Friday, October 23, 2015

The Village Square - Feed Company Edition

It's Friday and I am super excited to share a new finish with you!!!  And, on top of that, it is also Bloggers Quilt Festival!!!!  So let's get right to that finish!!!! This is The Village Square - Feed Company Edition and I am so, so, excited with how it turned out!!!!


The Village Square is one of the patterns from the Appliqued Chains section in my book Irish Chain Quilts ;)  Those little houses are so much fun to applique!! I love that I can raw edge applique them without using any stabilizer.  They are small enough that you can just hold them in place while you stitch them down and it gives them the cutest raw edges!!!


There was a few moments when making this quilt that I was scared it just wasn't going to come together the way I was hoping. I used a Feed Company Layer Cake by Sweetwater for Moda as I wanted it to have a bit of an Americana feel.  So while I was making the blocks and just looking at them individually I started to get a little nervous. (ya know how you always tend to second guess yourself at some point in making a quilt . . .  please tell me we all do that ;)   I can't tell you how excited I got when I put all the blocks together and it was that "oh ya, that was the look I wanted" moment ;)


I quilted this one the same way I did the original only quilting the background and not doing any quilting on the houses or squares.  I was going for a sort of Cobblestone effect, ya know, to add to the whole village square effect.    I just love how it makes the little houses and square pop out and really emphasis the overall chain design!!


Oh, and if you are wondering why I am making this quilt up again and why I whipped it up so fast (I started it last week)  . . . well I am teaching this quilt at the Cedar Chest Quilt Retreat in January and this weekend all of the quilts from the retreat are being hung at the Heritage Festival.  Well it sort of slipped my mind that my original The Village Square is currently traveling in a Shop Hop across the US . . . so I needed a new model to hang and fast.  Hence the new Feed Company Edition ;)   I have to admit, it sure was fun to have an excuse to make up this adorable quilt again.   So loving it and once again, I never cease to be amazed at how changing up the fabrics can so change up the look of a quilt!!!  I love that!!!!


And that is all for The Village Square - Feed Company Edition :)   Be sure to pop on over and check out all of the quilts in the Bloggers Quilt Festival!!! I just love that Amy does this on the same weekend at Quilt Market, it's quilty eye candy galore!!!!  Oh, and speaking of Market . . . be sure to pop back in next week as I will be sharing all of my secret Market sewing, so excited!!!!



I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Weekend!!!!  

Linking up this finish to Sarah's and Amanda's and Blogger's Quilt Festival ;)  

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26 comments:

  1. It turned out gorgeous! Great choice of fabrics and your pattern is super super cute!

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  2. I just love this one. So cute, and what a neat concept. I keep seeing appliqué and I'm definitely going to have to incorporate that more in my quilts. You did such a lovely job, which you always do, of course. Love it!!

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  3. Hi this is the first time I have visited your blog - and what a lovely finish to see!! I really like this quilt and the quicker method of applique, as opposed to piecing, is very appealing!

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  4. Love it! I'm going to have to add this quilt to my long list of projects to make!

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  5. Ohhh my goodness this turned out so adorable. yes I have also had those moments of doubt and then "yes, it did turn out" LOL pretty sure we all have had those at least once. have fun at quilt market your quilt will make rave reviews.

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  6. Oh my gosh what an adorable pattern. It's a must have!

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  7. This is a beautiful quilt, I can't believe all those houses are appliqued! And they pop so well!

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  8. Fantastic! What a fun quilt. The houses are so cute.

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  9. Wow! That is just adorable! I was flipping through your book at the local quilt store! Must put this on my Wish List!

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  10. Love this spin on an Irish chain quilt! Well done!

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  11. I have your BOOK and I love the houses in the chains. Glad you got to re-make your quilt. It's Fabulous! You have my Vote!

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  12. Great quilt. Love the cobblestone effect. Have a great class.

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  13. Love the colors. Beautifully done!

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  14. i love it :-)
    so so beautiful !!!

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  15. Oh what a sweet finish - I love the little houses and the colours remind me of a Lowry painting :)

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  16. I have the book. I just need to make this too.
    I love how you did this very quickly and it turned out so beautiful

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  17. Great quilt! Love all those little houses.

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  18. i love this one! missed seeing you at market!

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  19. Voting for my friend Melissa! :-)

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

Melissa