Thursday, September 1, 2016

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.
 
Still an opportunity to register for the giveaways.
 
I have some of these Splash fabrics to giveaway! Enter here --you'll be added to my enewsletter and you may unsubscribe at any time.
 
For the Island Batik Bundle, register here:


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


Tradewinds - Bejeweled Quilts


Sea Canyon - Lemon Tree Snippets and Bea Quilter




Tide Pools - Inchworm Fabrics and MooseStashQuilting
 
Wind and Sea - For Quilts Sake and Patchwork Breeze



TODAY : Splash

Still coming up:
Friday Sept 2 - Landscapes

59 comments:

  1. great quilt and the slushy sounds awesome

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  2. Beautiful quilt! Love the pantograph kites.

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  3. I love this ribbon quilt and how it showcases the fabrics! Thanks for the link to the pattern. I'll be making one of these. It's so hard to pick just one favourite collections but Sand Dune caught my eye.

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  4. My favorite? As in, I have to pick just one??? Impossible . . . I love them A L L !!!! (lynnstck[at]yahoo.com)

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  5. Those fabrics are just awesome...lot it.

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  6. I really like the rainbow effect of Spring Zing, but Splash is quite lovely too. Thanks for sharing the giveaway!
    And I just love how your quilt turned out. I will have to put that on my to-do list too. Wonder how it would work with some ribbons thinner than others?

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  7. Splash worked perfectly for your quilt! I think my favorite is Tide Pool.

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  8. This is gorgeous. I need to find this pattern, too. As for my favorite, I can't choose. I do love Splash, though. I used Red Tide.

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  9. wow this is gorgeous. So hard to choose just one collection. But I really do love the colors in SPLASH

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  10. Marlene.... I love those ribbons!! What a pretty quilt!

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  11. Marlene.... I love those ribbons!! What a pretty quilt!

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  12. I really love your quilt and all the beautiful fabrics in it. I also love the Wind and Sea collection. Thank you for the giveaway.

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  13. Like them all, but Equinox catches my eye. 24Tangent@gmail.com

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  14. There are so many gorgeous collections! Yesterday or the day before I picked Equinox as my favorite. But I might pick a different one if I looked at them all again. I'm not good at choosing just one!

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  15. Beautiful quilt. I think I'm going to have to add this pattern to my 'want to do' list also :P

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  16. My favorite collection is the Spoolin' Around used in Sally's Quilting Corner blog. I'm a bright color lover and those fabrics want to jump in my arms! I do love the Ribbon Quilt pattern, too, and yours turned out fabulous! I may have to give that one a try.

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  17. I like so many of the batik collections, it is hard to decide, but I think I like Surf Squirt the best....today, tomorrow could be a different one. Lol Love your quilt. raydeer@memlane.com

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  18. Today it'sWind and Sea"...tomorrow....who knows, they're all so goregous! akronne17@gmail.com

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  19. Honestly, I haven't met a batik I don't love. I am in the process of making 2 batik quilts. I absolutely love green batiks, they are my favorite. To me greens are mother nature's neutrals. I would love to win these.

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  20. I love them all but tide pools is my favorite.... Happyness04431@yahoo.com

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  21. Surf Squirt was my favorite. Already ordered a 10x10 pack of it!

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  22. I like so many of the collections, but I would choose Surf Squirt to play with first!

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  23. Loved several...but Wind and Sea is first pick... Splash is definitely close second :)

    Love your ribbon quilt! & thank you for chance to win your give-a-way too! :D

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  24. Seashore is my favorite collection, but how you used splash makes it very appealing.

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  25. Seashore is my favorite collection, but how you used splash makes it very appealing.

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  26. After seeing your cute quilt, Splash is my favorite.

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  27. I love your quilt. Pick just one? Kind of like eating just one potato chip. I need the whole bag. Maybe Sea Foam at this minute.

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  29. Love your quilt! That quilt pattern has been on my list since I first saw it. Never thought of using batiks. Beautiful!

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    1. It is too hard to pick just one collection. They are all so pretty!

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  30. Red Tide is my favorite! Your quilt is outstanding!
    nikilsend(at)outlook(dot)com

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  31. I really like the Splash colors...love the brights

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  32. Ohhh, there's just something about those bright bold colors and that pattern! LOVE IT!!!!!

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  33. Spring Zing has been my favorite. Muted, bright colors (is that even possible!) - yummy!

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  34. Each day I seem to have a new favorite----so I have to say splash---especially since greens and blues are my favorite colors and then with the splash of reds and purples, how could you go wrong.

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  35. Beautiful and tricky quilt! I love the Tide Pool collection.

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  36. I like the tidepools collection but Splash would make fabulous bright fish.

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  37. Honestly, Splash has been my favorite (and your quilt is awesome). Thanks!

    Please click on the delaineelliott above for my email link.

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  38. Marlene I love this quilt design and colors. The back is my favorite color. Wonderful!

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  39. Sea Foam has been my favourite, but all of these batiks are gorgeous!!!

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  40. I love your quilt. My favorite fabric bundle so far is splashed. Thank you for sharing.

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  41. What a delightful fresh gorgeous quilt! Thanks for sharing it. Surf Squirt has been my favorite collection so far. I love the purple tones. Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  42. Fun blog hop, I love to visit all of you, such wonderful creators!! My favorite collection is Rain Forest, but it's hard to choose, they are all so beautiful! I love batiks ;) - franidupas at gmail dot com

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  43. I love them all! With a special love for Splash, Sand Dune and Rainforest

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  44. Island Batik has beautiful collections, not easy to have a favorite, I love them all! And all of you did a great job with these fabulous bundles.

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  45. It's not easy to have a favorite! Red Tide, Tide Pools, and any collection that has lots of purple and blue, are my favorites. The sea horses were especially pretty!
    The woven ribbons quilt is really gorgeous in this collection!
    reillyr2(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  46. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE those colors and that quilt. I want that exact grouping you used. LOL, even the background. Such gorgeous fabrics can make anything at all be beautiful. dezertsuz at gmail

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  47. Perfect pairing of quilt pattern and fabric! The splash fabric is so lively!

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  48. I love the Splash. I love greens and there are so many in this collection.

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  49. I'm loving all of them! So hard to choose but Splash is one of my favs. Do like the Wind and Sea group also. Thanks for the giveaway chance! akronne17@gmail.com

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  50. These are beautiful fabrics; thanks so much for the generous giveaway!

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  51. I love your quilt! One of my favourite collections is Surf Squirt.
    jen dot barnard at btinternet dot com

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