I’m so excited that it’s time for the bloggers quilt festival again, which is generously hosted by Amy of Amy’s Creative Side! I got to meet Amy briefly last year at the Sewing Summit, and she was awesome and is clearly full of good ideas– the bloggers quilt festival is a way for all of us not attending the annual International Quilt Market to share in the fun. I was sad not to be able to join my friends (Brenda, Anna, Debby, and Lynn, all of whom are in my local modern quilt guild) at market this year, but I thought this was the perfect opportunity to share a new quilt I recently finished!
For lack of a better name, I’m calling this one the blue squares improv baby quilt. This quilt was such a joy to make because I love improvisational piecing– there is something so fun and playful about it, and I love it because you can’t make a mistake or do something wrong! I also love the modern look it creates. For this quilt top, I wanted to feature 4 improv blocks, but I wanted more visual interest, so I added improvisationally pieced blue squares in the upper corner. One friend commented that it looked almost pixelated, as if I had zoomed in on the smaller pieces. I loved that idea, and I think it’s a pretty accurate description!
For the back I kept things simple, and went for connected and framed squares. I love how quickly a baby quilt can come together, and I really enjoy quilting small quilts. I machine quilted it in a meandering, organic pattern (or, “allover” quilting as my friend Emily has said).
Thanks so much, Amy, for letting me share this in the quilt festival! And, if you all have a chance, you should head over to Amy’s blog to check out some of the other quilts– there are always a lot to see, and a lot to be inspired by!
This is a wonderful quilt!
Love your quilts! The colours on both are fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
As always great photos Natalie but more importantly, another fab quilt from you!
Lovely quilt! You do improv so well!
I love this baby quilt! You do improv so well, it’s very modern yet sweet enough for a baby. Love it!
Beautiful. And I love how you photographed it too.
I love that as a baby quilt!! Great photo shoot as well!
Ooh. I really like the blue corner, it pulls the design together so well!
love the blues and how you have tamed them with the negative space. Gorgeous!
What a wonderful quilt!
so, so pretty! I love it, Natalie!
Improv is such therapy. I need to indulge in it again sometime soon. Congrats on finishing up your dissertation. That’s awesome!
Your quilt is so cool! The improv blue in the top corner is genius! 🙂
I love modern, blue and gray. So obviously, I think this quilt is amazing! I’m about to try my first improv quilt (second quilt ever). There is something about the artistic process that calls to me.
It’s delightfully refreshing. Love it.
So cool! I love the extra burst in the corner.
Such a pretty quilt. Thanks for sharing! With all the people I met at SS last year, I can’t help but wonder if we crossed paths at all… 🙂 It was such a fun event!
Great colors! Very cool design!
Nice quilt – I love the other quilt also, especially the color. The backing of the blue one is great.
A happy quilt. What is it about aqua/blue and grey? Thanks so much for sharing!
Beautiful!
beautiful blue colors. I love the improvised blocks 🙂
Lovely quilt! I love the back. And I love how the colour pops in the photo taken at the old cabin.
i love everything you make! xo seriously! the improv corner is honestly my favorite though. such a small part that makes such a huge difference in the quilt! xo
This is really lovely!
It’s a beautiful quilt and lovely photos as well!!
This quilt is so beautiful! I love it!! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!
Gorgeous! I love the piecing in the upper left—such a great idea!
This is so awesome and I love that both sides are equally and wonderfully interesting! Nicely done!
another fantastic quilt (actually two quilts with that vibrant green on the porch) love it! so many ideas are roiling around in my head from your and oodles of other quilts. thanks for sharing and have a great day.
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just now reading through last week’s blogs!! i love the piecing on that blue quilt – what a fantastic idea!
Love your color combo. The blue square in the corner is brilliant.
It’s lovely!! I love the scrappy improv blocks.
Love the improv but especially that corner of blue! It glows!
Love the improv and the colors!
Thanks so much, Rachel! 🙂 Natalie
Gorgeous and I love the modern look against the natural backgrounds in the photos! What is that place? 🙂
What are the solid colors you used? Do you remember?
I’m a sucker for blues, I love it!
I really love this, Natalie! The little “surprise” in the corner is fabulous.
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