Pedal Pusher Quilt

 In February

Michael Miller Fabrics announced they would be 

Sponsoring the 4th Annual Fabric Challenge

with the Modern Quilt Guild.

As a member of the

Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild I chose to participate

by designing

Pedal Pushers

size: 41 1/2" X 55 1/2"

 Each of us were given 

(6) Fat Eight's of

Petal Pinwheels

and told that we could make anything we wanted

as long as it was quilted.

 I chose to represent each fabric through what looked to me like
the spokes of a wheel.
Thus the name
 "Pedal Pushers"

 Technique:

English Paper Pieced (EPP)

 with the

3' Coffin Shapes

from Paper Pieces

I know "coffin" isn't a favorable term

but it is what they call this shape :)

 I really enjoyed 

"fussy cutting" the fabric

which often created a

secondary patterns for the centers of each block.

Fabric started out looking like this.

 Beautiful Machine Quilting by 

Pat Roche (Pat's Just Quilting)

 I think this is my favorite flower.

 Fabric started out looking like this.

The Modern Quilt Guild web site has a 

Community Forum

full of pictures from those participating in the Challenge.

There are some pretty amazing quilts being submitted!

The prize from Michael Miller Fabrics:

This year we will pick 3 winners. Each one will receive a posting on our blog and “A year of Free Fabric”. Every month for a year we will send you a “Goody Box” filled with fabric from our newest collections.