And look at that! Holly, gets immortalized in a festival entry. :)
For my new visitors, welcome too my blog! Holly pictured above is actually a dog just visiting for the month of May.
Right now I live with a Doberman Nim, an orange tabby Emile, and another tabby Leela. And my chinchilla Pascal. I live in the Snoqualmie valley area of WA state (20 - 30 minutes east of Seattle, but not quite over Snoqualmie Pass) and in addition to my quilting and knitting I am an avid hiker and a terrible but inspired gardener.
And now for the story of my submission to the Blogger's Quilt Festival!
This quilt is the result of my 3rd year participating in the Annual New Year's Day Mystery Quilt event designed by Janet Wickell. This pattern is the 2014 New Year's Day Mystery Quilt.
I am surprised how much I enjoy the mystery quilts. I think mostly I am surprised that the color generally works out in the end. I make it a policy to always work with my scrap stash for my Mystery Quilts. I really lucked out this year in that I got a bunch of new fat quarters for Christmas so I had more variety to play with.
This quilt is the biggest quilt I have done on my roughly year old sewing machine, the Baby Lock Crescendo. And the experience was not without problems. I accidentally quilted a knitting project in the back.
And later I would end up quilting another part of the actually backing to itself (no photo - I was too frustrated at that point). I don't blame the machine for this problems however. I blame lack of space and cats that rearrange that space to their liking.
This quilt was only about 4 months late to my first who turned 50 in January. I can tell it has found a good home and she will cherish it.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog (current readers and new). Last time I participated in this festival I made some blogger friends and found some really inspiring sites to follow. - Sam
I love how this quilt turned out. Glad to hear it found a good home.
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Thanks Cindy! If it wasn't for that last quilt festival I might have never met you! I am glad it found a good home too. Sometimes I find "rehoming" the quilts to be a challenge itself, but partway into making this one I realized it had a home. :)
DeleteGood job........all of YOU ! Ha ! Sounds like a fun lively household, and many 'hands' make quick (?) work !
ReplyDeleteThanks Dolly! And yes, I have a lively little group. :) Sam
DeleteWhat a fitting model Holly is in your entry. It really is a beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteI know. :) I was an honor for her while she visits!
DeleteIt's a beautiful quilt! And I must say, I have seen people sew their own sleeves shut, and folks knit the sweaters they're wearing into whatever project their working on but I've never seen a knitting project sewn into a quilt! Hope it wasn't too much of a headache to free it. :-)
ReplyDeleteEven I was stunned. :) It was actually a real pain to undo. I have learned to not store my knitting near my quilting. Sam
DeleteWow, such a lovely quilt! And with the frustrating lack of space, just hope you don't end up accidentally quilting in one of the dogs or cats some year! Though it would probably make for a pretty entertaining and interactive submission. :)
ReplyDeleteThe way Leela hides in my quilting projects is probably a valid concern. :)
DeleteI voted for you! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I appreciate your support and taking the time to comment. :) Sam
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