Is it December already? This year is almost all wrapped up and I'm not ready. I moved over Thanksgiving week and my house is still in chaos. But I did manage to finish my December project for Island Batik Lumin Fabrics Ambassadors. This is my quilt, Levi's Ladder.
Disclaimer: The items used to make this project were given to me by Island Batik Lumin Fabrics and Industry Sponsors.
This month the Challenge was "It's All Up to You", which basically means we can make anything we want to. My son Levi graduated from UNCW this month, so I chose to make him a graduation quilt.
I'm so proud of him! What a special day.
Teal is the main color for his school, so I used the Tantalizing Teal strip pack for my quilt. I used every bit of it! It's a beautiful range of blues and greens.
I designed my quilt in EQ8 and cut out the pieces with my Accuquilt 8" Qube.
This quilt has 2808 pieces in the top. It took me a long time to sew it all together. The blocks are 6" x 6". My Oliso iron sure came in handy pressing everything nice and flat.
After my move, part of my sewing studio is back inside my home. The cats really enjoyed getting back to work and "helping" me sew again. Here Jake is selecting some beautiful Aurifil thread. I paired it with my favorite Schmetz needles for nearly flawless piecing.
I used Hobbs Heirloom 80/20 Bleached Cotton for this project.
I also used some stash busters in yellow and teal. The yellow added some bright accents to the quilt. I used the teal for the borders.
Sunrise helped keep the rows in order while I pieced the top together.
Here is one of the blocks. This is a traditional quilt block, Jacob's Ladder. There are 28 pieces in each block, wow! I strip pieced the four patches, but it was still a lot of stitching.
Here is what one block looks like quilted with a loopy meander. You can see a lot of different teals in this one.
Quilting close up.
Jake again. She made a formidable speed bump as I was sewing on the quilt binding.
Levi's Ladder
Quilt Stats:
Quilt Size: 70" x 70"
Block Size: 6" x 6"
Fabric: Tantalizing Teal and Assorted Stash Builders by Island Batik Lumin Fabrics
Thread: Aurifil
Needles: Schmetz
Batting: Hobbs 80/20 Bleached Cotton
Dies: Accuquilt 8" Qube
Designed in EQ8
That's all folks! 2025 is a wrap for me. Thank you so much Island Batik Lumin Fabrics for a year of fun challenges. Check out my fellow ambassador's blogs to see what they made for the It's All Up to You December challenge, here:
- Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs
- Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting
- Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio
- Tina Dillard ~ Quilting Affection Designs
- Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany
- Kimberly Flannagan ~ Kimberly’s Quilts
- Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
- Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts
- Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts
- Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs
- Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt
- Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River
- Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
- Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery
- Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights
- Susan Michaels ~ Dragonfly Fiberart
- Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
- Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher's Boutique
- Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail
- Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color
- Solomae Stoycoff ~ Cuddle Cat Quiltworks
- Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations (You are here)
Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today,
Jennifer Thomas
Curlicue Creations
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