Gone Dotty!

I am lucky to be one of the blogs posting on the LAST day of Sew We Quilt's Dots on Dots blog hop. Thanks so much to the fearless leader of this blog hop and many others, Madame Samm, and the cheerleader/hostess, Corrie of QuiltTaffy--it's been so much fun following along and seeing everyone's dotted creations!

Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post to enter the giveaway!
The giveaway is now closed. Thank you for visiting!

My initial thought was to do bowtie blocks. It seemed a perfect fit for polka dot fabrics! I made this small quilt using dotted fabric from my stash and a white-on-white circle print. I quilted it 1/4" from each horizontal and vertical seam line. I love how this turned out, but since I'd wanted to do a quilt made of small blocks, I really wasn't following the rules about block size for the hop.

So I went back to my stash again and came up with this:

It is very bright and cheery. And hurts the eyes a little bit, I think! 

Log cabins (both wonky and traditional) are my go-to block. They're easy, they're fun, and pretty much any fabric looks great in the pattern. 

Every fabric in the quilt, except for the sashing, is from my stash. And I still have enough dotted fabric left to make two more quilts this size, easily. Scary! :) 

Here's a close-up of one my favorite blocks:

Here you can see my sashing audition. I wanted a black and white dot fabric and could only find this optical illusion print. I bought 1 yard and decided I'd make it work, because the blocks definitely needed something DARK to separate them. A place to rest the eyes between each bright block. 

I decided that I preferred the uniform smaller dot size for the sashing, so I fussy cut sashing rows and reserved the fussy-cut larger dot strips for the outer border. 

Here it is with the outer border, which provides a good frame. 

I won't even try to claim that the outer border offers an opportunity to rest the eyes! :)

After I machine quilt this, I'm going to send it off to Margaret's Hope Chest. I hope it will make someone in need happy and warm!

If you're not going dotty yet, here's one more dotted quilt, a top that I made earlier this summer. 

 Read more about it here.

Thanks so much for stopping by to see my dot-filled projects! Make sure to visit the other blogs showing off projects today:

Bejeweled Quilts by Barb 

Cate's Linens

From This to That

suemacseeds

Marcia's Crafty Sewing and Quilting

Color My World Color My World (you're here right now!)

 Rosemary B- that other blog

Bquiltin Studio

Nati's little things 

Madame Samm

*The full schedule for the dots on dots blog hop can be found by clicking here.

Oh yes, and the GIVEAWAY!!!

I am giving away my little bowtie mini quilt AND a charm pack of Amy Butler's Spots (seemed appropriate to the theme, right?)

To enter, simply leave me a comment telling me your favorite color. 
*Note: You must be a follower to win, so if you are not yet a follower, 
please join first and then leave a comment.* 

The giveaway is open through Monday, September 24th at 5 pm EST. 
The giveaway is now closed.

I will use random number generator to select a winner that evening 
and post the winner's name by Tuesday morning. Good luck!

p.s. Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addicts "Can I get a whoop whoop" and Quilt Story's "Fabric Tuesday" to share the dotted love!