My Fall Quilt Festival Quilt

Here is my selection for Amy's Fall Quilt Festival. This is a Quiltville pattern...Chunky Churndash I made back in 2008/2009. I soooo love the scrappiness of it. I guess scrappy quilts are just about my favorite. The whole quilt was sewn with 'stash' scraps and yardage. The navy blue fabric is about 25 yrs. old, leftover from some curtains w-a-y back in the 80's when 'country blues' were all the rage. Was I ever glad to finally find a use for it.

I am a die hard hand quilter!!! I find it so relaxing and find the 'dip and dot' look most appealing .....but yes, I have machine quilted some of my other quilts and still plan on doing more. Hand quilting is time consuming and I'm already pretty behind on my finished tops.

I chose to hand quilt concentric circles for this one. I measured to find the center and just drew myself a 2 inch circle and went from there. I think my circles are about 1 1/2 inches apart. Don't you just love this photo of the back. I love it best 'cause it's finished!!!!
Now run on over to Amy's blog and check out the rest of the fabulous quilts. Blogger won't let me link from Amy's name above so just go to my sidebar and click on the Festival Button and it will take you right there.

Quilt Festival...My Favorite Quilt

I definitely wanted to participate in the Bloggers Quilt Festival. Amy at Park City Girl Blog is hostessing this event. You must run over to her blog and look at the ever growing list of quilts. She has prizes and there are sponsors...GREAT FUN!!
I picked this 'BONNIE' quilt because, well, actually it is THE ONLY completely finished quilt I have done, so it should be my favorite right? I have lots of flimsy waiting to be hand quilted....but not finished. This was a gifted baby quilt I went 'round and 'round with. I didn't have or use a pattern. I started it 3 different times, ripping out and starting over again. I finally gave up and settled for this lay out. I free pieced the name Bonnie using Tonya's from Lazy Gal Quiltings free pieced letter tutorial.

Here is a close up of one of the crazy squares.....see the cute little lambs just peeking through the lace and ric rac!!

Another one featuring pretty little girls.....possible having a tea party surrounded by more lace and ric rac!!!

I finished it up by HAND QUILTING it. This was only the second time I had ever hand quilted anything! The first quilt I hand quilted was about 25 yrs. ago ( still not finished) was just straight lines around the squares. Go here if you want to see. This time I quilted little hearts....fans....cross-hatch across the Bonnie part and there are some 'squiggle' lines too. (click on picture to see close up)
OK....so I hope you enjoyed seeing this quilt.....again!!