Testing the Blue Grotto Quilt for Carrie of Lifting Limits Quilting really pushed my limits - but in a good way. This was the first quilt I had made using a template. My quilt didn't turn out perfect. Carrie tells me it isn't my fault. Either way - I still love my quilt and I'm determined to make another one to prove to myself that I can make it perfect. Okay - maybe not perfect, but better.
The Blue Grotto Quilt pattern has some great instructions for selecting fabrics. It tells you how many to should match each other and how many you can have that don't need to match anything. I loved having that kind of direction, but it didn't make it any easier for me to decide on my fabrics. I think I changed out fabrics at least 5 times before I started to cut them out.
I went into my stash of Anna Maria Horner fabrics for the Blue Grotto Quilt. For some reason I was really drawn to the warm colors I saw - especially golden yellow and coral pink. Since there is "blue" in the name, I did select a few prints that feature blue.
This quilt goes together pretty quick. I had to be careful keeping the number straight for each row. Besides using a template for some rows, the other rows are either solid strips or strips made of flying geese. I really loved putting this quilt together and have picked out a honey colored backing. I'm contemplating on how I want to quilt it and haven't decided yet. I'm tempted to have this be the first quilt that I completely free motion quilt and to do a simple wavy pattern.
I enjoyed testing for Carrie so much! This quilt was great to make with remnants and yardage. You can get by with less fabric when you don't use directional fabrics. I rarely use solids, but saw a few Blue Grotto Quilts made in solids during testing and they were stunning!
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