Thursday, September 21, 2017

Bloggers Quilt Festival: Seasonal Migration

Amy Ellis is once again hosting Bloggers Quilt Festival over at Amy's Creative Side. Check out all the quilty eye candy over there!

For my second entry I'm featuring Seasonal Migration. 

Formerly referred to as KBFG (Kaffe & Batik Flying Geese), this quilt has been in the making for about two and a half years, but came back from the quilter in late July. I was able to get it finished in time for my guild's show which will start September 30.

Lots of flying geese: 

I worked on it at camp: 


I finished the flimsy more than a year ago, but then it had to wait until its turn came up on my quilter friend Sandy's waiting list. She's very good and very popular.

Sandy quilted it lightly per my request, using bamboo batting, so it would remain soft and drapey.

46 different fabrics  were used in the top, plus the backing, plus the binding.

The backing is perfect for me: Names of colors in huge script. Before I retired, I worked as a color specialist in apparel, textiles and footwear, and one of my responsibilities was naming colors. 


I'm keeping this quilt for myself.



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13 comments:

  1. It's really fun to get to revisit such lovely projects from the year. I like the bands of dark background to break up your migrating geese. :)

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  2. Very pretty quilt. Love the darker rows of geese. Makes the quilt have a lot of intensity!

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  3. This is a beautiful quilt! I love designs that use all flying geese blocks. Your career sounds fascinating, too!

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  4. Love those colors! So many geese. Whew! It's a great quilt.

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  5. A gaggle of geese. I loved this quilt when you first debutted it. It still shines.

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  6. Love all the flying geese and the selection of fabrics. It is a wonderful quilt.

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  7. This is so beautiful! I love that you kept track of the number of different fabrics you used!

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  8. That is such a beautiful take on the flying geese. It's perfect for this time of year, too! Andrea

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  9. Fantastic quilt! Love all 46 of those colors, too! Great camp project.

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  10. I absolutely LOVE this quilt!!! From the name, to the design, to the fabric choices, it couldn't be more perfect. Oh, but that's a WHOLE LOT of Flying Geese!!

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  11. It looks fabulous! What size are the individual geese blocks?

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  12. I simply love flying geese and your geese are absolutely beautiful!

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