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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Blogger's Quilt Festival

I hope you'll take time to visit the Blogger's Quilt Festival, hosted by Amy Ellis (Amy's Creative Side).  You'll find a variety of beautiful and inspirational quilts, from all over the world. And, there is plenty of time for you to enter too!   And, you can vote for your favorite and get entered to win a prize when you vote.

Amy's Creative Side

I'm sharing my Feather Christmas wall-hanging that I recently completed.  I had fun making this quilt, as it goes together really quickly. Although, I spent more time with free-motion quilting, as I wanted to have a pretty heavy amount of FMQ on this quilt.  {Don't look that closely, as I'm still learning FMQ}


Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats
Finished quilt measures : 24"x28
Special techniques used : applique, pieced, free-motion quilting
Designed by:  Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio
Made by:  SewCalGal
Quilted by : SewCalGal
Best Category : Home-Machine Quilted  Wall-Hanging, Two Colors


This beautiful design is by Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio.    It is a fun applique' quilt design that you can do easily with cutting out pieces from templates provided in the pattern, or very quickly using Sarah Vedeler's AccuQuilt GO! Heather Feather dies.

Cherry is actually at Quilt Market, but I hope she'll enter her version and/or her other designs in this Festival.  If you are at Quilt Market, check out her designs in Brewer's booth and Island Batik's booth. And, you can also find these designs and more at her new site: http://www.shop.cherryblossomsquilting.com/

I'm currently working on her Feathered Wreath design:

Fancy Feather Christmas Tree

And, for next Fall I'd love to make her Autumn Bliss design.

Autumn Bliss


I hope you have fun visiting all the blogs entered in this Quilt Festival.  I'm certainly looking forward to seeing them all!  

The schedule of events is this :
October 26 – 31 Linky open (you can enter your quilts)
November 1 – 4 Nominations are made (nominate your favorite quilts)
November 5 -8 Vote for your favorites
November 9 Winners announced


Thank you to Amy for coordinating the Fall Blogger's Quilt Festival!

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55 comments:

  1. BarbaraOctober 26, 2012 at 12:23 AM

    Beautiful, Darlene! Love it.

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  2. EileenOctober 26, 2012 at 2:02 AM

    How lovely. Elegant Christmas quilt. Thanks for sharing and have a great day

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  3. KaHollyOctober 26, 2012 at 2:22 AM

    I fell in love with Cherry's Christmas Tree the first time I saw it!! And that wreath is exquisite. You did a beautiful job.

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  4. Canadian AbroadOctober 26, 2012 at 4:17 AM

    Really love your Christmas tree. Great entrant into the quilt festival.

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  5. BarbOctober 26, 2012 at 4:56 AM

    fun quilt! Your thumbnail shot drew me right to it. I'm jealous that your button works. I can't seem to get mine to.

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  6. JocelynOctober 26, 2012 at 6:00 AM

    I have always loved this pattern. It's beautiful!

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  7. JanineOctober 26, 2012 at 6:42 AM

    Beautiful quilt!

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  8. Quilting BabciaOctober 26, 2012 at 7:27 AM

    Great holiday design, and I really like your fabric choices!

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  9. Live a Colorful LifeOctober 26, 2012 at 8:07 AM

    Very elegant. It is really stunning.

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  10. StaciOctober 26, 2012 at 9:32 AM

    Lovely Christmas Quilt! Thanks for sharing it today!

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  11. Alison V.October 26, 2012 at 9:36 AM

    Very beautiful! Love that you made yours in just red and white. :)

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  12. CitricSugarOctober 26, 2012 at 10:23 AM

    Gorgeous! Applique scares the pants off me so I'm extra impressed!

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  13. AnonymousOctober 26, 2012 at 10:35 AM

    An elegant simple design that is timeless and beautifully executed!! Thanks for sharing!! Your quilting is perfect for the motif!!

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  14. sherryOctober 26, 2012 at 11:26 AM

    nicely done...i like the range of different fabrics used

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  15. ShannonOctober 26, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    This is lovely! I'm tempted to try making one now. I love the arrangment of the feather shapes to make a tree!

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  16. LethargicLassOctober 26, 2012 at 12:43 PM

    I love everything about this... I would love to see the others when you are finished :)

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  17. DebbieOctober 26, 2012 at 5:05 PM

    superb....I love it.

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  18. GretchenOctober 26, 2012 at 7:12 PM

    This is a great Christmas quilt! I love it!

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  19. UnknownOctober 26, 2012 at 10:49 PM

    This is a very pretty quilt :)

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  20. Sunshine GirlOctober 26, 2012 at 11:18 PM

    This is lovely - thanks for sharing.

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  21. charlotteOctober 27, 2012 at 2:03 AM

    Beautiful Job!! Aren't her patterns gorgeous?

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  22. KarenOctober 27, 2012 at 2:11 AM

    I really like the way this quilt has turned out. The design is so elegant. Gorgeous work.

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  23. ShontelleOctober 27, 2012 at 3:06 AM

    Your quilt is nothing short of gorgeous. So elegant and pretty. Thanks for the link for the pattern, I am off to check it out - I really like the look of that wreath!

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  24. QuiltbenacoOctober 27, 2012 at 4:20 AM

    Belli tutti, il mio preferito è l'alberello, è un buon spunto....
    Ciao

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  25. CalicojoanOctober 27, 2012 at 6:58 AM

    Fabulous! Don't you just love those Accuquilt dies!!

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  26. MarieOctober 27, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    Love your quilt - and that feathered wreath that you are working on now is something else!

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  27. LornaOctober 27, 2012 at 8:38 AM

    Stunning Christmas wall hanging. Great colour choice and awesome quilting. Wow! You must be so pleased with the results!

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  28. Diane WildOctober 27, 2012 at 10:06 AM

    I'm really in love with this pattern. May have to add another to my "to-do" bucket. Beautiful quilting, Darlene.

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  29. Krista @ Sewwhatscooking.comOctober 27, 2012 at 10:34 AM

    Really pretty! Thanks for sharing!

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  30. LynnOctober 27, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    I've always loved the elegant simplicity of this pattern.

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  31. The Cozy PumpkinOctober 27, 2012 at 5:18 PM

    How lovely. The subtle color choice really lets the pattern shine through. :)

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  32. LesleyOctober 27, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    Love your little quilt! You did a wonderful job of quilting it!

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  33. JanetOctober 27, 2012 at 7:44 PM

    Lovely little quilt! I really like the Autumn Bliss design. I might have to find the pattern.

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  34. moiraOctober 28, 2012 at 4:44 AM

    so so pretty - great job

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  35. MomOctober 28, 2012 at 4:49 AM

    Fun quilt! The designs are great-

    Margaret
    www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com

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  36. Dana GaffneyOctober 28, 2012 at 4:51 AM

    I love that, did you use the GO to cut the feathers? It's really beautiful, I can't decide if I like her tree or wreath better. Thanks.

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  37. Rene'October 28, 2012 at 9:00 AM

    Love this! Great job!

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  38. Lisa LisaOctober 28, 2012 at 9:44 AM

    Wow! This is beautiful!!!

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  39. Marjorie's Busy CornerOctober 28, 2012 at 5:14 PM

    This is stunning..I just love it. Can I ask; did you happen to use the Go die for your feathers? I am thinking about getting this die.

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  40. Candied FabricsOctober 28, 2012 at 10:47 PM

    THis is lovely! The large print works so well in the border as well as the tree!

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  41. RachaeldaisyOctober 29, 2012 at 3:02 AM

    This is such a beautiful quilt. I love the other designs by Cherry , I can see why you want to make them all!

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  42. Lyanna L.October 30, 2012 at 3:33 PM

    it looks so classic - great job! =)

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  43. EmmaOctober 31, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    Such a beautiful Christmas tree. Does this mean that you're ready for the holidays? :)

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  44. DerrithOctober 31, 2012 at 11:26 PM

    I love this quilt! The red and white is so clean and graphic and ai really love the border effect!

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  45. NanaNovember 1, 2012 at 8:29 AM

    Love your quilt and the wreath. Great work.

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  46. Vera HolmgrenNovember 1, 2012 at 11:40 AM

    It's lovely!

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  47. Sarcastic QuilterNovember 1, 2012 at 12:39 PM

    This is a pretty tree. Well done

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  48. Rose MarieNovember 2, 2012 at 7:42 AM

    So lovely!

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  49. SandraNovember 2, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    what a crisp, fresh holiday quilt.
    Great job.

    Come see my entry #46 Batik Tulips
    applique, hand quilt, wall hanging

    and #23 antique zigzag quilt

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  50. Kate BrownNovember 2, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    I love how pretty and elegant the tree is. Beautifully done!!

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  51. Heidi GrohsNovember 3, 2012 at 9:28 PM

    Gosh...I would love to have this quilt in my house during the holidays. I know the perfect room ;D

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  52. AnonymousNovember 4, 2012 at 12:21 PM

    Your quilt is beautiful and graceful! Love your fabrics. Best of luck in the voting. You are a winner already because you own this quilt!

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  53. Julie in GANovember 5, 2012 at 5:37 PM

    I love your feather tree. Congratulations on making the finals!

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  54. Kati from Kati's QuiltingNovember 6, 2012 at 4:38 AM

    Your wall hanging looks gorgeous! I'd love to have something like this for Christmas! :) Congratulations on making it to the finals!

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  55. Books_BoundNovember 9, 2012 at 6:00 PM

    Great quilt! It's so Scandinavian looking--eat your heart out, IKEA. :) I really like the little squares as a border too!

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