Monday, September 12, 2022

Island Batik Ambassador's Tool Talk Blog Hop

This month the Island Batik Ambassadors are showcasing new collections by using Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Design tools!  




For this month's challenge I was sent the Cheers! Collection by Carl and Linda Sullivan of Colourwerx.  It is a fun assortment of drink inspired prints.  I think my favorites are the lemon slides and ice cubes.  This collection made me so excited I made a queen sized quilt!

When I saw the great gradations in this collection I knew I wanted to play with that somehow in my quilt design.  I did add in a few Island Batik foundations fabrics to help complete the color arcs.  It was easy peasy to cut all those squares for the blocks using my Accuquilt GO! and my 2 1/2" strip cutter die.

Here is the warm arc:


Here is the cool arc:


For my Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Tool I received the Square Squared tool which makes gorgeous square in a square units.


I started by cutting my center square using the ruler:


And then used the ruler again to square up my blocks.  This worked slick as it left exactly 1/4" of seam allowance on the outside of the blue points which made sewing the units into the finished blocks really easy.

All squared up and ready to put into the block!


I the proceeded to make all my blocks and put the top together.  I really wanted the Square Squared units to pop and I'm really happy with how it turned out.  They sparkle when set with those gradation blocks.  This quilt has my favorite Hobbs 80/20 Cotton/Poly batting inside and was stitched with Aurifil threads and Schmetz Microtex needles which slide through batik like butter!



I also had a lot of fun quilting it.





Island Batik is giving away two fat quarter bundles this week!  One is Cheers! and the other is Honeycomb.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

15 comments:

  1. I love the colors of your fabrics, so bright and vibrant. I don't know what climate you live in but this looks like a wonderful quilt to use in the winter when the sun doesn't shine. Happy stitching!

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  2. I love your quilt. Batiks are such fun to work with - no stretching and no need for starch!! Thanks

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  3. These colors are stunning-really grabs the eye! Quilt pattern is very interesting too!

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  4. I love the colors of batiks !!!!!

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  5. That quilt is gorgeous and so happy. I appreciate that batiks don't have a right or wrong side, and I love the colours and designs.

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  6. Awesome quilt! Love your use of color! Batiks are the nicest fabrics to work with - love their texture!

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  7. Fantastic quilt - love the way the batiks just glow! Allison CB

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  8. I love the colors of batik fabrics - Cool designs too! Beautiful quilt!

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  9. Love it! Great design, and love the layout.

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  10. Suzy, this quilt, for some reason, reminds me of county fair time! Maybe it's the colors?? Reminds me of cotton candy!! I love it!!

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  11. That anonymous post above was mine, Suzy! Forgot to login before commenting!

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  12. What a gorgeous quilt! You did a fabulous job with that collection.

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  13. The colors are so pretty. You did a great job! paweis at yahoo dot com

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  14. The prints and.colors are beautiful and the possiblities endless. So colorful and festive. Love it!

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