Websterquilt: Hobbs Tuscany Silk

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Thursday, June 23, 2022

Island Batik Ambassador's New York Beauty Blog Hop

I was thrilled that my New York Beauty I titled Spiraling Around New York took an Honorable Mention Ribbon at the Minnesota Quilter's Show! It features the new Woodblock Bouquet collection from Island Batik.

Here are the gorgeous fabrics in this collection. I'll be the first to admit I am not a big fan of brown. However, I love a warm rich chocolate brown which is heavily featured in this collection and I found them great fun to work with.

My first block complete!

This is the first block's twin sister. I made two of each style,

And I did a whole lot of pinning to make sure the curves worked well. I definitely learned a lot about curves on this project.

I also figured out how to make the inner and outer curves easier. I used and Accuquilt die for Drunkard's Path for the inner curve and the outer curve is from the Accuquilt Pickle Dish die. Then I drafted my block size in Electric Quilt 8 to make these two pieces fit perfectly. What size were they? 9 7/8. A strange size to be sure, but when paper piecing the middle section it really didn't matter and I didn't have to hand cut all the curves.

So nice not having to cut these pieces.

My stack of blocks. I think this arrow one is my favorite.

The biggest stumper on this project for me was the layout. I wanted these blocks I had spent so much time on to SING. I went through many possibilities...

I finally decided I liked these off center spiral designs best.

But of course I was short...and had to make a few more!

Top complete!

I decided this needed to be quilted like a show quilt, so each area is quilted in matching Aurifil thread. I don't have a lot of brown in my thread collection so my mom and I drove around to many quilt stores in the Minneapolis area collecting them. I used my favorite batting for show quilting Hobbs silk batting. It drapes so nicely. My Schmetz Microtex Needles also were great at going through some of the really densely layered intersections.

I decided to add a piping to separate the quilt from the binding. I also used a fat half inch binding to get a picture frame effect.

Blocking the quilt to lay flat is always a scary proposition as you have to get it wet! I didn't prewash these fabrics. However, when washing the whole quilt I use Synthrapol in the washer on hot as well as a few color catchers and the quilt came out perfectly clean. No bleeding!

My quilt hanging at the show. Always so fun to see.

To win one of these FQ Bundles from Island Batik, Click Here

To win my scraps (and there is quite a bit, many fat quarter sized) leave a comment below. I will choose a winner by random draw on July 1.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

Be sure to see what my fellow Ambassadors have created:

Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs

Megan Best ~ Bestquilter

Pamela Boatright ~ Pamelaquilts

Elizabeth DeCroos ~ Epida Studio

Jennifer Fulton ~ Inquiring Quilter

Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts

Mania Hatziioannidi ~ M ania for quilts

Jane Hauprich ~ Stitch By Stitch Custom Quilting

Reed Johnson ~ Blue Bear Quilts

Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood

Denise Looney ~ For The Love Of Geese

Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine

Anorina Morris – sameliasmum.com

Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion

Claudia Porter ~ Create with Claudia

Gail Renna ~ Quilt Haven Threads

Brianna Roberts ~ Sew Cute And Quirky

Michelle Roberts ~ Creative Blonde

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail

Andi Stanfield ~ True Blue Quilts

Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels

Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Masterpiece Quilting's Christmas Collection Blog Hop!

I'm excited to be a part of my friend Nancy's blog hop for her GORGEOUS Christmas Collection book. The pictures are stunning. The directions were fantastic. The Christmas Collection book is available on Amazon and is eligible for Prime delivery.

I started by picking out some of my favorite Christmas fabrics from Island Batik (of course!)

Then I got my pieces all fused. You can see the John Deere flannel I keep on my ironing board so the pieces don't slip.

Next it was time to quilt. I decided to play with threads here. I used a 28 weight Aurifil thread for the green leaves and stitching the ring. A 40 weight burgundy for the red border and a 50 weight cream for the background quilting. On all these threads I used a 90 Microtex needle and 50 weight in the bobbin. It worked fantastically.

My batting of choice was a Hobbs Silk batting. I love how well it drapes even with dense quilting.

I had fun echoing the leaves. It wasn't perfect, but I'm happy with how it looks.

Here's the quilt all done. I have been top-stitching my bindings lately and I like the effect it gives.

I forgot the berries! I didn't have any red buttons, but I find some red crystals.

They're not as good as Nancy's buttons, but they're what I had on hand and they do add a little sparkle.

Nancy's hop goes for another week and a half! Be sure to check out all the amazing creations. And stop back soon to see more of what I'm up to.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Show Your Wings Blog Hop

When Carol of Just Let Me Quilt announced her Show Your Wings Blog Hop I was really excited. My mind went immediately to butterflies. My dad counts butterflies for the county parks each summer and we share a love of these beautiful creatures.

What fabric to pick? Of course I dug into my stash of Island Batiks. I'm an ambassador for the company and I just love to work with their fabrics. Isn't this batik perfect for a butterfly wing?

I designed a swallowtail butterfly because I really like the way their tails hang down.

Here he is all stitched. I had great fun using my decorative stitches to add antennae. It's the first time I've done anything like this, but it won't be the last!

I decided my runner needed two butterflies. For the quilting I marked some dots of various sizes all over the piece. I also marked an outline for where I wanted to do a curvy binding. I then filled the area with swirls going around each circle as I came to it. I like how you can see the circles in the quilting as the negative space stand out.

I used Hobbs Tuscany Silk batting because I like the way it drapes even though I quilt things to death! The quilting is done in Aurifil 50 weight.

The back is really fun too.

Once I was done I decided the dots needed to stand out more. So I used my Fabrico markers to color them light green. I think it's super fun! You can also see I did a curvy 1/8 inch binding.

This binding has a STORY. You see, the purple fabric was a five inch wide strip. I had to cut many very small bias pieces, sew them all together, and then I had enough to go all the way around the edge of the runner. The things I get myself into. Fortunately it worked well and turned out great.

However, I did not realize that the end of my runner was going to curl. So I had to do something about it. I got out the steam iron and pressed like crazy.

It worked like a charm and I now have a perfectly flat runner!

Check out all the amazing bloggers who will be participating:

February 18

What About Rheema?

Hill Valley Quilter

Nutz For Redwork

Kathy's Kwilts and More

February 19

Patchouli Moon Studio

Vroomans Quilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Songbird Designs

Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales

Sew Many Yarns

Kathleen McMusing

Life in the Scrapatch

DesertSky Quilting

Clever Chameleon Quilting

February 20

Creatin' in the Sticks

Cynthia's Creating Ark

February 21

For The Love Of Geese

Two Maker Chicks

madeNcorrea

I hope you get to quilt today!

Suzy

Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop

I am excited to be a part of the Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop by Beaquilter today! I went searching through my quilt book stash and found one from the year I graduated from high school...it's old enough I think. Here's a hint...

Circles of the East is based on traditional Japanese Family Crests. The funny part was that the book had post-its marking the ones I liked....many years ago. Guess what? My taste hasn't changed much. I picked one of the marked patterns.

Image result for 1997 japanese crest quilt book

I didn't want to make it as large as the book said, so I played around with it on my scanner and in photoshop. You can see that the design is a flower with butterfly antennae coming out. When choosing fabrics I of course dug into my pile of Island Batiks! I am an Ambassador for Island Batiks and I simply love working with their fabric. I also chose their gray solid to use as the background.

Here's the first round of pieces all stitched down. I do blanket stitch applique as it's my favorite.

You can really see the stitches on the back.

I decided to do something different with my circles in the middle of the flowers. I used suede. Yes, you read that right. There is an advantage to using leather. It doesn't fray! I also decided to add some more circles outside the design. I think I'm a glutton for punishment. Those circles were not large.

Next came the quilting. You may ask why the quilting stops....wait for it...

The batting is Hobbs Tuscany Silk. I love how it drapes and find it works well for minis. It is of course quilted with my favorite Aurifil thread.

And the back...keep scrolling! It's worth it I promise.

Ta da! I did a scalloped binding. This binding is 1/8 inch wide and it was a real trick to do those inner points. NEVER AGAIN (though I did say that two years ago too...I guess this technique just has to age for me to try it again!).