Friday, September 23, 2016

Blogger's Quilt Festival--Tone it Down

I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to participate in the Blogger's Quilt Festival because my blog has been so neglected lately. I started out 2016 planning to participate in the Finish-Along all year, but in February we started the process of deciding and then buying a home and that took up a lot of my time and energy (such an understatement) for 4 or 5 months. We have been in the new (to us) house for almost 3 months, school has started, and things are calming down.

I decided to go ahead and post about my tone-it-down quilt for my BQF entry, in the Large Quilts category.

#apqquiltalong finished quilt

I finished this just about a year ago and it is still one of my favorite quilts. It's on my daughter's bed and I still think about making another one. As soon as I clear out my WIP pile somewhat. I think this pattern would look really good with a background of just 5 or 6 subtle variations of off white, or pale pink.

A couple of attribution details:
*Pattern is from American Patchwork and Quilting and was the quiltalong pattern for 2014. Search #apqquiltalong to see more.
*My color choices were inspired by this quilt by Svetlana/SOTAK Handmade.


You can read more about this quilt here.

Many thanks to Amy for hosting the Blogger's Quilt Festival! Please go visit the festival and check out all the amazing work quilters have been sharing this time around.

4 comments:

Kat said...

I love how scrappy and low volume this looks! Great quilt finish!

Unknown said...

I love your version Vicki! It's so pretty - glad you guys are settling in, and thanks for sharing your quilt :)

Jayne said...

Beautiful! I love the subdued colors and it looks so complicated! Good luck in the festival!

Poppyprint said...

So beautiful - it must be lovely for your daughter to sleep under it!