For my quilt, I picked the Hattie's Choice Die. As an Island Batik Ambassador, I am provided with samples of various lines of Island Batik fabrics, Aurifil thread, Accuquilt products, and Hobbs Batting to use and share with you!
I used pink and purple scraps as well as about a yard of a cream basic batik to do my cutting. I was able to squeeze out 20 blocks from my fabrics. To keep my pieces and parts together, I pinned each set of block parts together so that it would be easy to make one block at a time.
Cutting all of the pieces and parts for one block on one die rather than using multiple dies to cut multiple shapes takes a little bit of getting used to. I think that this method did waste more fabric but I was less concerned since I was working from scraps to begin with.
Here's my first block:
My plan is to make all of my blocks and then decide on what kind of setting I will use.
Happy Tuesday! I hope that spring is starting to appear in your neighborhood!
Curious,.... do you put three large squares of fabrics and cut?? That would be a waste, or you’d have three full blocks with different colored pieces.... does that make sense????
ReplyDeleteI love this pattern and I'm looking forward to seeing what your quilt looks like!!
ReplyDeleteI really like that die. Can't wait to see your blocks.
ReplyDeleteThis will be beautiful as a controlled scrappy quilt! I can't wait to see it come together!
ReplyDeleteLove the color palette you are working with. That looks like a complicated block, but your first one looks great. Looking forward to seeing this one come together.
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