Raffle Quilt Is A Beauty!

We belong to several local quilt guilds and volunteered to head up the committee to make the raffle quilt for the Silver City Quilt Guild's next quilt show which is in September, 2015. It's was a bigger time commitment than we expected, but are happy to donate our time to this wonderful group of quilters.

Closeup showing some of the feather quilting motifs done throughout the quilt

The guild has close to 100 members, so we wanted to design a quilt with lots of blocks, so everyone could participate, and have a color scheme and design that appealed to a large audience, so we'd sell lots of tickets!
Guild member participation was great! How'd we get so many involved? Here's the key: we put together kits which included pre-cut strips and squares for the triangles, as well as instructions on how to make the block.

Closeup of light section showing feather quilting

Everyone did a wonderful job making their block; we had very little trouble putting the top together- it fit very well, no real wonky blocks or rows not lining up! I think it's mostly because of the pre-cut kits; by keeping the cutting consistent, there was much less room for variations in size.

Closeup showing free motion filler  motifs  and some feathering

Next we loaded it on our APQS Millie and spent the summer quilting it! That's me doing all the ditch work around the triangles as well as the small filler motifs.

Dora staying cool on the longarm

Here's the completed quilt-it's a big one-measuring 100" x 100"--Wow!!
Tickets anyone???????? 

Pineapple Log Cabin Quilt-2015 Raffle Quilt for Silver City Quilt Guild-Raynham, MA

Love the finished quilt-hope you do too!!

~~Dora~~