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The Modern Quilt Guild Riley Blake Challenge Quilt is Complete!

2/16/2014

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Back in October, The Modern Quilt Guild announced that they were holding their 3rd annual Fabric Challenge.  This year the challenge was sponsored by Riley Blake Fabrics.  Each member was given 6 fat eighths of fabric.

The rules were simple:
  • Members can make anything they want as long as it is quilted.
  • Add in any solids fabric or Riley Blake printed fabric.
  • You do not need to use all the fabrics given to you. 

The deadline for this challenge is tomorrow (February 17, 2014).  In true form, I finished my quilt today! 

My creation changed designs many, many times.  I impulsively cut the fabric long ago with a specific design in mind.  However, the more I thought about it, the more the design changed.  

I fell in love with this graphic I found on Pinterest.  It was a graphic that was being sold by Etsy Artist, Noelle O'Reilly.  Sadly, this print is no longer being sold on Etsy.  I thought that it would make a great modern quilt!  
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"Modern Birch Trees Green and Gray Forest 8x10 inch print"
Creating this quilt was definitely a challenge for me as the pieces are very asymmetrical and therefore required me to have a "go-with-it" attitude.  Here is the result:
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It would have been a shame if I didn't use up the rest of the fabric I had cut, so I used it all on the back.
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After swearing off pebble free motion quilting after quilting the king sized "Olde Stone House Delft Quilt", I decided it was time to use it again.  I quilted the "birch trees" in a very linear quilting and filled in the rest with pebbles.  It went a lot faster this time around and I am very happy with the result.  Here are a few close up shots:
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If you are interested in seeing what other Modern Quilt Guild Members came up with you can search #mqgrileyblakechallenge on Twitter, Instagram or Flickr.  It was interesting to see what everyone came up  with.  There are so many wonderful and talented quilters out there!

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