Since this Island Batik Ambassador challenge is also sponsored by Hobbs batting, I pulled out my box-o-batting from my closet and decided on using some of the *black* batting for this project! I've never used a black batting before, and since my backing fabric is black, I thought this would be the perfect choice. As an Island Batik Ambassador, I am provided with samples of various lines of Island Batik fabrics, Aurifil thread, and Hobbs batting to use and share with you!
For the backing, I decided that I would use the remainder of the black batik solid for my backing on this project, since I am not planning to give this as a baby quilt. I had to do some quilty math to determine how to most efficiently piece the backing -- it has two seams instead of one, but it did actually stretch the fabric further this way.
I am planning to quilt this in a similar fashion to my Meadow quilt -- with various simple fillers from the center out, however, I will be using multiple colors of thread for this project. The only caveat to my (current) plan is that I am going to leave the white areas unquilted.
To start, I used a orangy-red Aurifil thread in the red and orange stripes of the center blocks to quilt simple dense loops.
Tomorrow I'll have the finish of this quilt to show off -- and it might look a little different than you might expect!
Happy Tuesday! Sharing at What I Made!
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Its a great looking quilt and I love your quilting and the whole cloth pattern you will get on the back will be fun. I don’t know that I could do the black with the white, but it looks great from here.
ReplyDeleteThis is such an interesting quilt, Alison! Excellent planning.
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt, looks wonderful
ReplyDeleteI totally love it, it's so beautiful! I love how it's a variation of the quilt-along, but squared!
ReplyDeleteA very bright and fun quilt. I'm really curious on how the black batting works with your white squares. Y
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