Bloggers Quilt Festival Time!

Just in case you hadn't heard about it elsewhere in blogland, it's time for the spring version of the Bloggers Quilt Festival, hosted by Amy Ellis.

This is a wonderful, inspirational linkup to all kinds of gorgeous quilts.  Make sure you check it out!

I'm going to be linking up two quilts this year, so stay tuned for a second post to follow this one.

If you've just arrived from the link up page, welcome!  Hope to see you again!

And Then There Were Four

This little quilt was made earlier this year to commemorate the birth of my grandson - their little family has grown to 4, which is so exciting!  It was made using the Riley Blake fabrics received in a Modern Quilt Guild challenge through the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild.

I've entered it in the "Home Machine Quilted" category.  I felt it was time I tried a plus quilt, although I kept the pieced pluses to a minimum, and gave my self lots of quilting room!   I had a lot of fun playing with different quilting designs to create additional pluses.



My work is all done freehand on this quilt, although I had marked out the Plus grid in which to work.  For some of the more geometric designs, I also marked them first so I didn't stray too far off course.  I generally use a blue washout marker.

"and then there were four" details:

36" x 36"

Aurifil 50 wt top and bobbin, #2600, light grey 

Warm & Natural batting

quilted on my Pfaff Quilt Expression 3.2

Happy quilting!