Blogger's Quilt Festival

Blogger's Quilt Festival is here! Hooray! (And welcome new visitors!)

Here's a quilt I just finished a few weeks ago (sorry regular readers!) but I'm so proud of it and couldn't help but to bring it out again for the festival. Without further ado, here's my Modern Meadow {x2} boy quilt!

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What do you do when you can't decide on just ONE quilt pattern to use?

Make two quilt tops and forget about having a back!

This side was inspired by this mini quilt by Ashley at Film in the Fridge.

And this side was made using Elizabeth Hartman's Mixtape Quilts II Pattern, which I LOVE. The directions were so clear, the cutting was super easy, and she even provides a guide for block placement so I didn't have to stress and rearrange my blocks 100 times. Thank goodness!

I used simple straight-line quilting on either side of the sashing.

I absolutely love how the quilting looks on this side!

The fabric I used is from Joel Dewberry's Modern Meadow line, which I'm completely in love with. I mixed it with Kona solids in white, navy, avocado, stone, and aqua.

This special quilt was made for my good friend Shannon who just gave birth to her sweet baby boy on Wednesday. Shannon and I met way back when we were 21 and working together and became fast friends. I will be forever indebted to her for introducing me to the wonderful world of modern fabric and modern sewing. Last August she posted about an Amy Butler giveaway on her blog. At that point I didn't even know who Amy Butler WAS! *gasp!* But once I clicked through a few links and started browsing modern fabric and patterns I was absolutely hooked. My very generous mom set me up with a sewing machine and all sorts of sewing supplies and the rest is history!

I had a blast making this quilt for Shannon since she's my only "real life" friend with an appreciation for modern fabric and modern quilt design. I mean, what other friend of mine will ever send me inspiration links from Crazy Mom Quilts and Flickr?! When I sew for my non-sewing friends I'm always a little afraid that they won't "get it" or might not necessarily love handmade gifts, so it was such a pleasure to sew for a friend with similar interests!

Now I just can't wait to see pictures of the new little man on his quilt!

Happy sewing,
Mary

Coming soon to a blog near you!

Just popping in to tell you about some exciting events coming up soon in blogland!

First, prepare yourselves for Spice Up Your Kitchen Week over at Noodlehead!

Anna has teamed up with some of her favorite bloggers,

and starting May 17th, she will share 10 days of fantastic tutorials

you can use to spice up your kitchen!

(Oh, and did I mention that I'm one of the contributing bloggers?

How cool is that?

I've been working feverishly on my kitchen project and I can't wait to share!)

Next . . . have you heard about May Giveaway Day over at Sew,Mama,Sew?

Basically, anyone with a shop or blog can participate by offering a giveaway on May 17th.

All of the participants will be listed on the Sew,Mama,Sew blog that day, 

so prepare yourselves for a LOT of blog-hopping and giveaway-entering!

If you want to participate by offering a giveaway, follow this link for details.

As for me, I'm thinking about offering up this bag, which has been slightly popular on Flickr.  ;-)

I'm looking forward to meeting new people in the process!

And finally, have you heard about the Blogger's Quilt Festival?

This online quilt show looks like lots of fun, and I can't wait to join in!

If you're a quilter, you should too!

(I was hoping my "Man Quilt" would be done in time,

but unfortunately that's not going to happen!

Oh well.)

That's all for now . . . Happy sewing!

Mary