your quilting ...maybe you will win some more goodies.xx#79
Wow :) you have been prolific! When do you sleep? Very cute mini!
It is very funny mini quilt!
Wow, that's a fantastic piece of art.
What a lovely quilt - love the reindeer on the roof ;-))
Such a cute little quilt. I love the reindeer on the roof too.
That's so cute!
So So cute, I love it!!
So cute! You've really made up for lost time with quilting! o:) Isn't going to quilt shows with friends just the best?!
Cute Christmas Quilt - so fun!
Your quilt is so cute! Sounds like you've been bitten by the quilting bug!
Your quilt is adorable. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Quilting really is addictive!
Wonderful Christmas mini! Hope Santa gets out of the chimney!
This is so beautiful and fun Christmas quilt! x Teje
Your quilt is darling! Isn't the blogging community great? I so look forward to checking out my favourites each week. Happy quilting. Look forward to seeing all your quilts. I am your newest follower.
Vey cute! Welcome to the quilting world :)
That is absolutely the cutest Christmas mini ever! I love it! So glad you are a part of this fantastic community of quilters...thank you for stopping by at Lilypadquilting, and I'm very happy you entered the show!
Love you little quilt.
Oh my goodness, this is adorable! I am in awe of the applique and I can see why you won the prize :)
It's so adorable!!
Your small quilt is so cute, I just love it! I love Christmas!
cute!
I love how you set up your photo. Very cute!
Very cute! You did a great job!
So cute...Love the little legs!
This one made me laugh because of Santa being stuck in the chimney!
Love Santa's feet! Super cute mini quilt!
Your zzzzzzz..s brought a smile to my face, - lovely quilt. You really have accomplished a lot since you started quilting :-)
Oh, what fun! What a great mini!
so cute! fabulous for the holiday!
I love your quilt and story!
So, so CUTE! I can't believe your list! I am tired reading it!!!!
The "zzzzz"'s slay me! Perfect!!!
Very cute and very fun! Beautifully done.
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