It was so much fun taking part in the Kona Cotton challenge that Robert Kaufman was generous enough to sponsor for many many of the Modern Quilt Guilds.
Each group was allow to create their own rules for the challenge. Here in LA, we were each given one charm pack in the dusty palette. From there we were allowed to add one additional solid fabric in the quilt top, and one more for the binding. Here’s the quilt I made.
The quilting is 100% inspired by this quilt.
This type of random piecing is so much fun for me to do.
And I used some scraps from the piecing in a bit of the binding.
There were so many amazing entries into the challenge. We had a lot of categories that the guild picked winners for but these are the two that tied for “best of show.”
Amazing, right?? So wonderful! And isn’t it funny how much they work together?? They both picked Ash as their background! You can see all of the quilts that were made by The LAMQG here. And there’s also a flickr group for photos of all of the different guilds’ challenge quilts.
And here we all are showing off our quilts!
Oh and Jacquie’s talk? So so inspiring!
Everyone was so thrilled to get to know the woman behind the blog we’ve all been reading. She was open and warm and just an all around wonderful speaker. And the quilts! She brought many more than you’d imagine could fit in one suitcase and each one was more beautiful than the next. I heard rumors of a petition getting started to get her to move to LA…
i love your quilt! I am working on mine and have ripped it out 3 times…lol My little charms won’t be worth stitching if I don’t figure out what I am doing soon… Love the quilting..
Beautiful and inspiring. Thank you
Oh my goodness the quilting on this is to die for!
I ripped my quilting out too. Send us some of your vibes. I love that circular quilting!
Great post! Love your quilt. I just did that exact hand quilting on my new modern baby quilt here: http://ilovebabyquilts.blogspot.com/2011/03/modern-baby-quilt-finished.html Did you mark yours? I didn’t!
Thanks for sharing your wonderful challenge quilt and the others from your guild – they are all amazing!!! We’re getting our charm packs at this months meeting and already my brain is whirring. Lucky that Jacquie came to visit you. Jealous!
So lovely. The quilting is the perfect complement to the minimalist piecing.
What a great challenge! Beautiful quilts created from it! Love the quilting on your quilt!
There surely are some lovely quilts on that group shot. Bravo to all the members…..and yours….WOW! The quilting is amazing!
Ummm, no. You can not have Jacquie!
All the solids quilts are so great. Fabulous show, LAMQG!
simply amazing quilt – I love it! I love the other ones you showed, too! The two that tied are gorgeous and they look like they were made to be together! Wow, did everyone rise to the challenge or what?!
Your quilting is spectacular! I can’t wait to look through the flickr group.
And there’s no way you can have Jacquie! We missed her too much at the last guild meeting. But you’re welcome to come visit anytime
Wow! Your quilt is Gorgeous! I can’t believe I missed the meeting and couldn’t see these in person!
All the quilts were amazing. Thank you for such a wonderful show and tell.
Great quilts! This was a fun challenge. Can’t wait to see the group photos from our own KCMQG……and Oh no…Jacquie is ours!!! We’re going to keep her!
Can you tell us how you quilted it? It’s fabulous~!
Thanks for your kind words everyone… and to answer how i quilted it… I did it all with a walking foot. I should have done the very center with a free motion foot through, it would have come out better since it’s really tough to take those sharper turns with your walking foot. I drew the center of the spiral on the quilt with chalk and once I had sewed around a few times I just used the edge of my foot going around and around and around… and around. Oh and around some more. It did take a lot of time!
P.S. I guess you Kansas City people can keep Jacquie!! We’ll just demand some more visiting!
Love it! I’m going to have to start using more solids in my work.
Your quilt is wonderful, as are all of the quilts that I’m seeing in your photos! What a great challenge, and nothing could be closer to my heart ♥
The quilts on the flicker page are fantastic. I wish there was a Modern Quilt Group where I live or could I join one and be a long distance member?
gee…those kc people are possessive, aren’t they! love your quilt and all those in the la challenge…totally talented group!
You should by so proud, your quilt is a work of art.
I love how you used your RK solids. Beautiful quilt!!! The LA group made some fabulous projects.
I love your work! Hope I can follow in your footsteps. Courage, one must have courage!