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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Blogger's Quilt Festival

 Hi, everyone!  It is time again for one of my favorite blogging times of the year-Amy's Blogger's Quilt Festival!  It is always so much fun seeing so many beautiful quilts and finding new blogs to love.



For this round of the festival, I want to share my yo-yo quilt that I finished this past summer. I first started this quilt in 2003, and it is the first quilt I ever started. I really didn't realize what I was getting myself into when I started making it; I just knew I wanted to make a quilt; I didn't have a machine, so it would have to be all done by hand. I am so proud that it is completely pieced together by hand without using a machine at all.


I could also call this my "traveling quilt" because it has definitely traveled. When I started the quilt, I was living in Birmingham, AL, then I got married and moved to Ft. Payne, AL where we lived for about a year. We then moved to Denver, CO, which is where we live now. It has traveled across the country with us as we have moved several times. I have worked on it while driving from Denver to Hobbs, NM to visit my brother, sister-in-law, and new niece, and it has been to Destin, FL several times over the summer to visit with my family. It traveled up to Newport, VA one New Year's Eve to go to a concert, and it has also been to San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, and New Orleans. I even worked on it on the ten hour drive from Denver to Yellowstone National Park several years ago. Many of my friends have seen me working on this from time to time over the last eight(!) years, which is so different than the quilts I have worked on with the machine. I like that it has traveled so much, and it was easy to take with me since it was hand sewing.


 The finished quilt is 56 yo-yos across by 56 yo-yos down with the yo-yos being approximately 1-5/8 inches across. It is 90" square, which I think makes it a queen size quilt. It has 3, 156 yo-yos!

It is the quilt that I am most proud of making, and I am so glad that I finished it!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

Be sure to go check out all the other amazing quilts on display by using the button below! 

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34 comments:

  1. LynnOctober 30, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    Gasp! What a stunning quilt! I really admire this one, 8 years in the making. You must be proud!

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  2. BeverlyOctober 30, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    That is an accomplishment!!! AND beautiful!

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  3. Go-Go KimOctober 30, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    WOW!!!! That is a lot of yo yo's!!!! Very beautiful!

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  4. Heather D.October 30, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    Truly stunning.

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  5. scraphappyOctober 30, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    Wow! What great determination.

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  6. carol funOctober 30, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    What a spectacular quilt! Simply beautiful!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 30, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    ROFLOL! This is just crazy cool! What a wonderful quilt, story and job done!
    I'm a hand quilter and my quilts travel with me a lot, also. It's pretty cool thinking where they have all been before they are gifted!
    Thank you so much for sharing! What an accomplishment!

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  8. em's scrapbagOctober 30, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    This is so wonderful!!!

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  9. MichelleOctober 30, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    Amazing, all by hand, so glad you finished it, it is an heirloom for sure. Love all the colors.

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  10. LeslieUnfinishedOctober 30, 2011 at 8:00 PM

    Holy cow!

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  11. LeeOctober 30, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    Wow! That is an incredible piece of work. It's lovely.

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  12. ArianeOctober 30, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    Wow!!!! This quilt is stunning!!! I love it!!!

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  13. LynetteOctober 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    Awesome :D I'm planning on making a yo-yo quilt in the next couple years. Love this!

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  14. larissaOctober 30, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    Saw this on the BQF page. Absolutely amazing work! So inspiring.

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  15. LisaOctober 30, 2011 at 11:47 PM

    speechless ... stunning ...

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  16. JaneOctober 31, 2011 at 12:14 AM

    Well, you obviously aren't afraid of commitment! And the result is gorgeous!

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  17. SherryOctober 31, 2011 at 12:15 AM

    I remember you working on your yo yos at the beach. What an amazing quilt! I love it! It is priceless for sure. The photographs are beautiful. Were all the yo yos a solid color or did you have prints or both? What an heirloom:)

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  18. Sarah October 31, 2011 at 2:26 AM

    That second picture down is really a grown up and your quilt is humongusly big :D
    It is a beautiful colourful work of art!
    Did you set off with a plan in mind or did you let it meander and grow? I'm intrigued, it's just so fab!

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  19. Deborah OHareOctober 31, 2011 at 2:48 AM

    All I can say is WOW!!!!

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  20. trishOctober 31, 2011 at 6:07 AM

    Oh my goodness!
    Your yo-yo quilt
    is amazing!!

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  21. AnonymousOctober 31, 2011 at 6:23 AM

    I love your quilt! thats a lot of yo-yos!

    Margaret
    www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com
    msolomo1@maine.rr.com

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  22. AnonymousOctober 31, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    gorgeous!!

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  23. AlisaOctober 31, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    It's amazing! What dedication to finish it up. Very, very nice.

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  24. VickiOctober 31, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    beautiful! I love the yo-yos, what an amazing project.

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  25. MyraOctober 31, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Oh my goodness! Yo-yos galore!! Love it, and love your choice of backdrops to display it!! Very nice! 8-)

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  26. Andrea November 1, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    I work with incredible

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  27. Lyanna L.November 1, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    i can't get over how much work it must have taken to complete this quilt. great job.

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  28. AnonymousNovember 2, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    very very very very very beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Italy

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  29. BunkHouseQuiltsNovember 2, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Oh Wow. I have never even made a yoyo. Here you have made an awesome Heirloom from them. I admire your tenacity to keep working and get it finished. Lovely!

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  30. ShannonNovember 3, 2011 at 10:16 PM

    Holy Cow!!!! You put so much work in to this beautiful quilt. What a treasure!!!

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  31. Little Island QuiltingNovember 4, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    I am in complete and total awe of your quilt. Amazing!

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  32. Pieces to LoveNovember 7, 2011 at 6:55 AM

    That is a lot of yo-yo's! It is beautiful. I can't wait to see what other quilts you have made.

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  33. EileenNovember 9, 2011 at 11:15 PM

    wow! super impressive and lovely. what a great story of the time making it. i've made some yo-yo's and know the time just to make them, let alone sewing them all together. just wonderful. thanks for sharing and have a great day

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  34. Anastacia KnitsNovember 11, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    that is an absolutely amazing quilt!

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