DD2 pulled together a pretty combo of fabrics from my collection. She started out with this inspiration, from Design Seeds:
Pattern: Elvira by Gudrun Erla of GE Designs
Size: 63" X 84"
Batting: Franken-batting (leftover pieces of Quilters Dream Batting)
Thread: Glide--Light Olive
Quilting: Trillium
Interesting Info: Gudrun had live teaching videos every two hours on March 22, starting at 9 AM and ending at 5 PM. Those videos are now available on YouTube--Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
For quilting, I chose Trillium, using my new Quilt Path:
Here are some of my favorite blocks, including this bunny fabric from my friend, Tiffany:
The backing is this Japanese stamp fabric:
You can see many versions of "Elvira" on Instagram, here. And here are some statistics of this giant quilt along:
My quilt is part of the Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge 2020 and will go to Minnesota Quilters President's Invitational charity, AnnaMarie's Alliance.
Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy
Linking up with Hands2Help, DrEAMi, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, TGIFF, Finished Or Not Friday, Peacock Party, Whoop Whoop, Friday Foto Fun, From Bolt To Beauty, Monday Making.
What lovely colors! I like how the quilting shows up on the more solid fabrics and the bigger prints add a touch of whimsy. Thanks for joining us at TGIFF!
ReplyDeleteThe colors of your quilt remind me of lilacs in the spring! So pretty! 16,000 quilters! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteYour Elvira is gorgeous. As Wendy mentioned, I too have a lilac bush that does have the same deep purple colour. |Much loved.
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty colors and a fun design. Design seeds is a wonderful place to go for color inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to have DD2 use color seeds and pull from your stash. I so love this and that it is going to H2H - as is mine!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors in your Elvira quilt. My quilt top is still waiting to be quilted. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYour fabrics are so pretty!! Congrats on a great finish!
ReplyDeleteIt is absolutely delightful! Your fabric choices are perfect for this design!
ReplyDeleteNice to have it finished, too!!
ReplyDeleteYour daughter's fabric pull is gorgeous! Perfect for Gundrun's design!
ReplyDeleteI have seen quite a few of these quilts made up. Wish I could have participated, sounds like it was loads of fun to whip up!
ReplyDeleteI only got as far as downloading the pattern. Nice job on following the QAL through to a completed quilt, Nancy!
ReplyDeletePretty! I love that backing fabric as well. That was quick if you just started on March 22nd!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! DD2 did a great job picking fabrics. I love the whimsical bunny print with the olive green background! Too cute! Kudos to you both!
ReplyDeleteElvira is a simple and quick pattern with a boatload of pizzaz.
ReplyDeleteYours turned out lovely!!! Congratulations on a speedy finish. Stay safe.
Your quilt is beautiful, and someone is really going to appreciate it. I love how you used the succulents for colour inspiration. They've given the quilt a unique colour palette. Thank you for linking up to the Peacock Party.
ReplyDeleteElvira is stunning. Sorry for the delay in thanking you for linking up last week. Between creating video tutorial and lots and lots of sewing I haven't spent much time online. Thank you for linking up.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful rendition of Elvira, Nancy. I hadn’t seen all the stats, pretty amazing. Thank you for linking up With DrEAMi!
ReplyDeleteIf I'd known about this, it might have kept me more active in April! That's a wonderful quilt design, and I do like your version. Thanks for the links to her videos. She's so good about explaining her choices.
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