Splash into the Sea on our Blog Hop

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

Surf Squirt - Quilting Affection and Archipelago Quilting

Tradewinds - Bejeweled Quilts

Equinox - Kauffman Designs and Adele Mogavero * Del~Lillian's

Sea Canyon - Lemon Tree Snippets and Bea Quilter

Sea Foam - Stone Cottage Quilts

Spoolin' Around - Sallys Quilting Corner and Toolontilkkupaja

Tide Pools - Inchworm Fabrics and MooseStashQuilting

 

Wind and Sea - For Quilts Sake and Patchwork Breeze

Spring Zing - Desert Bloom Quilting and Adventurous Applique and Quilting

TODAY : Splash

Kissed Quilts

The Patchwork Pearl

Bea Quilter

Still coming up:

Friday Sept 2 - Landscapes

For Quilts Sake