Guitar Collage Quilt - It's Completed!

 

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

Recently, I told you about my experience taking a Guitar Collage quilt workshop with Laura Heine in Branson. Missouri at the AQS Quilt Week.  Well, the quilt is completed and I absolutely love it.  I'm seriously hooked on this type of quilting.

Here's the completed quilt:

My Completed Guitar Collage Quilt 

I found there was a small learning curve in making this type of quilt.  I've made several landscape/art/pictorial quilts in the past, however, this one was different because it is very, very stiff. (Think cardboard.)  I channel-quilted the quilt, which is something Laura suggested.  This is to ensure that the little bits and pieces of fabric used in the collage are securely attached.  I used my smaller machine to quilt this, and it was a bit of a struggle forcing it to stay straight during the final quilting.  (You can see the curved lines in the detail pictures.  Oh, well...Finished is better than perfect, right?)  The next time I make one of these quilts, I will use my quilting machine with the larger throat.  In any case, I love the final outcome.

I used variegated thread during quilting to add extra interest to the design.

Some detail pictures:

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic

 I selected a colorful batik for the back of my quilt and a dark pink batik for the binding.

The back of my guitar collage quilt  

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic of the Back

My Guitar Collage Quilt - Detail Pic of the Back

 And, last. but certainly not least, the quilt tag.  The guitar was drawn and colored with crayons and heat set with a hot iron.  I appliqued my name and the little flowers onto the tag.  I think it's a lovely complement to the boho vibe of the quilt, don't you think?

The quilt tag. Appliqued name and flowers. Hand-drawn and colored guitar.

My friend, Elizabeth and I showed our quilts at our quilt guild meeting last night.

Showing off our Guitar quilts at last night's guild meeting.

This was great fun and I'm looking forward to making more collage quilts in the near future.

Until next time,

QUILT Guild of NWA 2023 Quilt Show

 

 I am a member of the Q.U.I.L.T. Guild of NWA.  We are having our quilt show on Friday, April 21st and Saturday, April 22nd, 2023 at the Benton County Fairgrounds.

The Guild normally hosts a show every other year.  We did not have a show in 2021 due to Covid, so we are especially excited about this year's event.  One of the highlights of the show is the small quilt auction that will take place on Saturday.  Guild members made and donated the quilts for this auction.  I opted to make a mini pinwheel quilt in reproduction feedsack fabrics for the event.  I used a straight-line quilting technique to make the pinwheels pop.

Mini Pinwheel Quilt - Front

Mini Pinwheel Quilt - Front Detail

Mini Pinwheel Quilt - Back

Mini Pinwheel Quilt - Back Detail

Another highlight of the show will be the raffle drawing for the Crystal Prism Quilt, also to take place on Saturday.  Isn't it lovely?

Crystal Prism Raffle Quilt

The Guild will be selling fabrics, kits and notions during the show.  Attendees may also purchase services and wares from several vendors who will be in attendance.  And - to make sure no one goes hungry - food will also be sold during the show.

For more information on the event and/or about Q.U.I.L.T. Guild NWA, please visit the guild's Facebook page here:  https://www.facebook.com/quiltnwa

Hope to see you at the show!