Quilt Festival.
Posted on | October 28, 2011 | 85 Comments
I really enjoy seeing all the quilts each time Amy has a Bloggers’ Quilt Festival. It is wonderful to see the huge variety of designs made by so many different people.
Thank you to Amy and all her wonderful sponsors . Visit Amy’s Creative Side to see the details of all the exciting things that are happening.
I am joining in with a quilt that I finished just a few weeks ago.
The fabric is Califon by Mark Lipinski. I have used charm packs to make the blocks. I started quite simply by making as many blocks as I could using the disappearing 9 patch method. I tried to keep the combinations as random as possible.
I then chose 4 of the cut up blocks to sew together as the centre and added a white border.
Another border was added that was made up of the DSP 9 patch blocks.
I continued to alternate white borders with DSP 9P borders until I ran out of blocks.
The quilt ended up at 70 by 70 inches.
I sent it off to my LAQ and had a lovely swirly design quilted on it. There were so many swirls in the fabric design that it was the obvious choice.
And then a lovely stripey binding completed the quilt.
A simple wide back was used for the backing.
I love the way it has turned into a bright and Summery quilt.
Thank you once again to Amy for organising the quilt festival. I hope you have fun visiting all the sites and seeing the wonderful quilts on display.
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I love your quilt…liked the method. I will have to keep it in mind for next year. Thanks for sharing with us.
That’s a lovely quilt, thank you so much for sharing the method too. One to bookmark for future inspiration!
This is a wonderful design. I love how the white borders break up the complexity of the disappearing nine patch.
Thank you so much for sharing this one! What great colors and manipulation of the DP9 block!
I love what you did with the disappearing nine patch. Great colors. The quilting is perfect. It’s great when everything comes together so well.
Lovely quilt – I totally like what you did!
Your quilt turned out really beautiful–thanks for sharing :)
Hi! That quilt looks fantastic! I love it! Thank you for your lovely blog! It’s so nice to find other quilters all around the world! :)
Very nice, thanks so much for sharing it!
What a fabulous quilt.
fabulous quilt and great quilting as well
Great variation using the D9P. I may have to steal it for an upcoming baby quilt!
Beautiful quilt. Unique design, I haven’t seen the disappearing 9 patch used that way before. Mark Lipinski fabrics are fabulous, I haven’t seen many of them, I’ll have to do a little exploring. Thanks for sharing, and your comment on my post.
A very striking design with great contrast.
I can’t stop looking at the quilting on this quilt. It finishes the whole thing off beautifully.
Really love your quilt! I have been wanting to try the disappearing 9 patch and now that I see yours, I really must get busy, very creative and so much fun.
Beautiful and very warm quilt! I like scrappy quilts.
Lovely! And the quilt pattern is just perfect!
Love the quilt – the binding is my favorite part….I’m strange and usually that is my favorite part of a quilt, I feel it really completes it. Also those fabrics are so cheerful. =)
A whole lot of quilting eye candy. Love everything about this one!
Gorgeous quilt!
Karen, This is gorgeous! Wonderful design, and the quilting is just perfect with those blocks!
Karen, The quilt is really stunning!
I love the fabrics and the design is fabulous!
What a great finish..very inspiring :-)
Beautiful! I love the disappearing nine patch blocks and your choice in quilting. I am going to pin this for inspiration! Thanks for sharing.
I love your quilt! It’s so different to the usual. And I love the no pink scheme.
This is a fun, fun quilt — very artsy and modern. I love it! :)
Very nice way to transform the D9P! Great fabrics, too.
totally smitten with your quilt, and I think the disappearing nine patch is genius, it turned out so well here!
What a great quilt!
Wonderful! What a clever idea of how to use the D9P’s! I love it! Very fun quilt, great colors and the quilting is super. Thanks for sharing. . .this is inspirational.
Karen, your quilt is stunning…love the colors and the brightness with the white borders…and the quilting stitches are perfectly suited to it…a lovely summer quilt!
What a stunning quilt! The pattern and fabric are very cool. The quilting is fabulous. What a treat to look at.
Very lovely, the white really sets off the riot of color.
Hi Karen, I love the color combinations and the swirls! I’m a new quilter so I’ve been braving the free-motion thing a little bit, but haven’t sent any quilts out yet to have them quilted. I would like to in the future though. Thanks for sharing your lovely quilt!
I love this quilt. I never would have guessed that you used Disappearing 9 patch blocks to achieve the affect. The quilting works really well with the mixture of fabrics.
Such fun fabrics and a great block choice for them. :)
What a fun way of putting together a quilt, and I love the quilting as well!
I think the white really makes the colors pop on your quilt! Thanks for sharing, Karen!
Blessings,
Tammy ~@~
What a wonderful way to treat D9P – makes the blocks stand out beautifully!
love the quilt – I have been very slow this time getting my entry in on Amy’s blog and very slow to start looking at the quilts! but here I am now and yours is lovely!
Karen
This is absolutely lovely. Well done!
oh, wow! i love the sorta scrappy feel of this design. great happy colors, too!
Oooh, Karen, I love it! I have some Califon in my stash that I’m waiting for the perfect project for! This design really shows off the fabrics and I love the white with it! Your quilter did a great job – love the way she did the swirly quilting! Great entry o:)
I love the look of this and the random way the fabrics fall. From what I have seen I think this is something I can never do without a machine but if I ever get the basic block after cutting figured out, I might be tempted to try.
What a creative use of the disappearing nine patch! This is such a lovely quilt.
Very cool disappearing nine patch variation!
It’s a great quilt! I like how the white frames break up the dissapearing 9-patches.
Beautiful! I love the arrangement of your disappearing 9-patch blocks and the quilting on this one is just gorgeous.
Love the contrast of all the white in that beautiful blue.
Thanks for sharing!
I love how you’ve set these blocks. The one disappearing 9-patch I made looked so busy to me, but this is perfect. Definitely going into my ‘keep-in-mind’ file!
Fantastic quilt. Thanks for sharing it.
You already know how I feel about your Califon quilt. Nice choice for the Festival!
Love this quilt – great color, fabrics and design!
Great quilt Karen! The colours are quite and balanced well with the white!
Great quilt – I have a bunch of fat quarters of that line and haven’t decided what to make. I really like yours.
I love the color combinations on this quilt and also, how the white breaks up the designs in just the perfect way! Beautiful!
What a great quilt!
I love your beautiful quilt. Did you create the design yourself? Awesome job! I’m looking forward to checking out your other creations a little later. Thanks for sharing!
Love how you took Disappearing 9-patch and made it something new and fun! I’m going to have to try this with some D9P blocks that are laying around.
Ooo… I’ve not seen a disappearing nine-patch layout like this before. It is FABULOUS! Love. Thanks so much for sharing! :)
Oooh! I love the white border between the D9P blocks! Very nice :-)
I just love how this all melds together. Wonderfully different use of the DP9P. Thank you for sharing with us.
I love the idea of doing the 9-patches and then making something new with them! It’s lovely and fresh and summery, nice work!
I love that quilt. The disappearing nine patch is one of my very favorite blocks. And I think I may have to do one like this. ;)
The white sashing is very striking against the prints. Looks great!
Very pretty, I like the blue/yellow rows then outlined with the solid white, very striking. Nice quilting designs.
Your quilt is gorgeous, the colours look great against the white.
I’ve not seen that line before. I like it! and I love how you did the D9P. that is so clever. I never would have thought that.
Karen, I love love love it! So interesting and fun. Well done! and thanks for sharing, :) Greetings from Cyprus, Valentina!
Your quilt is gorgeous! I have a pile of disappearing 9 patches that I have not been sure what to do with — thank you so much for the inspiration!
Love the D9P medallion. Lots of visual interest and movement. Great job.
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Amazing work Karen! Love all the movement and the quilting.
So simple and fun. You created a very unique setting for the D9P….love it. Great job in the quilting ….love swirls.
Karen it is so beautiful,well done and i love your choice of colours.
Hi Karen!
Love your quilt! Mark’s fabrics are wonderful. I have a few of the Califon line and I wish I would have purchased more. Thanks for sharing and enjoy your weekend.
Hi Karen, What an interesting quilt! Quilter’s will never stop having terrific ideas. I love the colours you have used, how clever are you! Have a lovely weekend. Regards, Anita.
I love this variation on a D9P! Thanks so much for sharing!!
What a fabulous quilt!!
Clever use of disappearing nine patch blocks – the result is stunning! Love it – a lot !
This is a great use of charm packs – so much more than the sum of their parts! Beautiful!
What a great way to use D9P squares! The quilting is super fa, too. Great job!
You know there is nothing more fun than Mark Lipinski,accept his fabrics. They are about as bright and whitty as he is!! The quilt is only outdone by your fabulous quilting!! I love it!
From your clever use of charm squares to that fabulous swirly quilting this quilt is wonderful!!
LOVE your quilt. so vibrant with wonderful colors and those fabrics are just fun! like your pattern–that white really works well. the quilting is fantastic–so completely works with the fabrics
Another lovely quilt Karen, I’m not surprised you love it…. how many charm packs were used? Whenever I see a series of pictures like this I just love how it grows and then how much of a difference the quilting makes… just brings it all to life…
Hugz