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First, the migraine report: They haven't been quite as bad overall this week. Time is still getting away from me as I play catch up, hence the late post. It's totally still Wednesday in my time zone. ;-)

I've basically been a free motion quilting machine this week. Last week, I'd just started the quilting on Zoom Zoom. It's now fully quilted and bound! Woo hoo! Full reveal on the blog tomorrow, but here's a peek.

 

I also completed the quilting on Caterpillar Fizz, my baby size Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt. No binding yet.

 

Then I moved on to my Star Light Star Dark quilt from the quilt along at Quilty Habit. I'm quilting each quadrant with a different color thread, and I'm almost done with the yellow thread section. I just need to quilt the large star.

 

In case you haven't seen my last two posts, I've entered quilts into the Original Design and Home Machine Quilted categories of the Blogger's Quilt Festival. Voting is open through Friday if you'd like to check out the many beautiful quilts being shared and vote for your favorites. There are links to the categories I entered in my last two posts and you can find all the categories on Amy's main post.

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Thanks for visiting! I hope you're having a great week.

I'm linking up to Midweek Makers and Needle and Thread Thursday.

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For my second entry into this year's Blogger's Quilt Festival, I've chosen R's Pattern for the Home Machine Quilted (<--voting open through Friday!) category. Welcome to anyone visiting for the first time!

This quilt design was done by my then 2 1/2 year old daughter and I enjoyed playing with it in the quilting process. This is the largest quilt that I've quilted with graffiti quilting. I chose to match thread colors to the front fabric.

I've taken some new crinkly pictures of the quilt after it's been washed. I think this shows off the quilting even better.

 

You can view the rest of the quilts in the Home Machine Quilted category and starting soon you can vote on your favorites. There is so much amazing work being shown through the festival. Please visit Amy's Creative Side which has links to all the categories.

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For my first entry into this year's Blogger's Quilt Festival, I've chosen my Wizard of Oz Baby Quilt for the Original Design (<--voting open through Friday!) category. Welcome to anyone visiting for the first time!

When my sister told me that they had decided to decorate with Wizard of Oz for my nephew's room, I knew I had to make a quilt. However, I didn't really want to use licensed character fabric, and I don't love appliqué. There are some beautiful depictions of Oz in appliqué out there, and I knew I didn't have that in me. After asking my sister what her favorite elements were, I got to work, focusing on the Emerald City and the poppies.

I found the perfect panel (sky and poppies) and used appliqué to attach the buildings and reverse appliqué to piece in the sections of yellow brick road. Each border represents one character: Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion.

One of my favorite features of the quilt is the rainbow, which I quilted in six colors of thread. In total, I quilted in 17 different colors using 24 different quilting motifs.

In the border sections I chose a different quilting motif for each, and also quilted an icon to represent the character.

The backing featured rainbow lollipops, a nod to the munchkins.

 

You can view the rest of the quilts in the Original Design category and starting soon you can vote on your favorites. There is so much amazing work being shown through the festival. Please visit Amy's Creative Side which has links to all the categories.

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