2011 Bloggers Quilt Festival

This is the third time I have entered Amy's Creative Side Bloggers Quilt Festival.

I have decided to share with you one of my many Scarlet and Gray quilts.  I was recently honored to be asked to participate in a Scarlet and Gray Quilt Trunk Show.

Joyce Ely of JEllen's House of Fabric and an Ohio State alumni, asked me to share my quilts with her customers.

Of all the quilts displayed in the trunk show, my favorite quilt is Scarlet and Gray Allover.

Scarlet and Gray Allover 48" x 48" is a Marti Michell pattern I saw displayed in The Glass Thimble in Columbus.  It is made using Marti's Log Cabin Ruler and her Perfect Piecing acrylic templates.  I machine pieced it in 2009 and had it machine quilted by Jennifer McCann of Galena, Ohio in 2010.  I had the pleasure of meeting and taking a class from Marti at Lake Farm Parks the winter of 2010, it was awesome!! 

I learned alot about using Marti's rulers while making this quilt.  Since I have a large stash of Scarlet and Gray, I see myself making another one of these quilts now that I have even more experience using Marti's templates. 

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my quilt.  If you find my blog interesting, please let Amy know so that I can be a featured quilter!!

Scarlet and Gray fabric shopping! My Christmas in July!!

On my way to Columbus I stopped in Ashland,Ohio at Country Charm Fabrics.  I found a great

Lakehouse Fabric LH05019B 'Saturns' to use for my Buckeye Quilts.  It's Black with a Gray Planet that has Red rings around it. 

I also stopped at Glass Thimble and picked up some great Robert Kaufman 10220 Red and Black stripes.

At Quilt Trends I found Dimples for Andover Fabrics.

While in Columbus I visted the Ohio Union on the campus of The Ohio State University, I will post a separate blog about that and Eddie George's Grill.

On my way home I dropped off 4 quilt tops to be quilted by Jennifer McCann.  I can't wait to pick them up this fall!!

Marti Michell Perfect Patchwork Templates

I recently took a class from Marti Michell http://www.frommarti.com/ at Lake Farm Parks http://www.lakemetroparks.com/programs/quilts2010.shtml, it was awesome!!  I had been using some of Marti's templates and wanted to meet her and learn some tips. 

I first used her Kaleido-Ruler, Small on this Scarlet and Gray Kaleidoscope Wall Hanging.

My next project used her Log Cabin ABC's book, Log Cabin Ruler and some of the Perfect Patchwork Templates.  I had seen a sample of this at The Glass Thimble in Columbus, Ohio http://www.glassthimble.com/



The next quilt was made using Marti's Rolling Star Strippity-Do-Dah Pattern  and templates.  I had purchased a Scarlet and Gray jelly roll from Calico Cupboard in Pataskala, Ohio http://www.calico-cupboard.com/ and these templates work perfectly.  You need a mechanical pencil for marking the pieces.

Buckeye Stars Keep Rolling

Now I'm working on a 12 inch sampler similar to Marti's below.

I have my center done.

Carpenter's Wheel

And some of the surrounding blocks.

Hidden Star                                              

Ohio Star                         

Martha Washington's Star

Bethlehem Star

Wild Goose

Sweet Sixteen

Pieced Star

Rosette