Bloggers' Quilt Festival Spring 2012

Hi everyone!  I had to jump in again (on the last day mind you) and join the Bloggers' Quilt Festival over at Amy's Creative Side.  Click on the button above to see 500+ quilts that have been entered this spring!

This year I'm showing the quilt I made for my husband for Christmas.  It's the "Boyfriend Quilt" from the book Modern Mix by Jessica Levitt.  The main fabrics were from the Outfoxed line by Lizzy House purchased at Sew Fresh on Etsy.  There's also a bit of Lush and some Kona sable and coffee. 

Modern Mix book and fabrics

Quite the selection of Orange and Brown!

OK, I went a little crazy on the fabric.  Above are the fabrics I chose (at the beginning - a few fell out), and below are the ones that made the reject list!  I didn't end up using the light pink or the salmon pearl bracelet fabric for the 'brick' area.  They just weren't masculine enough!

Loved but rejected fabrics, the purple circles from Outfoxed made it into the final quilt

More rejects!

The fabric below was my inspiration for the quilt.  My husband also LOVES orange and brown, so the Outfoxed line was perfect!!

Outfoxed print

  As you can see from the photo below, the quilt didn't end up exactly square.  I was able to make up some of the difference in the borders, but I learned not to work from one side when doing a quilt in strips.  You end up with no leeway on that side!

quilt top before borders

Detail of some of the strips

Detail of the 'brick' area

 I quilted it using straight lines (improv- I didn't mark) with orange thread.  The back is solid Kona coffee and the orange lines look super cool from the back.

Finished quilt