Bloggers Quilt Festival

It's that time of year again! Time for the online quilt show at Amy's Creative Side!  I love looking at all the quilts in the categories every year.  So many talented quilters out there!  Since I love to hand quilt, I definitely need to enter that category . I named this quilt Simple but Not!  It has simple scrappy pumpkin seed shapes appliqued to a  solid cheddar background.  I absolutely loved working on this quilt.

Just four big blocks in this one!

I added a few feathers here and there!

And I added a striped binding to finish it!

I hope you can join in the fun by blogging about one of your finishes  and entering it into one of the many categories!  So much fun to go thru the categories and vote for your favorite too!

Quilter's Blog Festival

Amy over at Amy's Creative Side is hosting the annual Blogger's Quilt Festival.  If you have never visited, you are missing an opportunity to see some great quilts in all kinds categories. It is a great opportunity to enter a favorite quilt and possibly win a prize.  There is a category for everyone.

I have decided to enter Christmas Story this year in the  Applique Category.  Christmas Journey is a very special quilt as I purchased the fabric at different quilt shops during a journey home to see my Husband's parents in December of 2011.  In February of 2012, my father in law passed away and soon after I started the quilt.  When it came to hand quilting it in the winter of 2013, my mind would wander back to that Christmas and the great times we had had over the years.  So I dedicated this quilt to his loving memory.

Current and Coxcomb Block

My first attempt at designing my own block

Oak leaves and acorns

Cotton Bolls

Pineapple block

Bird Block

Prairie Flower

Center Medallion

Close up of Pineapple with trapunto feathers.

So, I hope you will hop over and enter a quilt and take some time to vote for your favorite in each category.