Monday, February 3, 2014

Red and White Challenge

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I've decided to join the fun over at SewCalGal and enter the red and white challenge. She is hosting lots of fun activities through out the year to celebrate red and white quilts, so I couldn't resist jumping into this one! When you click over to her website (by clicking on her name) you will see all the links to all the quilts entered. And who doesn't love a quilt show? Especially one that has ALL RED AND WHITE quilts!!
This is my entry. It's also in the banner at the top of the blog this month. I like this quilt so much! It was a copy of a quilt I made in black and white. The pattern I wrote for it included five sizes. After making the king size quilt, I knew I wanted another one in a smaller version, and I got fancy and added scalloped borders. I'm so glad I did that because now I know they are not hard and I plan to do them again! I call this version of Dreaming in Black and White pattern, Dreaming in Crimson. I know the cleverness is really about to knock you over isn't it?
This is a close up of the quilting from the back. I just quilted free hand flowers and they were super fun. I plan to use this motif again! I made some chubby and some skinny, some very large and some tiny. Occasionally I had to add a loop to get myself where I needed to be, and that's okay too. I like how organic it feels.
And a close up...
And the full view...
 You get the idea. Now go to Sew Cal Gal and enjoy the show!
 
Enjoy every stitch!
Diane
 
 

14 comments:

  1. The Scalloped edges are great! What a beautiful array of reds in your 9-patches.

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    1. Thank you so much, that's so nice of you to say! Thanks for visiting!

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  2. I love that you put the scallop on the edge. I love all the red and white quilts in the show!

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    1. Thanks! I know, isn't the show fun? I'm enjoying it too!

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    1. Thank you. That was the idea, it was super easy and fun. Have a great day!

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  4. Lovely, the flowers and the scalloped borders add lots of romance to this beauty.

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  6. Loved seeing it in person at the Hall County Quilt Guild yesterday too. You were a great speaker. We very much enjoyed it.

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    1. Thank you so much Denise! Your guild is lots of fun, and so many nice quilters! Thanks for making me feel so welcome!

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  7. A great quilt. The scalloped borders really add to it somehow.

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    1. Thanks, I agree, and they weren't hard at all!

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  8. Your quilt is really beautiful and I really like the way you quilted it also!!

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