Blogger's Quilt Festival: The Fandango Quilt

Hi!  Welcome to any newcomers visiting for the Bloggers Quilt Festival!

This is my entry this fall:

I call it my Fandango quilt.  Because I made it with Kate Spain's Fandango fabric.  I'm super awesome at naming quilts. 

I made this for my in-laws who are amazing people.  I wanted to make them something special for their anniversary.  I searched and searched for the perfect fabric and I love what I ended up with!  This quilt is on their bed right now (it's a BIG one) and it matches their bedroom perfectly!

Sorry about the funky pictures.  That's what happens when you finish the quilt hours before you plan to deliver it...  Don't we all do that now and then?

I quilted this quilt using a modified quilt-as-you-go method.  Basically, I broke the quilt down into 5 sections, quilted them, and then attached the sections by machine on the front and by hand on the back.

I love that I was able to quilt such a big quilt with such freedom!  I chose to quilt swirls in all of the frame boxes.  For the full boxes, I echoed the design of the fabric.  I think the back of this quilt looks so cool! 

The binding is scrappy, using leftover fabrics from the front.  I pieced four extra blocks into the back, with the rest of my light solid and some darker solid. 

This quilt was a ton of work, but I loved every minute of it!  It took a long time to complete, but I knew my in-laws would appreciate it.  And they did!  They sent me a super nice thank you card the day after they received it.

Quilt stats:

Finished size:  91" x 76"

Quilted by: ME!

Techniques used:  Regular piecing, modified QAYG quilting, bound by machine

Best Categories:  Bed Quilt, Home Machine Quilted Quilt

Festival #: 248

Now go check out all the other fantastic entries!