Curlicue Creations: Timeless Traditions Blog Hop featuring Summertime

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Timeless Traditions Blog Hop featuring Summertime

This is Summertime, the quilt I made for the Timeless Traditions blog hop.

Disclaimer: The products used to make this quilt were given to me by Island Batik Lumin Fabrics and Industry Partners.

It's blog hop time for the Island Batik Ambassadors (Lumin Fabrics)! This is the month we showcase all the new fabric collections coming to your local shops. It is a lot of fun. This time around we were challenged to make a quilt with at least five traditional quilt blocks. We were given a list of blocks to choose from.

The fabric I received for the challenge is Hello Sunshine, designed by Jerry Khiev. Isn't it beautiful? This has got to be one of my favorite collections that I've worked with as an Island Batik Ambassador. It's all pink and yellow with a touch of red ~ fabulous!

I used my Accuquilt Go Qube 8" Block dies to cut out all of the pieces for my blocks. So quick and easy!

I did the math to figure out how many pieces I needed from each die and then cut them randomly from the fabrics. I used all 20 of the Hello Sunshine fabrics.

Here is one of the blocks I made, using four half square triangle blocks. For this quilt, I wanted to experiment with random color placement, instead of placing light and dark contrasting fabrics next to each other to make the design. I wanted to create a hot and melty looking quilt where the elements of each block flowed into each other.

I used Island Batik's solid black to sew the blocks into three strips, creating a lightning strike zigzag pattern separating the blocks from each other. I like the way the black makes the blocks pop out, like stained glass windows, but I'm also curious to try making the random melty blocks again and setting them together without any sashing or other fabric breaking the mood. I hope I have time to experiment with this idea in the future.

I used my Oliso iron to press all the seams nice and flat.

I used Hobbs Premium 80/20 Black Cotton Batting for this project. This batting works well when you are making a quilt with a lot of black in it.

Other sponsored items I used for this project include:

Aurifil thread

Schmetz needles

I quilted in an allover loopy meander. I used a lovely light yellow fabric from the collection for the backing and bound it with this pretty pink ferny fabric.

Summertime Quilt

Quilt Stats:

Quilt Size: 37" x 48"

Block Size: 8" x 8"

Fabric: Hello Sunshine, by Jerry Khiev for Island Batik Lumin Fabrics

Batting: Hobbs Black 80/20 Cotton

Thread: Aurifil

Needles: Schmetz

Iron: Oliso

Dies: Accuquilt Go 8" Qube

Designed in EQ8

Here's a few more pics of Summertime for your viewing enjoyment:

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to visit the Island Batik Lumin Fabrics blog and enter to win their weekly fat quarter bundle giveaway during the hop.

Here's the complete list of the blog hop so you can see all the new fabrics and inspiring Timeless Traditions quilts made by the Island Batik Ambassador team.

WEEK 1

November 3:

Brenda Alburl, Songbird Designs

Susan Deshensky, Lady Blue Quilt Studio