Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2012


Its time again for Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2012
 I actually have a selection of quilts to chose from this year.  It was a hard choice but I decided on my Scrappy Stellar Star wedding quilt.


I made this quilt for a friend's wedding.  A friend was teaching a class for her original pattern.  I loved the quilt and wanted to make it and spend two days with others in a class.  I LOVED making this quilt!  I want to make it again in Aneela Hoey's Sherbet pips.  You can make it with a jelly roll and some yardage for the background which I have!  The class was in August and I was all ready to go!

I had the strips and background fabric cut before the class.  I shopped my stash for a scrappy look.  Actually I had more then enough strips cut!
I even started making some string blocks with the odd left over scraps.  I still have plenty of scraps to make more...a new quilt?  

It was so much fun sewing with the ladies. 

 The class was two Saturdays in a row. 
 Two 4 hour days of nothing but chatting and sewing.

 It went together so smoothly. Everyone gave each other input.  I loved it!
Here are some of the other tops made with this pattern.  They are all so different!

Dad's Jazzy-girl helped me to baste the quilt.

I machine quilted in on my Babylock Sofia.  I've realized this is NOT the machine to quilt such a large quilt.  It has no room in the throat area.  But I persevered!

I sewed my gloves to the quilt a few times.  I know I'm not the only one to this.  These are 99 cent gardening gloves that work great!

It fits a full mattress nicely and has enough drape for a queen!

I had plenty of leftover strips to make a matching scrappy binding.  I love to make my bindings even before I finish the quilt top and wind them on these old bobbins.

I bought a bunch recently in Hillsville at the Flea Market.

I sewed the binding by hand while watching Bonnie Hunter on Quiltcam.

I used extra fabric to piece the back.
I did a little graffiti writing.  The couples names, their wedding date, handmade by me, and a few love is... quotes.

Im gifting it to this lovely couple next week.  Caroline and Davis.  Caroline is an artist I worked with.  She has always been so supportive of me when I returned to quilting 2.5 years ago.  She has been a wonderful friend I miss since she move away to live with her hubby.

I didnt just want to put it on a pile of packages.  I wanted to give it to them in person.  But they live 2 hours away.  Luckily they will be in town next week for an art show all three of us have pieces in.


Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats

Finished quilt measures : 84″x 84″
Special techniques used : strip piecing, FMQ, graffiti writing.
Pattern:  Scrappy Stellar Star by Kelly Wood
Quilted by : Colleen Yarnell
Best Category : Bed Quilt, Scrap Quilt, 

keep dreaming...Colleen
Done!



7 comments:

CitricSugar said...

Very pretty! Love your graffiti writing additions.

Christine M said...

Your quilt is just lovely Colleen.

Kelly said...

Lovely! I can't wait to see it in the Sherbet Pips!

Pile O Fabric said...

That is one big star! I love it.

Quilting Babcia said...

Beautiful quilt! The best part is that you had so much fun making it!

Dee said...

This is amazing! I can't believe how lucky your friend and her husband are!

The colors and fabrics are just so happy and cheerful! Great job!

Good luck on your entry!

Rebecca said...

LOVE how scrappy it is!