Today I am excited to show off my newest Christmas quilt!
Island Batik Ambassadors were given the assignment to create what ever they wanted this month and having the freedom to choose anything to make turned out to be the hardest part of the challenge for me. I always struggle to narrow it down to one thing I want to make when we have the freedom to make what ever we want.
The idea for this quilt finally came when I was writing up the pattern my my Tilted Berries pattern. I made that quilt in October when I was helping Jennifer of Curliecue Creations promote her Island Batik Signature fabric line, Berry Crush.
I needed to test out my math in the pattern and I also wanted to make a simpler version of the quilt and with it being so close to Christmas, I opted to test the pattern with Red, Green, and a few neutrals.
I went to my Island Batik Stash and pulled out a variety of prints. A few older prints from the shelf, some leftovers from other projects, and even a few strips from several stash builder rolls.
The simpler version of this quilt sewed up pretty quick, which was good for me as I was short on time the past couple months. I had family in town, Holiday festivities to take part in, and to top it off, I was finishing up classes for a masters degree!
But now, with most of the holiday parties over, and my last homework assignment turned in I was able to get back in the sewing room and finish this one up.
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I didn't get any good shots this time of some of the extra products I used from the Lumin Fabric industry partners as I was rushing to get this done in time for Christmas, but as always, I sewed and quilted it with Schmetz needles and did my pressing with my M3 Pro mini iron from Oliso.
I did my "go to" swirly line quilting and had it on and off the frame within an hour.
It is a small quilt so it was fast to quilt up.
I am calling this one Tilted Christmas Berries.
Click the image to go to the video with the free pattern.
Head on over to my You Tube Channel to see the video on how I made the original Titled Berries Quilt as well as a few more close ups of the Christmas version. The link to the free pattern is there as well.
Be sure to check out all the other Ambassador project this month. You can see them all, along with links to their websites on the Lumin Fabrics Webpage. It's fun to see what everyone likes to create.
