Bloggers' Quilt Festival Spring 2012

I am excited to join Amy's Creative Side at the

Spring 2012 Bloggers Quilt Festival

This is my entry:

Inspiration: Pinwheel Cove by Theresa Eisinger
Quiltmaker.com 

The fabrics are all prewashed batiks--it ended up so soft and supple.

As you can see, it has a tropical ocean theme. 

If you are arriving here from the festival, I am a professional longarm quilter.

I do not have a computerized system, so all my quilting is freehand.

Pattern inspiration came from a quilt by Theresa Elsinger in Quiltmaker magazine.

I pieced and quilted it for a wedding gift for a couple who were married on Catalina Island, CA USA

 As a remembrance, they wanted dolphins--there are 3 different dolphin motifs sprinkled around the quilt: 

On the ferry with heading over to the island, they said the dolphins were running right along side of the boat!

I also added sand dollars . . .

. . . shells . . . 

 . . starfish  . . .

. . . and my personal favorite a seahorse! 

The fabrics and the quilting are meant to convey the feel of swirling waves of water--yup, there's even just a touch of seaweed floating along! 

The backing is a tropical floral.

With every quilt I make, I try to stretch myself by learning something new.

I can't even recall all the hours I have spent practicing over the past year, learning to make these pebbles!

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you have seen me blog about this quilt, so grab a beverage and jump over to the Festival for a look at an amazing array of quilts from other bloggers.  

Tomorrow is the last day for entries and there are already 483 quilts entered!!