An Island Batik Ambassador Adventure
For May, we were challenged with a Modern Batik quilt. My first choice was to do a small wall hanging – I find those a little easier for modern than a larger quilt, but then I decided it was time to break out of the mold and go bold so I chose to do a small lap quilt.
I went through all my yummy Island Batiks and chose blues and greens, various neutrals for the top portion and a neutral for the section out of the main square. I love this color palette and doesn’t that make sewing them together that much more fun? This quilt is made up of all five inch squares set on point. I did do a pencil sketch, but somehow when the squares were on the design board, I was not happy. What to do? I had them all cut. Then a funny thing happened. I sat on the sofa on the other side of the room and looked over at the design wall and it appeared totally different than when I looked at it straight on! I liked it! Whew!!
Lots of piecing and then straight line quilting. Wouldn’t it be interesting to know how many stitches are in the quilting? Then again…maybe not! I used Aurifil 2311 (neutral) for the piecing and Fantastico 5166 for the quilting – both a dream to work with.
Be sure to check out all the Modern Batik creations by the Island Batik Ambassadors here.
Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation, Silly Mama Quilts
Love it!jlnewman063@gmail.com Jean Newman
I love that quilt. Wouldn’t mind making one myself. And what a lot of quilting. Good job.
Go for it – not difficult. Quilting too,
I love it too. Great job.
This was a fun one – thank you!
Beautiful!
What a pretty batik quilt! The colors are so pretty!
Very modern and very pretty!!
Love the colors! Congrats on a beautiful finish.