Thursday, September 22, 2016

BQF: Dancing Plus

Have you been visiting all the great posts at Blogger's Quilt Festival over at Amy's Creative Side? So many gorgeous quilts! Thanks, Amy, for hosting and for the opportunity to share.

Today I'm adding Dancing Plus to the Scrappy category. Lots of varied low volume backgrounds here, and lots of cute prints. No particular color scheme except mostly modern-ish prints.
Dancing Plus, 2016, 60" x 75"

Dancing Plus is the result of my Sew Bee It bee blocks. Last year I gave the girls in the bee instructions for the block (tutorial here). They made blocks for me, lots of blocks, and I made a few more, and a few more, and, well, you know how it goes, I got carried away and pretty soon I had enough for the whole quilt.

Dancing Plus is destined to become a Christmas gift for a happy family with several kids. It's sofa throw sized, so I'm sure it'll get a lot of use.

I quilted it with random wavy lines, mostly vertical, with a few curvy diagonal lines between the plusses as well. Very wonky! Sturdy enough to hold up but soft enough to drape nicely. I bound it in a black & white bias stripe print to contain all that busy-ness.

Check out all the other quilty eye-candy at Bloggers Quilt Festival over at Amy's Creative Side.

11 comments:

  1. There is something so happy and cheerful about the way the pluses dance around in this quilt top. Fantastic entry for the scrappy category in the Festival!

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  2. This is an adorable quilt. I love it.

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  3. Such a bright cheerful quilt. It sure looks cuddly.

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  4. What fun! I love the movement. Dancing Plus is a great name.

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  5. This is a very cute quilt. The quilting is really effective!!

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  6. It's such a fun and happy quilt!

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  7. I love the motion in your quilt! Gorgeous!

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  8. The name nails it, they are really dancing! I'm sure it'll create a cheerful atmosphere in the room it will reside in.

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  9. The family that gets this quilt will love it! I like the variety of white/natural fabrics you used for the background.
    --Nancy. (ndmessier @ aol.com, joyforgrace.blogspot.com)

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  10. Oooooh! This looks like a fun one! Thanks for another great tut!

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