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!
