Monday, May 19, 2014

Bloggers Quilt Festival - Mellow Yellow

We'll I am back from Quilt Market and wouldn't you know, it's Bloggers Quilt Festival!!!!  Yippee.  I promise to do a little Quilt Market recap soon, but for today and tomorrow, I would like to share some of the quilts I made for Market that will also be my Bloggers Quilt Festival quilts :)  

Today I am excited to share, Mellow Yellow :)  I created this quilt for the lovely folks at Art Gallery Fabrics.  I had so much fun playing with all of those wonderful warm tones, you just can't help but smile at them.


They are like a splash of sunshine and here it is all laid out in the sunshine ;)  Doesn't it just make you want to have a picnic ;)   The design was created by the fabulous Laura Grosso of Art Gallery.  And I think you would agree with me that it is spectacular :)


Seriously, I think this quilt could not have been more perfect for me.  If you have been around for a bit, you know I love flying geese!!!  (I make them using the No-Waste technique, you can find a tutorial here ;)  So a quilt made entirely of flying geese and then a whole ton of perfect points to match. Fantastic!!!!  It really was so fun to put together.


Obviously, the quilt got it's name from the fantastic prints I was using.   I wrote a list back here of each of the lines these beautiful yellows were from.  The backing was from Leah Duncan's Meadow collection and was the perfect finishing touch :)

When it came time to quilt, I decided on some wavy lines that run parallel to the geese.  I love the way it just makes your eye flow with the design.  So fun!!  And quilting this on the long arm was so incredibly relaxing, just back and froth and back and forth.  Good Times!!


And here it is, hanging in the Art Gallery Booth at International Quilt Market.   I am so happy with the way it turned out and  I can't wait to make another one, but I am thinking in purple for my purple sewing room ;)   Yippee ;)


Thanks for stopping by today, and be sure to pop on over to the Blogger's Quilt Festival to see all of the amazing quilts in each of the categories ;)  Mellow Yellow is in the Modern Category ;)


Have a Happy Quilting Day!!
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24 comments:

  1. Great looking quilt! I live the yellows!

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    1. Love, not live- sheesh,Cathy, read what you wrote before you click publish...

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  2. Glad you are back and joining the Blogger's Quilt Festival fun! YES, I would love it in Purple too! It would be fun to sew for the fabric companies. How'd you get so LUCKY?

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  3. gorgeous quilt. Everything about it is amazingly perfect!

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  4. I love it. Flying geese are quickly becoming my new favorite block.

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  5. What a lovely quilt. Congrats on having a quilt displayed at market!

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  6. Your flying geese quilt is wonderful. I especially like the two different sizes and to top it off the wavey quilted lines on the quilt, done on your home machine is perfect. It suggests motion - flying. Just terrific.

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  7. Pretty, Pretty, love your quilting!

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  8. Such a fun quilt! I look forward to your market recap. I can't get enough, LOL!!
    By the way - did you see that you showed up in the video of market on Leah Day's blog? It's cool - at least I think that's you, LOL!!

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  9. Oh, I love it! And a purple one would be awesome:)

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  10. It looks great Melissa. Love that quilting too

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  11. Dropped by from Blogger's Quilt Festival, what a sunny quilt and wow to all those flying geese :D

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  12. Love the brightness of this quilt and a great way to use all those geese! Thanks for the reminder of how to make lots of geese at the same time!

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  13. How fun. Yellow is my favorite color. And to see it used like this is fabulous!!!

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  14. Very beautiful! I just adore flying geese...just wish this one wasn't in the same category as my quilt ;-) LOL Love it!

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  15. I love it - do you know if Art Gallery Fabrics are making the pattern available anywhere? Thanks

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  16. Beautiful quilt! Love the vintage look to it.:)

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  17. Very cool - very modern, and yet, with a throwback feel!

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  18. Love the quilt! What sizes are your flying geese...if you are able to share? I need to make this quilt :)

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  19. Love the quilt! Would love the pattern when it becomes available :)

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  20. Melissa your flying geese are great. I am inspired to get going on the flying geese quilt I"ve been dreaming of. I like your color choice and although I am not a fan of yellow, I think I may be wrong, I just haven't used it correctly...your mellow yellow changed my mind.

    Nini~
    niniandthesea.blogspot.com

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  21. Oh...I'm so clueless sometimes. I LOVED this quilt at Market and didn't realize it was yours! Seriously, I didn't get away from my booth very much but the one time I did, I took a picture of this quilt for inspiration and the only picture I took of a quilt. Yay!! Your amazing!!

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  22. love your quilt! do you have different size flying geese or am I seeing things?
    I love yellow and flying geese. match made in heaven!LOL

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Thank you so much for your sweet comments. I just love hearing from you!!
Have a Happy Quilting Day :)

Melissa