Blogger's Quilt Festival Fall 2011

The fall 2011 Blogger's Quilt Festival put on by Amy's Creative Side starts , October 28, 2011.  This is a great opportunity to see what other quilters are up to.  Please take time to visit all the quilters and add your words of praise.

My quilt is one that I made for the birth of Etta who was born to Erin and Alex in Minnesota.  We watched Alex grow up and now they have a beautiful little girl to create their family.  When I asked what colors they wanted Erin came back with mustard yellow, soft green, blue, brown and orange.  This seemed like an interesting combination.  I found a great juvenile print with animals done in Hawaiian prints.  Being that Alex is often seen in a Hawaiian shirt I knew this was the perfect border fabric for my quilt.  The quilt really leans towards the boy side in colors but seeing that Alex came from a family of three boys I thought there was a good chance we would be seeing another little boy.  However I did put in a little pinkish orange that didn't shout pink to me.

I hope that you enjoy seeing this interlocking pinwheel pattern and I that Etta will make good use of it.  I really enjoyed making this interlocking pinwheel using my tear no more paper piecing method.