Blogger's Quilt Festival Spring 2010

This is the quilt I am entering into the Blogger's Quilt Fest.

When I designed and completed this quilt, I felt as if I had finally created a quilt that made me feel as if I were truly a *quilter.* I am not a big fan of traditional quilts; while I'd made some quilts in non-traditional patterns prior to this one (i.e., Yellow Brick Road, Take 5, etc.), they did not have the unpredictable, out-of-the-ordinary feel that this one has.

The pattern is my own original design, and gives me the feeling of having entered the ranks of modern quilters.

The fabrics (with the exception of the white) are scraps.

The binding is even pieced from the scraps.

A friend gave me a bag of scraps, and when I saw the brown and turquoise scraps, I just knew I could not combine them with other scraps to create a scrap quilt. I felt as if they needed to stand alone, and be "front and center" in their own quilt. I actually used crazymom's block, but the layout is my own. With this quilt, it is hard to be content creating quilts that may be non-traditional, but are still not my own design. I believe that I will probably venture more and more outside of established patterns and create my own. I really hope so.

Here's the back, by the way.

Now, go check out some of the other quilts in the Festival! Just click the button below: