My Challenge Quilt is Finished

This is the quilt I made for the Temecula Valley Magazine Photo Challenge.  I made a slew of HSTs and Four-Patches thinking that would best represent the "Corn On The Cob" photo I picked as my inspiration.  You can read about the process here.

This photo is from the July issue of "Real Simple" magazine, page 153.

A close-up of the pattern and the quilting.

For the quilt back I used the sample I made for the challenge since I didn't have any place else to use it.  This was from a photo in the NYTimes Magazine of 5/7/17.

 My thought was that adding a "sun" would make it look more beachy.  The quilt measures 44 x 38 inches.

The challenge isn't due until our October meeting, but I'm going to be traveling for three weeks and didn't want to leave it to the last minute.

May your bobbins always be full,

TVMQG Mag Photo Challenge Quilt Top and Back are ready.

I challenged my fellow TVMQG members to make a quilted item using a magazine or newspaper photo as inspiration.  I actually purchased several mags trying to find inspiration and settled on the above photo of a corn cob from In Style mag.

I did a fabric pull on 7/10 and came up with a plan.  I decided to use 2" strips to make 4-patches, and to keep everything as random as possible; no matchy-matchy!  Then part two was to make HSTs the same size as the 4-patches, 3.5' square.  After starting, I caught Bronchitis and was out of commission for a couple of weeks.  Rest, rest, rest was all it did, so no sewing.

I slowly eased my way back to the cutting board and sewing machine.  I made 4-patches of the HSTs and 4-patches and thought I was pretty original.  Wrong, what I made was a Jacobs Ladder quilt!

I really love how the quilt top turned out.  Again, I kept everything random and no matchy-matchy.  The top measures 37" x 43". 

Then it was time to piece the quilt back.  I'd made the panel below to demo how to make a quilt block/item using a photo for inspiration for our May guild meeting.  I decided to use it as the centerpiece of the quilt back.

The photo below is the quilt back.  I took some extra 4-patches and made a "sun" for the "sky" above the beach houses.  The photo isn't great, but I hope you can see my intent.

I don't do my own quilting on anything larger than a doll quilt so this will go to my LAQ, as soon as she returns from vacation.

May your bobbins always be full,