Blogger's Quilt Festival: Fall 2012

It's that time of year again!  I love the Blogger's Quilt Festival!  I'm re-sharing my Broken Diamonds quilt I finished about a month ago.  It's one of my favorites from this whole year.  The original post on this quilt is found here.

I've already provided the specs in my previous post on this quilt, so I wanted to share a bit about my creative process on this quilt.  I've decided on a term for this style of quilting: Precise Imprecision.  I very meticulously paper-pieced these blocks in order for each border to line up perfectly, but I wanted the over all quilt to have a scattered, somewhat disorganized feel.  Placement of each block was carefully considered in the overall design as well as the various widths of white borders.  I chose and arrange block border colors based on how they would look together as well as scattering colors throughout the design.  I chose to begin the spiral quilting where I did because for me that block is the focal point of the quilt.

This quilt took me a long time to finally finish up because I was never happy with the arrangement each time I pulled the blocks out.  I would put them away for another month or two until I was finally able to commit to a design.  I find too often I rush through a quilt design just to get it done rather than allow it to stew for a while and think on it.  This is not the design I would have come up with had I sewed the blocks together immediately upon completion.  I've said this before about other quilts, but I love this one because it is uniquely mine.  No one else would have created the exact same quilt.  This is what I love about just winging it and simply creating.  This is why I love quilting. We all have the opportunity to sew random strips of fabric together and create something that no one else can.

Finished Quilt Measures: 60" x 65"

Pieced and quilted by myself

Best Categories: Favorite throw, Favorite Home Machine Quilted Quilt