Modern Quilt Guild Riley Blake Challenge

I made it!  I finished up my Riley Blake challenge quilt in time to meet the deadline for the challenge.

This is the quilt I came up with, Midnight Geese.

I started this quilt a few weeks ago, unsure if I would be able to finish by the deadline, but being positive that I would.  I started with a doodle that I had in my notebook from the beginning of January.

Once I had my design I started making lots of flying geese and laying them out on my design wall.  

I added elements as I went along that added to the original design, such as the pinwheels with the outline.

For the background I used a dark navy blue which really let the challenge fabrics pop.  The binding is also a Riley Blake challenge fabric.   I machine quilted the quilt, echoing around the geese and the border of the pinwheels.

I backed the quilt with a solid yellow to contrast the dark front  Because the yellow was so bright I added another pinwheel of geese using the challenge fabrics.  The geese are made with the scrap strips.  

I am loving how the quilting really pops on the back.

Just one more picture on the ice of the pool.

Midnight Geese is 33.5" x 41"


And... here is Maggie who was my "helper" while I was trying to take pictures.  I think she really wanted the take the quilt and run with it.  

Project Quilting Challenge 3 - Sweet Treats

Project Quilting Challenge 3 was this week (if you are wondering, yes I missed 2, I was sick and on bed rest for a few weeks).  I was beyond excited with the challenge inspiration, Sweet Treats.  My first thoughts were bright colors and fun shapes and then I thought gummy bears because they are yummy and colorful.

I took the color idea and ran with it.  This was a fun way to play with all solids, which I almost never do.  I pulled a bunch of bright fun colors from my stash and cut 2.5 inch strips off each.  Then I cut the strips into equilateral triangles, laid them out and fused them to some pellon.  I was experimenting with how the triangles would turn out with the fusing method.  FYI... the points don't come out perfect, but it gives a different look to them and I really think it fits the feel like the candies are in a big box all mixed together.

After I did the triangles I added a few thin borders to frame my hard candies.  I stitched in the ditch around the borders.  Then it is bound in a light blue, feels like one more border to me.  It is backed in a fun green and blue polka-dot that makes me think of candy dots.

My Hard Candy Mini Quilt measures 15.5" x 18.5".  I created it in my home in Lanoka Harbor, NJ.