Air Show - Project Quilting Season 7 Challenge 4

When you live in "fly over" country a familiar scene is jet streams in the sky.  I always wonder where all those planes are taking people. 

 Well, where I am, they are probably headed to Denver or from Denver to somewhere east.

Kim at Persimon Dreams hosts Project Quilting.

She announces a challenge and you have one week (due by noon TODAY- central time) to create something quilty.

This is the fourth challenge of six for Season 7 of Project Quilting.

The challenge:  Vacation

When the challenge was announced, the first thing that came to mind was,

"Get the Hell out of Dodge!"

I can say that...I live here....lol

I even drew and made a quilt block

but it just didn't do it for me.

(I'll make it into a bag and share it later)

The rules:

1. Vacation is the inspiration for this challenge.  Use the way vacation makes you feel or the places you'd go or the transportation to get there.  Anything vacation related that inspires you. 
2.  Every challenge piece must be a FINISHED project seen through from INCEPTION to COMPLETION during the challenge timeline. Each piece must stand alone as DONE to count toward prizes. 
3.  Your project does not need to be a traditional quilt, but must meet at least one of these requirements:

1. Include patchwork.
2. Include appliqué.
3. Have 3 layers stitched together by hand or machine.

4.  Please remember that these projects need to be created during the week of the challenge. 
5.  Link up either a blog post or flickr image to the linky  by Sunday, February 21st, 2016, at noon, CDT

Last summer I designed a row for the EQ Seasons row along

and

 had made a quilt to take with us on vacation.

The quilt is one of my favorites because it was a hoot to make.  

For this I couldn't copy the same thing, but I could be inspired by it 

and a quilt my friend Carol over at Just Let Me Quilt had made with my Summer Fly By row.

I started with a jelly roll of Robert Kaufman Kona fabric in the Sunset pallet and did a bargello technique to join the 4 rows of 2" squares.  Then I used the

  Summer Fly By row paper pieced pattern 

and broke it up into 3 separate rows for this quilt.

I love the way Kona fabric really shows quilting.

I used Aurifil 50 wt to quilt.

Air Show

Project Quilting Season 7, Challenge 4- Vacation

Made by Carla in Dodge City, Kansas

http://www.createinthesticks.blogspot.com/

Size: 40" x 50"

Freemotion quilting by me on my domestic

Techniques:  Paper piecing, bargello, applique

Pattern:  Summer Fly By

You won't believe the incredible quilts that have been created for this challenge.

Vacations really inspire!!!!!!

Vote for your favorite vacation quilts
HERE.
Air Show is #33
Voting ends Friday February 26, 2016 at 8 pm central time.

All I can do now is hum,
"I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again......"