My final post for our Island Batik Ambassador Seaside Summer Blog Hop -- today I'm using a collection called 'Splash'. The collection reminds me of a breezy summer afternoon with gorgeous flowers blooming. Thanks for stopping by!
A beautiful palette of mostly greens and deep fuschia/pink/purples
Here is the collection that I worked with
and added this BE-23 neutral for background
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I have had in my 'want to do' quilt list this
Cloud 9 fabrics design called Ribbon Box Quilt. Soon after I saw it, a friend made it in patriotic colors and it was beautiful. When the collection of Splash arrived and I started thinking about how to use them, this Ribbon Box Quilt design kept coming to mind. I had enough different fabrics to make all of the ribbons unique so decided this was the one.
There is a bit of focus required to keep the fabrics organized so each ribbon stays in place when you are sewing it together. Each ribbon doesn't require too many cuts, but I found it important to then lay it out on a design wall. To make the piecing efficient, I wanted to use a process I often use when piecing a small grid design, but this one has offset elements, so isn't quite as easy, but I collected each column in a stack and then started sewing the two stacks together, minding when a row element took up two columns or three. All the way across the quilt. Once you have all the 2-sets, then join (2) 2-sets, etc. Maybe this will help you do quick assemblies of many multi-pieced projects. It actually went quite quickly. I'll definitely make this again!
The sun was hiding behind clouds this morning, so I will try to get a better shot later this week. Yes, that is Grand Coulee Dam in the background. Next week I'm posting a free row design that will be part of the Road Home Row-along. Hmmmm, wonder what will be in my row? ;-)
Used a Fresh Water Design wide-back
80/20 bleached batting and a pantograph quilting design called 'Kites' by Lorien Quilting available at urbanelementz.com, So Fine! 401 thread.
And let's not forget a seaside snack---this summer we enjoyed juicing lemons adding some Agave nectar and ice and blending it in our VitaMix....a lemon slushy! Add any other fruit --like raspberries or strawberries to give it a fun color and additional flavor.
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So far our bloghop has been through these collections with inspiration from each of these Ambassadors:
Rain Forest -
KISSed Quilts
Red Tide -
Free Motion by the River and
Mary Mack Made Mine
Sand Dune -
Purrfect Spots and
KnitBug 2
Seashore -
Pamela Quilts and
Maria Michael Designs and
Tamarinis and
KISSed Quilts and
Arkangel Creations
Sea Canyon -
Lemon Tree Snippets and
Bea Quilter
Tide Pools -
Inchworm Fabrics and
MooseStashQuilting
TODAY : Splash
Still coming up:
Friday Sept 2 - Landscapes
Our Island Batik Ambassador challenge for September is Bountiful Table Toppers and I've got a Shop Hop happening Sept 22, 23 and 25. So I'm posting today about Toppers and Hoppers! :-)
Our North Central Washington Shop Hop is happening Sept. 22-25. "Come Fall in Love"
