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Friday, September 30, 2011

Last Day AccuQuilt Fall Blog hop

I've been having so much fun visiting blogs participating in the AccuQuilt Fall Blog Hop and hope you are too.  There have been some amazing tips, tutorials and inspiration shared, and some wonderful giveaways too!

 
Today is our last day of this blog hop and the final stop is with Polly (Polly's Porch). 


 
If you haven't yet visited all the stops in this blog hop, there is still time:

And, I'm sure Polly  (Polly's Porch) is going to share some amazing tips and inspiration with us today too.

Sharon also wanted me to let you know that she has posted a giveaway this week that is part of this Fall Blog hop and she hopes everyone will pop back over and enter her giveaway.  While it wasn't a requirement, just about every blog that participated in this blog hop also hosted a giveaway and each has their own deadline.  If you haven't yet visited these stops in this blog hop there is still time to visit and also enter their respective giveaways, just do it soon.

I want to take this opportunity to thank Terri, Sharon, Katrina, Connie, Mary and Polly for participating in this blog hop.  They really made it fun and shared some delightful insights.

I also thought I'd give you an update on my Halloween quilt.  Here is the photo of this quilt top, with the first inner border, that I shared on Monday.


I haven't had that much time to sew this week. Well, that isn't exactly true.  I'll confess I took my machine to a sew-cial with plans to finish this quilt.  But, in my rush I forgot my foot peddle and power cord so wasn't able to sew and the all-day sew-cial!  Has that ever happened to you?  It has been ages since I've done such a thing, as I usually do a much better job packing everything in my sewing case before I zip it up.  Oh well, I did find a wee bit of time to sew this week.

Here is a picture of this quilt top with the outer border {please forgive the fact this top hasn't been ironed for this photo}.

I added a solid black outer border that I want to have show off some free-motion quilting with Halloween pumpkin motifs is also mitred.  The middle border, that is scalloped is something I had not done in quite a long time.  I must confess, I felt I had fallen into a a pattern of doing very simple (and boring) borders. 

When I saw Keri Carr's new book "Just around the Corner: Quilts with Easy Mitered Borders", I was inspired to try to get back into make quilts with more interesting borders.  While Keri's book is full of beautiful quilts with excellent borders, I obviously didn't utilize all the insights she shared in this book, but it definitely inspired me.  And, I'm eager to apply more of her techniques to quilts that I make with the AccuQuilt (as well as quilts I make from her amazing book).



I sure hope you have a wonderful Autumn!

 Oh, how those colors and shapes inspire me to create.  Do they do that to you too?

8 comments:

quilterliz said...

G'day. The quilt look just lovely, The colors are so good. Love the Autumn photo. Take care. Liz...

Lynda Halliger Otvos (Lynda M O) said...

Yes, these colors and shapes do make me want to create. This is my favorite time of year.

Josie McRazie said...

Thanks again for sharing your friends with us! I have chekced them all out and what great tips they all have!!

Ariane said...

I wanted to thank you for organizing the fall blog hop. It was alot of fun to see all the projects and tutorials!! I was really inspired. Hugs Ariane

IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...

Thanks so much for the great blog tour. So many great designs and tutorials. I too love fall and I don't get the desire to create....I get the desire to walk among the trees...for a long periods of time....probably having creative thoughts...lol.

Smiles,
Kelly

Connie Kresin Campbell said...

Thanks for a wonderful blog hop, it was really fun!

Donna Joy said...

Thanks for introducing new friends with great tips and tutorials. Love fall colors, yes they inspire me.
The scalloped border really is eye catching, really need to get that book for great border ideas.
Those baby Go cutters are fantastic, what a great invention.

Marcia W. said...

Absolutely that photo inspires me.
Your scallops are wonderful -- that is what first caught my eye versus your last pre-border photo.