This month's challenge theme for Island Batik Ambassadors is Drunkards path!
I used the main drunkard's path block and separated it with some sashing and created what I like to call Easter Candy!
I pulled some Island Batik Stash builder rolls and some left over Island Batik prints from other projects and used my 3 inch drunkard's path rulers to cut out my shapes.
Three inch curves are a little finicky, so I did a mix of glue and bin basting. I worked on them in my chair while watching a show and put them in a bag so I wouldn't loose any.
Sewing these curves was slow and steady, but my Schmetz 90/14 needle handled them perfectly.
When I laid them all out to take a picture, it really reminded me of all the fun Easter candy in the stores right now.
I put them on the design wall to make sure I didn't get any colors right next to each other and started sewing rows.
With the help of my Oliso smart iron, they were pressed nice and crisp.
This quilt has 80 three inch drunkard's path blocks and I had to do some double and triple checking to make sure each one was turned the right way.
Avi kept me company while sewing my rows.
For my batting I had the perfect size of Hobbs Silk Blend. I haven't used silk blend very often, but it quilted up beautifully. The quilt is super soft!
I quilted it with some fun lines and swirls and finished it in time to hop on a plane to go to my sons' college graduation. I packed it with me and took a couple pictures of it across America as I drove my youngest son back to South Carolina.
It looked great in the badlands of South Dakota...
and the green of the Ozark Mountains in Missouri makes it pop.
I used some older Island Batik prints from my personal stash for the three borders.
The white background is also Island Batik. It's nice to have all the fabric textures match, from prints to solids.
I found another fun Island Batik print in my personal stash that was a perfect choice for the back. It wasn't quite wide enough though, so I split it down the middle and added some strips to fill it out.
The back is just as fun as the front!
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Sewing!
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