Bloggers’ Quilt Festival: Spring 2011

So excited to be participating in the Bloggers' Quilt Festival: 2011!  My entry is my Mama Swan.  I finished this quilt last year and now have it framed behind glass proudly displayed in my house.  I only started dabbling in quilting around 2009 and was really struggling.  This was a great project for me, a beginner, as you didn't have to worry about points, or measuring an exact seam allowance.  :)  One of the fun parts about this quilt was seeing it go from a live photo to a quilt. Bonus, getting to view all the entries for the contest - so many different interpertaions! 

I entered the Bernina "Stitch This" Challenge in May of 2010. The challenge was being held at QuiltingArts.com and the prize...a BERNINA aurora 440QE. I didn't win, but I am really really happy with my finished Mama Swan. It is the first time I had ever done anything like this.  I am still learning all the different techniques. One thing I have learned during this process, there is no wrong or right way when doing an art quilt.

Finished Mama Swan



Creating the water part of the background and tracing my photo. Applied "cut out" filter in photo shop in the photo to help identify the different values.

The base background.

Creating the Swan


1st Art Quilt

Finished my first Art Quilt wall hanging in May of 2010. I followed along with a book to learn how to do fast-piece applique. The book is by Rose Hughes called Dream Landscapes Artful Quilts with Fast-Piece Applique. I really liked the easy instructions and am definitely going to do some of the other patterns in the book.


This was a lot of fun!!! I can't wait to start my next project. Pics are below. I did mess up on the binding. I guess if I do it wrong enough times I will finally get it right!