Hello! Welcome to my day on the Island Batik Ambassador Storm at Sea blog hop. This is my Storm at Sea quilt, made with the new Petal Pathway fabric collection by Kathy Engle. My quilt is still a top, as it took a lot longer to piece together than I had planned. I wasn't even sure I liked it until I took this photo. Sometimes it's hard to see how a quilt is coming out while you're working on it up close.
Disclosure: The products used to make this project were generously provided by Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, Accuquilt, and Schmetz Needles.
This is week two of the Storm at Sea blog hop. We were to make a lap or larger sized project using the new Island Batik fabric collection we were sent in box two. These fabrics should be hitting local shops now - so get out there and get some before it's all gone.
If you remember my unboxing video earlier this year, I could only show this pretty pink wrapped package. This is my surprise fabric.
Petal Pathway by Kathy Engle has a large variety of vibrant hues. The designs include different flowers and flower petals. I was sent half yard cuts of each of the 20 fabrics. I used nearly all of the fabric to make my quilt. I did not use the two white toned fabrics as I had a lot of Island Batik solid black in this quilt. When I auditioned the white fabrics they were too distracting for my design.
I opted to cut my quilt out using the Accuquilt Storm at Sea BOB die. It's wonderful because you can cut multiple pieces at once and everything fits together perfectly. Because of the way I planned my design, it still took me three days to cut out all the pieces! Without Accuquilt, it probably would have taken me a week. I made 30 blocks for my quilt, Each block has 65 pieces. I'm not doing the math.
To keep everything straight, I laid out each block on my design wall. I could do four blocks at a time. After a few, I figured out some of the units could be chain pieced without my getting confused, so I stopped and sewed all of those units together. Then I put the units up on the design wall into blocks and finished piecing the 30 blocks.
Here is one of the completed blocks. Each block has a different combination of fabrics. I used Aurifil thread and Schmetz needles for all of the piecing.
Here's another picture of my top, hanging sideways on my clothesline. It's glowing with the sun shining through.
Have you seen the amazing Storm at Sea quilts made by my very talented fellow Ambassadors? I've been blown away by the creativity this hop! Here's the list for the hop:
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