T.S.P.

hello!! and welcome! i'm so excited to be sharing my first quilt in Amy's Bloggers' Quilt Festival. i have been a faithful follower for about 2 years and am excited to finally be a participant.

you might recognize this pattern, as it has swept through the modern quilt blogosphere like wild fire. this is Denyse Schmidt's Single Girl pattern. i came across this pattern as the world of online modern quilters was opened wide to me, about 2 years ago, and fell.in.love. i love the modern twist on an old classic. i decided to make this for one of my best girlfriends, who was not engaged at the time i began this, but i knew the time would be here soon, knew my reputation as a procrastinator, and knew this quilt was a GREAT chance for me to 'stash-up' on some modern fabrics {really honey, it's for a friend ;)}

it was time consuming, but not complicated, and i found it was a great time passer in the midst of a cold winter. i was new to curved piecing, but found this very easy to do. i had the top pieced the following spring and there it sat until a Single Girl support group popped up on flickr. it was the last push i needed to pull it all together.

i found a local longarm quilter and she did a beautiful job on the quilting. i couldn't be more pleased with how it turned out.

i would post tweets, etc. of 'The Secret Project' {shortened T.S.P.} mainly to drive my friend crazy (she usually knows what i am working on). i'm wondering if she guessed it was for her.

last weekend was the wedding of my friend, and true to form, it was tuesday of the week of the wedding and i was finishing up the binding.

i am pleased to have it done and excited to give it to her when she returns from the honeymoon. she is a fellow lover of the blue-green color combination and like a sister to me. i am hoping she loves it as much as i do!

thanks for stopping by!

quilt details: 

size: 85"x92"

pattern: Single Girl, Denyse Schmidt

fabrics: kaffe fassett, michael miller, laura gunn, jessica levitt, echino, amh, heather bailey, kona: kiwi, turquoise, clover, peacock, aqua, green. background/binding-kona snow. backing: kona grass green

pieced, bound by me

quilted by Terri Kanyuk

started: october 2009- finished: october 2011