Quick Strip and Flip Quilt

 Merry Christmas Eve!

I can't believe Christmas is here already. It has been a whirlwind of a month, but I was able to finish up a lap size quilt for this months Island Batik Ambassador challenge.

This month Ambassadors were challenged to create whatever they wanted. And that was a challenge in itself. When given all the choices, focusing on just one is hard. 

I knew I wanted to play with this precut. It is called Daisy May by Kathy Engle. It has such fun bright colors.

After fiddling around with different ideas, I settled on a quick strip and flip quilt. This quilt used half the precut so I have enough to make another one just like it.   The sashing is one of the Island Batik Foundations called Ghost.  The sunshine border is from an older Batik line I had in my personal stash.  It played well with all the other colors in this line.

The quilt was sewn and quilted with a Schmetz 90/14 universal needle.  I can't say enough good things about these needles, I was using them before I was an ambassador and have never had a problem with them, other than when I hit a pin, but that isn't the needle's fault.  I should really take those out before I get close to the needle.  I am glad to say no pins were hit during the making of this project. 

I had a large piece left over from this bag of Hobbs Heirloom Natural Cotton batting with scrim and it quilted up beautifully.  I love how it sticks to the fabric which helps eliminate puckers on the back.

I have just enough batting left from this bag to make a table runner.

I kept the quilting fairly simple and used the strips as my guide for long rows of loopy swirls.

It was a little dreary this morning at the park, but this quilt lightened up the landscape.

It measures approximately 52 x 60.

These fabrics are so bright and fun, I can't wait to pass it off to a special little someone.

Happy Stitching and Merry Christmas!

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