{"id":5178,"date":"2017-09-20T09:31:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T16:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=5178"},"modified":"2017-09-20T09:31:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T16:31:56","slug":"road-2017-best-use-of-color-winning-quilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/20\/road-2017-best-use-of-color-winning-quilt\/","title":{"rendered":"Road 2017 Best Use of Color Winning Quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tBlue Anemone<\/em>. One week to create the pattern, then one month to hand paint the whole cloth design and finally 4 1\/2\u00a0 months to quilt and finish. The quilting was done on her Innova Stationary Longarm and Janome Horizon 8200 Sewing machine.\"\"<\/a>\nThe biggest challenge of this quilt for Andrea was creating the subtle nuances of the color changes with the lights and shadows within the flower.\"\"<\/a>\nWhat inspired Andrea\u2019s winning design? \u201cI always loved the deep colors of blue anemone poppies and I knew that one day I would create one in fabric. I was visiting my mom in Oregon and one day we went to one of her favorite nurseries. They had some of the most beautiful red, orange and blue anemones growing. This quilt is based on one of those photographs.\u201d\nAndrea has been sewing since she was a child and had created a number of other needle crafts projects over the years. Her quilting journey began when she moved to Texas and joined a stitching group as a way to meet people with similar interests. One of the women in the group was a quilter and she convinced everyone to make a round robin style picnic quilt. \u00a0After that project, Andrea wanted to make an applique quilt. She taught herself the technique from an applique book. When she finished that quilt, \u00a0Andrea felt she had officially \u201ccaught the quilting bug\u201d and has been creating in fabric ever since.\"\"<\/a>\nBlue Anemone <\/em>was awarded $1,500.00 for Best Use of Color by sponsor, Carriage Country Quilts<\/a>. With her prize money, Andrea took her husband out to dinner, bought some fabric and put the rest in the bank.\nAndrea hopes to continue her journey to create realistic botanical imagery with fabric, thread and paint. She says that \u201cwith each quilt I make, I try to challenge myself to hone my artistic voice.\u201d Andrea also looks forward to teaching her techniques at quilt shows, retreat style workshops, and at local quilt guilds.\nTo learn more about Andrea, you can follow her on her personal<\/a> and business<\/a> Facebook Pages.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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