Tuesday 20 September 2016

Lollipop Drops

Lollipop Drops - Fall Festival 2016



Lollipop Drops


a bit of outside play
Welcome to my blog and to the Fall Quilt Bloggers Festival for 2016!



Many thanks to Amy for organising and hosting this festival, it has been in existence for 8 years!  It must be said that running something like this doesn't just happen overnight.  There are many hours of organising and talking to people for prizes etc.  Now we have mentioned prizes, I ask that you all visit people blogs and leave comments and don't forget to leave a comment on Amy's Creative Side for your chance to win also.

I would dearly love to be nominated for viewers choice which can be done here and now.

Then from the 25th September you can vote for your favourites.  I will be entering Lollipop drops in Original Design Section here

And I also have my Anniversary Blooms quilt in the Hand Quilt Quilts.


Nitty Gritty of Lollipop Drops!


Lollipop Drops started from a session of play with the Creative Grids Hexagon Trim Tool,  you can find it here if you are not quite sure what it is.  I was having lots of fun and working one day a week in a patchwork shop, Moda Pedal Pushes range was new and looked so inviting that it came home with me.  

I wanted to make a modern looking quilt and do a bit more than the trim tool showed in the instructions. So with a bit of manipulation of the tool I decided to create this top.  
The piecing of the top
I wanted to create the red like it was coming from the centre of the quilt, and it was reminding me of those large lollipops we would have as kids,  hence the name especially when I placed the small and partial hexagons in the lower and side border.

Once the top was completed I decided to quilt this with Aurifil 12 wt thread and a Shashiko needle were my choice along with the Hobbs Tuscany Wool Wadding for loft.
beginning of quilting.
some of the detail in the quilting
Each element was to be quilted with a different quilting pattern to give movement to the quilt.

quilting complete and binding happening


lovely up close and personal collage

more of the hand quilting elements


getting ready to go inside from the setting sun

loving how the lines flow here

I entered this quilt in the Victorian Quilters Showcase this year in our Innovative Quilts Section.  I am happy to say this quilt was awarded a first.  This was my first every prize in a show like this.  
here she is with her ribbon


So don't forget to visit all of the other blog posts and leave a comment as its all very inspirational and lots of eye candy over here at Amy's Creative Side.

I hope you have enjoyed my original quilt using the hexagon trim tool by creative grids and my imagination.  If this is your first time visiting my blog, I hope you have enjoyed the post.  Please be sure to sign up and follow my blog for lots of inspiration and tips along the way.

So until we meet again,  have fun and enjoy the creative nuances we have, and smile often,


Wendy

21 comments:

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    1. Thank You Allison, do you have a blog up so I can visit yours?

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    1. Thank you, do you have blogs up would love to visit them.

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  3. Thanks for sharing this beautiful qulit. It's making me think I need to play with hexagons!

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    1. Yes I had not done ever wanted to do hexagon quilts until I used this tool. I have older posts with different arrangements of the hexie, one is time warp, another is Grub, let's fly a kite, and blossoming news

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    2. Thanks for visiting hit the wrong button, I'm not sure I have them all up on the blog but must do a blog of all my hexie quilts, I might incorporate one with what I have done today and post up. Thanks again

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  4. Good luck with Lollipops Drops! Just love the quilting you did on this one!

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    1. Thanks Carla, especially for your always encouraging words

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  5. Beautiful! Best of luck at the show!

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