Blogger's Quilt Festival

Here's my first entry for this year's Blogger's Quilt Festival over at Amy's Creative Side!
Click HERE to see all the entries -- so much inspiration!

The Lichen Tree is my favorite finish for 2017!!

This is the wall outside my studio where it is currently hanging.

I love how the color of the wall impacts the look of the quilt.

It's an original quilt (no, there won't be a pattern for it).

I love that it's so different from my typical style.

I love that I was able to translate a stalled old project into this updated art piece.

I love the blend of contemporary fabric with fabric from my (oldish) stash.

I love that it won a cash prize early in the summer!

I enjoyed experimenting with quilting as an integral part of the overall design.

 I'm not sure this scribbly section brings a patch of lichen on a tree trunk to anyone's mind, but I know what it means! 

The density of the quilting was unfamiliar territory for me. 

It's a lot more work but worth it in the end!! 

Using a facing for an edge finish created the most anxiety for me and while I'm happy with the result, I'm not so sure I'd do it again.  I'm very good at binding!!

Thanks for visiting and looking at my quilt!

Looking forward to meeting some more quilters through this year's festival!

Mary