Each summer I teach Quilt Camp at work for youth ages 7-17. There are 3 different skill levels and each skill level has a different project. Campers learn basic quilting methods like choosing fabrics, machine piecing, quilting; and as their skills expand, they move on to rotary cutting, machine quilting, binding, and techniques such as paper piecing or curved piecing.
Camp can be chaotic, but it's always fun and inspiring to see how each participant chooses to create their quilt. After a number of years, I thought it could be cool to create a quilt that includes all of the projects from Camp and this quilt is the result!
"Quilt Camp After Party" includes all 21 projects from 2011-2017!
That's a lot of projects to mesh together, so having a design wall while at quilt retreat was essential to puzzling out the final layout of the blocks. It measures ~69"x70". A lot of the fabrics are leftovers from the work stash so they add an extra layer of memory to the quilt. Of course, there are some bees tucked into the quilting too!
I finally got it together for quilting earlier this year, and free motion quilted it with a variety of coordinating Aurifil threads. Finding ways to emphasize each block had some challenges, but I usually start near the center with the first block that I have a plan for, and then the more time I spend quilting, the more ideas pop up for what to do in the next blocks.
Several blocks came from/inspired by:
*Circle of geese by Beth @Piecebynumber
*Pinwheels- Sunshine and Marmalade pattern in Macalls Quikc Quilts June/July 2012 issue by Susan Guzman
*FG medallion star - Pattern from May/June ‘14 Quiltmaker; Jelly Beans
*1 Carol Doak star
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