Bloggers Quilt Festival - Fall 2013

 I am so excited to be participating in Bloggers Quilt Festival again, I didn't enter in the previous one as I was away on holiday and  it just so happens that I finished this quilt called Dream Big by Camille Roskelly just in time.

I made this quilt for my brother, Marty, in the Northern Territory, I did ask him are you sure you need one as it is so so hot up there but he assured me that sometimes Kristy has the air conditioner up so high he gets cold.....precious!!

As we have just returned from spending a week with them I was determined to get this finished so I could give it to them in person. The fabric is called Whimsy by Figtree, I  chose these fabric as it incorporates

all the colours of the Great Australian Outback, red the colour of the soil, orange for the sunsets, greens of

the bush, browns of the rocks, yellow of the golden sun. I machine quilted it with a pantograph called

Royal Plumes and backed it with a beautiful rich terracotta colour again incorporating the outbacks rich reds and oranges.

So with the outback in mind we took a walk on their property and found these beautiful termite mounds, these termite mounds can reach heights of  three metres high and up to100 years old and are structures unique to the Northern parts of Australia. It was a little difficult to drape these over the mounds, so in the end we held them up,

I was a little concerned walking into the bush and coming across one of those long slithery things, but

luckily the dogs were with us and must of scared them away. The things you do for a photo!!

 Here I have hung the quilt on their washing line.......its safer!!

I was really happy with how it turned out and Marty and Kristy loved it and it

now takes pride and place on their new lounge suite.

I have decided to enter this into the Photography Category, thanks again Amy

for all the work you do in organizing this amazing festival. I cant wait to go and

see all the gorgeous quilts.

Happy Quilting!!

Mandy