Chad's 30th Birthday Quilt - Solids and Stripes

I showed you some "sneak peek" photos of this quilt while I was working on it (a LONG time ago), but it's now been finished for quite a while.  This quilt is made of all shot cottons by Kaffe Fassett.  I had some trouble with the quilting on this one.  I think the back was very slippery because of the shot cotton and I also think that the shot cottons don't stick as well to the batting.  As a result, I ended up with a few more puckers that I accidentally quilter over than I'm used to, but it wasn't horrible I guess.  On the other hand, now that it has been washed a couple times, the fabric is super soft!  I love the feel of it and definitely would like to make another quilt of all shot cottons in the near future (actually, I just did - more on that in a later post).

Here are photos of the finished quilt front and back.

Denyse Schmidt Challenge Wedding Quilt

Our guild was lucky enough to have Denyse Schmidt visit us and give a lecture in July 2012.  In preparation for her visit, we had a "Denyse Schmidt" challenge.  We were challenged to make something using Denyse's fabric, pattern, or style.  I chose to use Denyse fabrics and one of her patterns to make this queen sized quilt for a friend's wedding gift.  I never actually got a photo of the whole quilt because I had to give it away so quickly, but here is the photo of it hanging with the other challenge pieces.

Click the following link to read more about our Denyse Schmidt event: http://www.phillymodernquiltguild.com/2012/07/denyse-schmidt-event-june-2012.html 

Catch Up

Wow!  I really abandoned this blog, which I think is OK because it must have meant that I didn't feel I was getting much from it.  However, I feel that it would be nice to share some of the quilts I'm working on, so I'd like to get back into it.  I need to play a little "catch up," so over the next several weeks I will be posting about some older projects that I hadn't yet shared.  I hope you enjoy!