Last fall I really enjoyed the Blogger Quilt Festival, so when I got the notice Amy’s Creative Side – Bloggers Quilt Festival for Fall 2017 was starting, I was thrilled. I love to look at the quilts that have been made by others throughout 2017. I have found several new bloggers to start to follow.
I thought about what to submit and decided on my Cookie Exchange. I started and finished this quilt in April of this year. This was one of those fabrics I must have really liked. I had bought a layer cake and a frivol tin of The Cookie Exchange by Sweetwater for Moda. I came up with the pattern to use the majority of the fabric and measures 64″ x 64″.
I had a bit of fabric left and used it to piece a back, along with buying some of the Concrete All Wrapped Up yardage at Fat Quarter Shop.
This was my first try at crosshatch quilting on my Janome. I even ventured into a red thread, not white!! I enjoyed it, other than the sore butt from sitting.
If you are stopping by from Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt Fall 2017 Festival, thanks for stopping. I look forward to seeing more of each of you posting at Amy’s site.
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The texture from your quilting is delightful. How far apart is the spacing on your crosshatch? It looks quite dense (maybe every 1/2 inch?).
Red thread on gray? Bold and fabulous! That dense crosshatch must made your eyes cross more than once, but it was worth it.
OH!! I can SO relate to the rebellious use of colored thread!! I always want to use white! It is so hard for me to use color! I have no idea why either! Love the end effect and texture!
Great finish. I love the use of the red thread and the close quilting. Your quilt is lovely.
love the bold thread color on the grey
That quilting is awesome.
Great quilt! Quilting with the red thread was a great choice,!
What a happy Christmas quilt. Can’t go wrong with Sweetwater–love their fabrics!
Love the crosshatching! I have that Frivols tin; the blocks are done, and there it sits. Haha. Maybe someday!
Hi Jan, I remember you making the quilt top but I’m pretty sure I never saw the quilting which I just love. Good for you to do cross hatching quilting, something I’ve never attempted. Thanks for the inspiration.
A lovely quilt! And great quilting, crosshatching is a ‘go to’ favourite of mine!
How clever, love your quilt!
Great quilt! And I really like the pieced back.
The pieced backings you make are really fun. This is another great quilt, and I really like that close crosshatch in red – must have taken forever!
Love the quilt front and pieced back! Awesome crosshatch stitching…that takes forever, but looks fabulous!
Quilting in red? You rebel, you!! LOL (That was a really great design choice.)
This quilt is adorable! The colors are so happy. The quilting is intense for a crosshatch. I can see why you got tired of sitting.