Repeated Block Color Play Part 2

Oh the fun I had arranging all these blocks I made with one of my favorite Accuquilt bow tie dies and some gorgeous red and teal Island Batik scraps.  You can read more about it here.  But the big challenge was how to quilt it?

I decided I wanted to use the same thread and quilting pattern for each color.  For the green I chose to do a flowing squiggle of curvy lines.

Think of it like extra long smooth curvy meandering.

For the red I wanted a different texture so I went for geometric spirals to match the shape.

And done!  So modern and fun!

I hope you get to quilt today!

Suzy

 

Burgoyne Surrounded Scrap Quilt Part 1

SCRAPS!  We all have scraps.  The real question is what to do with them.  I can't seem to let go of my Island Batik scraps.  They're so luscious.  BUT...when the bag started overflowing I knew it was time to get busy.  I pulled out my Accuquilt Go! Big and got busy!  Thank you Accuquilt and Island Batik for all this amazing fun! 

Here's one of the many piles I started with after a huge round of ironing.

I laid them out along my cutting die nicely and went to work cutting many, many, many 1 1/2 inch squares.  I still have more than half of them and the quilt is done....uh, oh.  I see another scrap quilt coming soon!

I am an obsessive pinner....this is what about 250 pairs of squares look slike.

And ironed...

And pinned for the next round...

Stay tuned!
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

Island Batik Ambassadors Vintage Reimagined Challenge

For the month of March the Island Batik Ambassadors were challenged to take a vintage quilt and reimagine it in a newer way.  

I immediately thought of this quilt I've slept under during the summer all my life.  My great grandmother Grace made this quilt.  She made a lot of this same pattern with scraps.  She called it a snowball quilt.  I decided I wanted to do something with this block.  

Here are some closeups of the quilt.  It's a four patch with pumpkin seed shapes going around each block.

The original quilt was hand pieced.  I decided I wanted to do it by machine.  So I ordered some leaf pieces from Paper Pieces and used a gray solid Island Batik to make a bunch of leaves EPP style.  I then removed the papers and glued them down to the quilt top.  Next was stitching carefully around each leaf. I also went and cut out the backs so the seams wouldn't show through the gray leaves.  Next time I'm going to try Appliquik paper which I can keep in!

I also decided not to do all the areas with leaves.  I created this fun shape.  All the background fabrics are scraps of Island Batik from being an Ambassador the last four years.

Next up was quilting. I layered it with my favorite Hobbs 80/20 cotton/poly batting and went to work.  The gray was stitched with large match sticks using Aurifil thread.  For all the colors of the background squares I decided to use a variegated thread to blend in and do some simple continuous curve quilting.

Every time I look at this quilt I am reminded of my great grandma.  It makes me so happy!

Have you ever made a quilt inspired by your ancestors?

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy