Tuesday, January 22, 2013

My Madrona Road Challenge Entry

I joined Philly Modern Quilt Guild in the National MQG Madrona Road Challenge. Our only guide was that we should paper piece our project and we couldn't use other prints. I love these fabrics. I already had the gray print below with the black hashes on it so I added it in to this challenge.

I had seen this block in all the Farmer's Wife quilts, I believe it's called the Century of Progress. It looked like an easy one to convert to paper piecing (maybe it already is?). Here is my version of the block.


Since I stink at quilty math, my block came out a little bigger than a 12" block. I decided to turn it into what I'm calling the mega-pouch! My sewing area is in the dining room so I have to clean up for company a lot. I love having lots of pouches to put current projects in and keep them together. Really, you can never have enough pouches.

I've also always wanted to do a circle of geese block so I finally tackled one for the back (front?).


I added white around the blocks since they were different sizes (haha!) and added lining and zipper.




So yeah, I cheated a bit. That stripe isn't madrona road. ::blushing:::  It just went so perfectly and I love a great print inside a bag. But hey, my zipper work is getting pretty good!


Thank you to the Modern Quilt Guild and Michael Miller Fabrics for hosting this challenge!


11 comments:

Katy Cameron said...

Fun wee make! We didn't take part due to the original deadline, plus shipping, but it's been fun seeing what everyone's come up with.

Katie said...

what a cute little bag and I love the yellow stripe on the inside it's like sunshine.

CitricSugar said...

Very cute! This has been a fun challenge - for sure!

Katie B said...

Love the mega pouch!! Your circle of geese looks awesome.

Melissa said...

Great mega pouch!! :)

**nicke... said...

that is an awesome mega pouch! it is so beautiful! xo

Denise in PA said...

Awesome! Both sides! And functional - I love it! o:)

Pat said...

Jealous! These are wonderful.

Cathy said...

Very pretty and done way ahead of deadline! I am inspired now-- how many more days until the guild meeting? Congratulations on your beautiful work.

Cathy said...

Very pretty and done way ahead of deadline! I am inspired now-- how many more days until the guild meeting? Congratulations on your beautiful work.

Marci Girl said...

Such a fun pretty pouch! Our town hopefully has a modern quilt guild starting up soon, and I can't wait, sounds like fun!

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