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Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Emily’s Bride Quilt

Posted on October 29, 2010July 27, 2015 by Martha

Here is my entry for this year’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival.  I had planned to post my re-make of an antique Album Quilt but, unfortunately, I am not quite done with the quilting.

This is a bride’s quilt I made in 2006 for my daughter, Emily.  She wasn’t engaged at the time, but now she is.   She and her fiance, Aaron, have been together for 8 years — since their junior year of high school.   I knew they would get married some day, and I wanted to be ready.

The quilt is made with vintage scraps, mostly from the 1930s and 1940s.  I had a little trouble working out the geometry of the 6-grid center hearts with the 4-grid border hearts, but I finally figured out the correct width of the white border to make it work.  The quilt is machine pieced and hand quilted with a diagonal grid in the hearts, flowers in the block corners, and both hearts and flowers in the white border.

Thank you Amy for doing this — I love checking out all the wonderful quilts.

Emily’s Heart Quilt
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2006
machine pieced, hand quilted
72″ x 83″

21 thoughts on “Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Emily’s Bride Quilt”

  1. Pam in KC says:
    October 29, 2010 at 9:06 pm

    What a beautiful quilt.

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  2. Allie says:
    October 29, 2010 at 11:13 pm

    Another one that takes my breath away – this is so beautiful!!! I can’t imagine trying to do the math for this, Martha!

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  3. Rachaeldaisy says:
    October 30, 2010 at 3:02 am

    I heart this quilt! I love the scrappy look of the hearts and the fabrics are wonderful. Your hand quilting is divine!!!

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  4. Kristina says:
    October 30, 2010 at 5:21 am

    It is gorgeous, what a great heirloom quilt! your daughter is very lucky to receive such a beauty.

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  5. LoriD says:
    October 30, 2010 at 6:37 am

    What a sweet quilt!!! I’m sure it will become the treasure that it should be.

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  6. Steffi says:
    October 30, 2010 at 7:26 am

    What a lovely Bride´s quilt! The hand quilting is amazing, and I love the scrappy hearts.
    Emily is a very lucky bride to have such a talented mother!

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  7. Ann Champion says:
    October 30, 2010 at 11:38 am

    Such a beautiful quilt! I’m glad you were able to work out the math. The hearts are perfect for a wedding quilt.
    Beautiful quilting on this stunner too Martha. 🙂

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  8. Alice says:
    October 30, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    Lovely quilt and congratulations on your daughter’s engagement.

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  9. Cathi says:
    October 30, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    What a stunning quilt!! Perfect bridal quilt!

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  10. miri says:
    October 31, 2010 at 1:04 am

    Beautiful! Terrific wedding quilt! What a treat to see all those lovely fabrics every day and the quilting is wonderful. I love the quilted hearts in the border and the little flowers around the pieced hearts.

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  11. Shasta says:
    October 31, 2010 at 10:50 am

    This is a beautiful quilt – great fabric, great quilting, and so nice that you designed it yourself I’m sure it is much appreciated, and hopefully will keep the couple warm for decades to come.

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  12. jan says:
    October 31, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    Martha, this is such a beautiful quilt! I love how you use white to set off the colors of the vintage fabrics!

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  13. Pratima says:
    October 31, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    There is so much to look at in each of the hearts. Very pretty quilt and a perfect present! The heart border is very sweet!

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  14. Tiffaney says:
    November 1, 2010 at 6:39 am

    What a wonderful scrappy quilt. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Sandra Starley says:
    November 1, 2010 at 10:44 am

    What a great original and perfectly suited wedding quilt. Thanks for sharing it, especially the close-ups of the vintage fabrics. Well done.
    Come see my 1890 antique schoolhouse quilt and
    black/white/pink scrappy miniature

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  16. Carol Hansen says:
    November 2, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    Very pretty.
    Hope your daughter and her hubbie get many years of good use from it.

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  17. Debbie says:
    November 3, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    You have created a beautiful work of art. I am sure it will become a family heirloom

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  18. Chris says:
    November 4, 2010 at 8:09 am

    Fabulous!!

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  19. Mary says:
    November 11, 2010 at 1:31 pm

    This is beautiful. I love seeing all the fabrics in the hearts up close.

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  20. Sarah says:
    February 6, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    This is one of the most beautiful quilts I have ever seen!

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  21. Marlene Terry says:
    December 17, 2012 at 9:39 am

    Is there anyway I could get the pattern for this quilt; Emily’s Heart Quilt.

    Thank you,

    Marlene

    Reply

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