Sunday, 18 May 2014

Forest Fire

Two days ago I made the amazing discovery of a Bloggers' Quilt Festival run by Amy at Amy's Creative Side. There are quite a few categories and any blogger can enter up to 2 quilts in the competition. And the judges? That's you! I have entered 'Forest Fire 2' in the mini quilt category.

Forest Fire 2

This mini quilt is roughly 12 inches square and one of a series of 4. I had done a bit of try dyeing that I wanted to use and thought it would make a wonderful backdrop to a tree silhouette. The piece only uses 2 dyes, a scarlet and slate blue for the background and the same slate blue for the tree, border and binding. The tree is cut free form without a pattern and pieced with very thin bias insets of a quarter of an inch or less. I felt the border needed to be quite wide, and to echo the curves of the tree. I finished it off with an all over FMQ leaf design.

I really hope you go and look at all the other quilts on Amy's website and vote for your favourite. For the mini quilts, click here. To see my other entry and FMQ on a domestic machine, click here. For all the other categories, click here.

Thanks for dropping by

Hilary Florence

Please find below a list of linky parties. I may not link with all of the every week, but with some of them most weeks. Please go and have a look at some of the other wonderful quilts and quilters there.
Anything goes Mondays @ http://marelize-ries.blogspot.co.uk/
Linky Tuesday at Free motion by  the river­­­­ @ http://www.conniekresin.com/
Fabric Tuesday @http://quiltstory.blogspot.co.uk/    
Sew cute Tuesday @ http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/ 
Show and tell Tuesday @ http://ihavetosay.typepad.com/randi/
Let’s Bee Social @ http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.co.uk
WIP Wednesday at freshly pieced   @   http://www.freshlypieced.com/
WOW = WIPs on Wednesdays  @ http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.co.uk/  
WIP Wednesday at TN + TN  @ http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca
I Quilt Thursdays @ http://prettybobbins.com/
Really Random Thursdays @ http://www.liveacolorfullife.net/
Needle and Thread Thursday @ http://myquiltinfatuation.blogspot.co.uk/
Off the wall Fridays @ http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.co.uk/
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27 comments:

  1. Schulz Family18 May 2014 at 21:36

    found you via anything goes Monday. Love your quilting, it is an inspiration

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  2. Malu18 May 2014 at 21:41

    This really is a piece of art and the name matches the quilt. You should not only enter in competitions but also make a quilt show yourself and show all the quilts.

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  3. purduepam18 May 2014 at 23:54

    Love your mini

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  4. MTB19 May 2014 at 01:32

    Very cool use of a special fabric. Love the quilting, too!

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  5. ipatchandquilt19 May 2014 at 06:30

    Lovely mini! Great colours!!!
    Esther

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  6. Vera19 May 2014 at 09:20

    Nice entry! Enjoy the festival! You'll get more comments if you turn your word verification OFF.

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  7. Sue Daurio19 May 2014 at 14:02

    Love your tree. Do you have one for each season. You did a great job with the dyeing.

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  8. CitricSugar19 May 2014 at 18:42

    This is so beautiful! Love all that delicate piecework. Breath-taking.

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  9. Renee20 May 2014 at 13:59

    This is a lovely little quilt! Great choice of quilting and fabrics.

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  10. quilthexle20 May 2014 at 19:20

    What a brilliant little beauty - love it !

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  11. BillieBee (billiemick)21 May 2014 at 02:32

    Wow....sure loving this mini, and the colors are fantastic.

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  12. Jo Ferguson21 May 2014 at 04:59

    This is my first time seeing this piece. Your colour choices and design elements, blend together beautifully. It's a stunning piece and I think I could stare at it all day, without getting bored.

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  13. Jess (a.k.a. Rosie)21 May 2014 at 13:54

    Beautiful!!! Absolutely stunning!! The colors are beautiful and the tree is just amazing :-) Great job!

    ~ Jess ~
    Everything Is Coming Up Rosie

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  14. Marjorie's Busy Corner21 May 2014 at 14:28

    Beautiful!!! Love the quilting pattern

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  15. momiji21 May 2014 at 16:33

    Gorgeous! What an absolutely striking little quilt!

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  16. Anne / Springleaf Studios22 May 2014 at 00:57

    I love your mini. The variations in the red are perfect for a fire.

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  17. Lorette22 May 2014 at 08:46

    Such lovely work again Hilary! I just love your little tree! And of course the quilting is fabulous!

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  18. Judy@Quilt Paradigm22 May 2014 at 14:08

    Hillary, this is absolutely stunning! The colors are amazing and you hit a home run with the design!! I agree with the previous poster, I could look at this piece all day! Beautifully done!

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  19. Ольга Романив22 May 2014 at 14:41

    Oh! Very nice!

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  20. Eileen22 May 2014 at 17:07

    Beautiful work!

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  21. Writingmom22 May 2014 at 20:39

    I love this! Great work!

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  22. Lorna McMahon22 May 2014 at 21:28

    I have always admired tree quilts, Hilary, and yours is no exception. Love the quilting. Well done!

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  23. Connie Kresin Campbell23 May 2014 at 14:37

    What a beautiful little quilt Hilary!! Thanks for sharing at Linky Tuesday! Freemotion by the River

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  24. Linda M23 May 2014 at 16:09

    Wow, that is cool!

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  25. Anonymous24 May 2014 at 12:48

    Love the leaf quilting amidst the tree-lovely entry!

    Hillary (with two ls) :)

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  26. Nupur27 May 2014 at 15:35

    The quilt evokes such a great mood- nice work.

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  27. Wendy30 May 2014 at 12:43

    beautiful piece of art!

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