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!
My quilt is made entirely of 4.5" squares cut from Island Batik stash builder rolls and 4.5" strips of black solid batik to break up the inner 64-patch from the pieced outer border.
I also used the same black solid for the backing and the binding of the quilt. The border and backing really shows off my leafy swirl quilting!
I used a variegated teal Aurifil thread for the top of the quilt and used a lighter teal in the bobbins. Some of the fabrics highlight the darker teal in the variegated thread and other fabrics show off the lighter teals! The black inner border shows off all of the quilting -- and I only used a single spool of thread throughout the whole quilt and got vastly different levels of thread contrast!
This quilt is finished and ready for snuggles! My intention is to keep this quilt for a picnic quilt (all of those dark colors will hide stains!)
Happy Thursday! Don't forget that our Etsy shop is still stocked and shipping!
Previous posts:
Cutting and Planning post
Quilt top post
Quilt Stats:
Name: Simple Squares throw quilt
Pattern: self designed
Fabrics: Island Batik stash builder rolls, Island Batik solid
Techniques: free motion quilting
Quilting: Free motion leaves and swirls with Aurifil thread
Batting: Hobbs 80/20 batting
Size: 48" square
Started and Finished: April 2020
Future: Picnic Quilt
Nice job! The quilting is great, maybe sometime you could draw a picture of how it works? The black frame around the inside 64 squares is just perfect. It actually fools my eye into thinking the squares in the middle aren't the same size as the ones in the border, even though you told us they are all 4.5".
ReplyDeleteSweet sweet quilt, Alison and I love the quilting too.
ReplyDeletePretty! I love your leafy quilting! This will make a great picnic quilt!
ReplyDeleteI love how the quilting is so high contrast in the black and fades in and out of the other squares. Lovely and looks like the perfect picnic quilt. :)
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteIt turned out great. Well done.
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