Bloggers Quilt Festival - Spring 2013

I have been hanging out for Bloggers Quilt Festival, held by Amy from Amy's Creative Side,
I have been

counting down the days and now we are finally here yippee!!

I am entering a quilt
I made for my Grandson

called "A Boy Story" by Annie Downs.

It's a cot size quilt made with scraps from my stash.

It is appliqued with a blanket stitch on my

machine (because I am too impatient to do it by hand)

 

I mainly stuck to the three colours Blue, Green and 

Yellow, I did at one stage try red which would be nice

but my daughter is not a lover of red.

 

This would have to be my favorite block

It was a lot of work stopping and starting for the

train tracks but  by this stage it was coming together

and looking great, I have learnt over the years not to take short cuts ha ha!!

  

Another favorite of mine the Robot, most boys love

Robots and I'm sure my GS will be no different, I have

machine quilted the background quite heavily with swirls and pebbles

 on my longarm.

I think I worked out it took me about 14 hours of quilting,

for the whole quilt, no wonder my back was aching.

 

Ships Ahoy!!!

 Fly me to the moon Nana!!

 

With this block I was going to put two dogs on the hill 

as my daughter has two fur babies, but it

looked a little crowded, so I have put them on the

sheet set instead.

 

I wonder if there is a Princess in this Castle!!

 

I'm sure Dad will be taking him fishing at some stage

 

 I was a little concerned with having some areas densly

quilted and some not, and I figured this would show up when I

washed it, but all was fine, my main concern was the colours

running but thanks to Colour Catchers there was not a problem.

  

  

I did a whimsical feather meander in the outside border, I love quilting

feathers and knew I had to work them into this quilt somehow.

And....finally every little mans accessory matching

Sheets and Pillowcase with little Robots, the doggy ones

are on the machine now.

 I throughly enjoyed making this quilt and have now 

accepted that I am drawn to applique quilts even though thay take time
and rather than fight it I'm going with it.

Enjoy the festival