Saturday, October 30, 2010

Blogger's Quilt Festival

I just joined in on the Blogger's Quilt Festival hosted by Amy's Creative Side.  I just have to share my Mariner's Compass Quilt that I made for my husband.  It is my favorite for several reasons.  But first let me show you some pictures even though you may have seen it before.


It is one of my favorites because I challenged myself to make this quilt for my husband when I didn't feel confident with all the points, paper piecing, etc. I was a bit overwhelmed but I really love the way it turned out!  So does my husband!


This quilt is also the reason that I started blogging.  It was shortly after seeing the movie Julie & Julia where Julie starts a blog to chart her progress as she cooks her way through Julia Child's cook book. I decided that I would chart my progress in making this challenging quilt.  You can read about it here if your interested. Since then I have found so much inspiration from so many quilt blogs.


Each of the 12 compasses has 77 pieces [not including the sawtooth border]. The compasses are 20" in diameter!   


This quilt also won a prize over at the Quilting Bloggers weekly quilt contest.  That was the first time I ever showed any of my quilts publicly [other than on my blog]. I was extremely thrilled that so many voted my quilt as their favorite that week!

I learned so much making this quilt, gained confidence and found a whole lot of creative quilters around the world!

Now go on over and check out all the quilts and their inspirational stories!  There are many to see.  Just click on the button on my side bar.

32 comments:

  1. I'm not surprised this won, it's a really stunning quilt.

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  2. Wow, so beautiful. Paper piecing is on my list to learn and when I see gorgeous quilts like this I get so excited to finally learn it. FAntastic work!

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  3. Your quilt is gorgeous - I am not surprised that it won, congratulations!!

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  4. What a beauty. The work involved is impressive. Love paper piecing. The compass is the ultimate test of a paper piecer!

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  5. Wow! It is stunning. Quite the challenge but the end result is beautiful.

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  6. Absolutely beautiful. Congratulations!

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  7. Beautiful quilt! I love the fleur de lis quilting - very impressive quilt!

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  8. Oh my gosh - over here in the UK, I am screaming out loud at this total and utter beauty. I love the combination of the ridiculously perfect mariner's compasses with bright modern colours against white. This is a stunner and I wish I'd made it!

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  9. Stunning and what a superb job you did! Bravo!

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  10. Your quilt is absolutely stunning! Beautiful!

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  11. That's a wonderful, beautiful quilt - and your husband is a lucky man! I did ONE Mariner's Compass block for a quilt for my DH (is that a manly block??) and I was really intimidated by it! And you did 12 of them !! Glad it was a winner - and yes, I think you should show it in a show!

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  12. Gorgous quilt. Maybe one day I will be brave enought to take on that challenge. Wonderful job!

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  13. It's a very ambitious and beautiful project! I can see why your husband loves it. What a treasure!

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  14. Oh Dawn - it really is just beautiful! Your hubby is a lucky guy! So glad that it brought you to blogland too (smile)!

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  15. That is an awesome quilt. I would love to tackle a mariners compass one day but am terrified. Will have to work my way upt to it I think. Just spectacular.

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  16. Incredible quilt. I have always loved the pattern, but it seems a little scary to me. Yours is fabulous.

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  17. I love the Mariners Compass block, you did a fantastic job!! Love the colors you chose, very traditional. This is one of my favorites!

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  18. Your quilt is beautiful! It pays off to be brave - those mariner's compass blocks are pretty daunting...
    ; )

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  19. Fabulous quilt, thanks for sharing!

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  20. Gorgoeus. If I ever get round to making a Mariners Compass this is the one I would want to use as my inspiration.

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  21. Beautiful Quilt!Thanks for sharing.

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  22. I really love this and having made one mariner's compass, I can just imagine the making of eight. I like the border too. I was going to comment during the festival but my laptop is having major issues and can't seem to hang in there for more than a few minutes at a time.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  23. After a 1200 mile move in the middle of the Blogger's Quilt Festival, I'm just now getting back to it. Your Mariner's Compass quilt is simply fabulous! So perfect, and I love the colors you chose.

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  24. its a amazing quilt..love this pattern...so beautilful..well done, Dawn :-)

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  25. Hello! This is so so beautiful quilt! I love the patter and the colours! Great work!
    Wishes from Crete! Teje

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Sweet sentiments