Blogger’s Quilt Festival Spring 2015: Eagle’s Crossing

Hi, Welcome to the Spring 2015 edition of the Blogger’s Quilt Festival. It’s a biannual event hosted by Amy over at Amy’s Creative Side. Quilters can enter up to two of their quilts at a time in two different categories. It is an awesome way to view some beautiful quilts. It is great to be able to see and learn how other quilters get their inspiration for their work.

I am entering my Eagle’s Crossing quilt into the Large quilt category. I made this quilt using a super sized version of the original  Adding Up Nicely quilt pattern by Meadow Mist Designs. This patriotic quilt was a gift for our Uncle Max who is a Viet Nam Veteran.

I really loved how the mustard grunge type fabric print worked with the bald eagle print fabric.

I chose to quilt with a mustard gold thread on the mustard fabric and white thread on the white fabric. I followed inside the blocks throughout the quilt.

I have made three different versions of this quilt pattern. The original pattern used charm squares and we enlarged the design to make these blocks finish at 9 inches. This was helpful when you have a focus fabric you do not want to cut up into small pieces.

I chose to use a wonderful patriotic eagle fabric for the backing. I try to make all my quilt backs as interesting as possible.

You can read more about the making of this Eagle’s Crossing quilt on my blog posts here and here.

The Blogger’s Quilt Festival runs from May 15th to the 29th. Voting starts on the 22nd. There will be a Viewer’s Choice award in each category. Please go over and vote for your favorites.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Sewing,

Shelley