This quilt came about as I was trying to come up with an easy quilt pattern to use for the beginner quilt class I am teaching this January. I ended up going with a single Irish Chain pattern for the quilt class so my students can learn basic block construction, but I was loving the colors in this one so I finished it up.
It went together super fast. I picked 32 different pre-cut 2.5 in strips from two different older Island Batik strip sets, Blue Heaven and Juicy Jewels, and sewed them all together.
After all the strips were sewn together I squared it all up and cut it into seven different smaller strips and flipped three of them.
I put sashing between each strip set and added a darker blue border.
I loved the colors so much in this one I decided to keep it for myself.
I did a pieced backing on this one. When the quilts get so big that you have to sew two pieces together I always opt for different fabrics. I pick one that goes the length of the quilt by the width of the fabric, then add some smaller pieces on the sides. I have less leftovers this way.
It was mostly cloudy on the beach the during the photo shoot, but a cloudy day at the beach is still a good day in my opinion.
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The colors are so calming.
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