The Making of the Blown Away Quilt

Disclaimer:  Products featured in this post were given to me by Island Batik and industry partners at no cost to me.

 The idea for the Blown Away quilt was to show a block exploding into larger and larger blocks diagonally across the quilt top.  I searched this book for the perfect block for this design. I chose the Turnstile block.  If you own this fabulous book, it's on page 114.

 I chose these lovely yellow, purple, and gray fabrics from my Island Batik stash and got right to work.

 Some of the cutting was done with a ruler and rotary cutter.

 Some of the cutting was done with an Accuquilt Go.  I use the Go whenever possible.  Everything cuts out so accurately and quickly.  It's awesome!

 The Blown Away top came together very quickly.  It was super easy to sew.  The hardest part was making sure everything was facing the correct way to make the design.

 I added a thin purple border for the pinwheel design and quilting to flow into.

 I used straight line quilting and purple and yellow Aurifil thread to accent the movement of the pinwheels across the quilt.

 Ragamuffin helping me quilt.

 "Don't even think of moving me", that look says.  

 I pulled this fun gray, black, and white fabric out of my stash to sew the sleeve.

 The Blown Away quilt trying to blow away.

The Blown Away finish.  The sun was in the wrong place for taking photos, but I think it looks kind of cool with the sunbeam across the front, plus you can really see the quilting lines in this photo.  What do you think?

You can read more about the Blown Away quilt here:
 May Make it Modern with Hobbs featuring Blown Away

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Jennifer Thomas

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May Make it Modern with Hobbs featuring Blown Away

Disclaimer:  The products used to create this quilt were given to me by Island Batik and industry partners at no cost to me.

 Introducing the Blown Away quilt ~ living free and in the wild.

 Blown Away is my Island Batik Ambassadors challenge quilt for May Make it Modern with Hobbs.

 The challenge was to create a modern quilt as defined by:  "the use of bold colors and prints, high contrast and graphic areas of solid color, improvisational piecing, minimalism, expansive negative space, alternate grid work."

I chose these three fabrics from my Island Batik fabric collection, a yellow floral batik, a purple abstract batik, and a solid gray fabric for my project.

 This is a close up of the pinwheel block in the lower right corner.  This area of my quilt had the heaviest quilting.

 I used Hobbs Thermore batting.  This batting is especially designed for quilted clothing, but I've used it in several quilts, and it's fast becoming one of my favorites.  It's thin and so easy to work with.

 Pinwheels spinning away in the wind on a blustery day.

 I took the Pinwheel block from this Accuquilt book, and expanded it to flow across the quilt like it was "blowing away" on a windy day.

 Lovely folds of quilty goodness.

 Blown Away resting on an outdoor chair with Lily and Rose.

 I used these perfectly matching Aurifil threads to quilt the Blown Away quilt.

 I used the quilting lines to accentuate the movement and scale of the quilt.  I used the yellow thread over the yellow fabric and flowing into the gray area.  I did the same with the purple, letting it flow all the way across and into the borders.  I quilted a presser foot's width apart for the small block, then one inch apart for the medium size blocks, then one and a half inches apart for the large scale blocks.

 I used the purple fabric for the binding.

 More pretty folds of quilty goodness.

Blown Away

Quilt Stats:

Finished Quilt Size:  36" x 44"

Finished Block Size:  8" x 8"

Fabric:  Island Batik

Batting:  Hobbs Thermore

Thread:  Aurifil

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Jennifer Thomas

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