This month's Island Batik Ambassador's Challenge was to make a quilt inspired by Aurifil's 2021 Color Builder's Endangered Species Collections. I received some gorgeous 40 weight yellow threads inspired by the African wild dog.
I had heard of the African wild dog before, but had not really examined what they looked like closely. I adore their ears! So fun. But every time I started drawing the they looked like mickey mouse ears. What to do?
I searched up a tutorial on how to draw an African wild dog and drew my own version. I decided to place him in front of a bright yellow sun made from the yellow solid from Island Batik. I also found this great dot print to make the dog itself with.
For my three Aurifil 40 weight threads I decided to quilt the yellow sun in thirds to show the difference in the thread colors. Would it work? I had no idea. I do know that quilting fabrics in different threads can affect the way they look and that is what I was hoping for.
I also grabbed a 50 weight brown to stitch down the African wild dog.
Now look at the finished product which of course has Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 batting inside. Can you see the difference in the three threads? Not too much. Not what I wanted to achieve. So, what to do? Add more of course! The sun need some coronal ejections after all...now you can see the three yellow threads better.
I used the lightest thread right around the edge and the darker two for the outward lines.
My son also insisted that I needed to add some shading lines on the African wild dog so he was more well defined. I used a Pigma pen to do this and he was totally right. He looks much more three dimensional.
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
Be sure to check out all the other Island Batik Ambassador's Endangered Species with Aurifil Projects!
Megan Best – Bestquilter
Pamela Boatright – PamelaQuilts
Elizabeth DeCroos – Epida Studio
Jennifer Eubank – Archipelago Quilting
Jennifer Fulton – The Inquiring Quilter
Preeti Harris – Sew Preeti Quilts
Joanne Hart – Unicornharts
Mania Hatziioannidi – Mania for Quilts
Jane Hauprich – Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting
Connie Kauffman – Kaufmann Designs
Emily Leachman – The Darling Dogwood
Denise Looney – For the Love of Geese
Leah Malasky – Quilted Delights
Sally Manke – Sally Manke Fiber Artist
Maryellen McAuliffe – Mary Mack Made Mine
Claudia Porter – Create with Claudia
Gail Renna – Quilt Haven Threads
Brianna Roberts – Sew Cute and Quirky
Michelle Roberts – Creative Blonde
Gail Sheppard – Quilting Gail
Jennifer Thomas – Curlicue Creations
Suzy Webster – Websterquilt
Janet Yamamoto – Whispers of Yore
Pamela Boatright – PamelaQuilts
Elizabeth DeCroos – Epida Studio
Jennifer Eubank – Archipelago Quilting
Jennifer Fulton – The Inquiring Quilter
Preeti Harris – Sew Preeti Quilts
Joanne Hart – Unicornharts
Mania Hatziioannidi – Mania for Quilts
Jane Hauprich – Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting
Connie Kauffman – Kaufmann Designs
Emily Leachman – The Darling Dogwood
Denise Looney – For the Love of Geese
Leah Malasky – Quilted Delights
Sally Manke – Sally Manke Fiber Artist
Maryellen McAuliffe – Mary Mack Made Mine
Claudia Porter – Create with Claudia
Gail Renna – Quilt Haven Threads
Brianna Roberts – Sew Cute and Quirky
Michelle Roberts – Creative Blonde
Gail Sheppard – Quilting Gail
Jennifer Thomas – Curlicue Creations
Suzy Webster – Websterquilt
Janet Yamamoto – Whispers of Yore
