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Blogger's Quilt Festival - Fall 2012

10/26/2012

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It is Blogger's Quilt Festival time again!  My regular followers have seen this quilt before, earlier this year, but for those of you who are visiting for the first time, hello and thank you for visiting!  I chose to feature this quilt for the festival because it is my favorite quilt I have made this year and one of the first quilts that I actually started and finished in a timely manner.  Normally it takes me a year to finish a quilt, but this one was done within a month, a new record for me!  I won't bog you down with all the details because I have blogged about this quilt before and you can read the extended story of this quilt HERE.
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This quilt was my entry into the Patchwork Prism Quilt Along hosted by Sweet Diesel Designs, though I didn't place in that contest, I was very honored to be a finalist In the Summer Sewing Contest over at Ellison Lane Quilts, though I didn't win that contest either.  Aww... do you feel bad for me yet.  Ha, I'm sure you don't and shouldn't because this quilt is a winner!  A few weeks ago I entered this quilt into the Cottonport, LA Festival of Quilts and placed first!  I was beyond thrilled to see that blue ribbon on my quilt, even though it was displayed sideways (I'll get over it.)  It was so nice to receive a ribbon for my work and even more honored to be displayed and judged against so many beautiful quilts.  There were 98 entries into the Festival of Quilts and I'll share some of those other beautiful quilts in a future post. 
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The photo above illustrates both the machine quilting that was done around each "prism of solid color" and the hand quilting that was done inside of each prism.  I really love the combination of both machine and hand quilting, it gives the quilt the best of both worlds, in my opinion!
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Quilt Specifications:
Pattern - Patchwork Prism by Anna Maria Horner for Janome
Size - Wall Hanging 24.5" x 27.5"
Fabrics - No duplicates with the exception of the solid "prisms" and mostly from a 5" charm swap of designer cottons that I participated in earlier this year.
Batting - Cotton/Poly 80/20 Blend
Backing - Cotton floral print by Alexander Henry
Quilting - Machine quilted with tan thread. Hand quilted with pearl cotton in the "prisms", all quilting was done by yours truly.
Binding - Lisette sateen print from JoAnn Fabrics
Special Techniques - A combination of machine and hand quilting.  I also added four small ribbon loops to the top of the back (sewn in with the binding) in order to hang it on the wall.

Category - ROYGBIV (Color Wheel) Quilt, Wall Hanging
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Be sure to head over to Amy's Creative Side and visit all of the other fabulous entries into the Blogger's Quilt Festival.

Amy's Creative Side
22 Comments
sherry link
10/26/2012 06:41:32 am

nice colours

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Debbie link
10/26/2012 06:48:23 am

oh, Marci, I love this quilt too! It TOTALLY is a winner!!! Congrats on your blue ribbon!!

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Mina
10/26/2012 07:42:36 am

Love your fabric selection. The colors workk so well together

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Celine @ Sew Lovins link
10/26/2012 09:19:55 am

Just gorgeous. I really love the hand quilting and use of color.

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Suz link
10/26/2012 10:09:33 am

I LOVE this quilt! I have wanted to make a triangular quilt just like this!! And you are right- the combination of hand and machine quilting add an extra dimension to it! Wonderful! You deserved that blue ribbon!

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Marg
10/26/2012 07:37:06 pm

It's stunning, I love the way you have hand and machine quilted it.

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Flying Blind link
10/26/2012 10:04:11 pm

So stunning xxx

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Karen link
10/26/2012 11:09:00 pm

just love this! can never argue with triangles! and love your hand embroidery;-)

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becky m link
10/26/2012 11:16:31 pm

this is amazing! So gorgeous, I love everything about it!!

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kelly link
10/27/2012 08:32:33 am

absolutely stunning!

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CitricSugar link
10/27/2012 01:19:39 pm

Gorgeous!

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Lynne link
10/27/2012 11:57:33 pm

I love the colour, the fabrics, the design and the quilting! And such a happy backing!

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craftytammie link
10/28/2012 04:13:13 am

beautiful!

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jolanda link
10/29/2012 02:17:37 am

What a fantastic quilt. I really love it!!

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bruinbr
10/29/2012 12:34:23 pm

WOW! I love this! Such a beautiful wall hanging!

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Lyanna link
10/30/2012 02:19:13 pm

gorgeous!!! =)

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Colleen link
10/30/2012 02:29:47 pm

Wow! I love the bright, clear rainbow colors you used! This is just so beautiful and happy! And I love the mix of machine and hand quilting!

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Lisa link
10/31/2012 04:37:10 pm

WOW! Absolutely jaw-droppingly gorgeous.

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Lindsay Conner link
11/1/2012 10:10:30 am

Look at you, blue ribbon, girl--That's awesome!

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Maria@PersonalizedSketches link
11/9/2012 09:17:18 am

What a gorgeous, bright, and cheery quilt!! Congratulations too! It is definitely a winner!

Thank you sooo much for stopping by and for your kind comment.
Please be sure to go over to Semper Wifey's post to enter for another chance to win a monogram art that I donated for her Marine Corps Birthday Bash.There is three more days to enter, and not very many have entered yet. So Here is the link:
http://semperwifey.blogspot.com/2012/11/marine-birthday-bash-giveaway-day-9.html

Blessings & Aloha!

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Robin link
11/9/2012 02:35:50 pm

Love this!!! Congratulations on the blue ribbon as well. You earned it! :)

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Megan Bruch link
2/27/2013 12:09:25 pm

Oh my goodness, I just stumbled upon your site and I am not a quilter at all, so I'm sure this was even more difficult than I can imagine, but it is GORGEOUS. I love it so much. I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful quilt! Amazing.

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