Bloggers Quilt Festival

Are you ready?  

Grab a cup of coffee, get comfortable and head over to the Blogger's Quilt Festival.  You'll find fabulous quilty inspiration and discover some new and wonderful blogs.

Here's my entry:  Feeling Groovy

I made this quilt for our school auction.  The theme was That '70's Prom, and "some sort of tie dye and peace sign design" was requested.

Applique is not a skill I've mastered, so I drew a pattern using pinwheels to form the peace sign, thinking this would be an easier way to go.  Note to self:  learn applique!  

Shopping for a rainbow assortment of batiks was part of the fun.

These were the first pinwheel blocks I made...ever!

59 pinwheel blocks later, and a peace sign becomes recognizable.

I labeled each block with a row letter and column number.  I started piecing in the middle and worked my way out.

I learned a great deal in the course of making this quilt.  I was surprised to realize how much I enjoyed the process of designing a pattern and figuring out the math to make it work...all with pencil and paper rather than computer.

Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy the festival!