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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A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Beige Trees Tone on Tone quilt fabric, by Benartex. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.
This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.
The design on this fabric features small tone on tone suggestions of trees over a beige background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Stars White on Cream quilt fabric. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.
This is a vintage destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.
The design on this fabric features small white stars scattered over a cream background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Beige Tiny Vines Berries quilt fabric. 100 percent cotton, fat quarter cut. Easy care, machine wash warm, tumble dry, remove promptly.
The design on this fabric features a miniature scale beige vines and berries pattern. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
Note: This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.
A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Purple Pink Hand Dyed quilt fabric. 100 percent cotton, fat quarter cut. Easy care, machine wash warm, tumble dry, remove promptly.
The design on this fabric features a purple and pink hand dyed pattern. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
Note: This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.
Pink Marbles Quilt Fabric A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Pink Marbles quilt fabric. 100 percent cotton, fat quarter cut. Easy care, machine wash warm, tumble dry, remove promptly.
The design on this fabric features a pink marbled pattern. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
Note: This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.
A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Pink Purple Checkerboard quilt fabric. 100 percent cotton, fat quarter cut. Easy care, machine wash warm, tumble dry, remove promptly.
The design on this fabric features a pink and purple checkerboard pattern. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
Note: This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.
A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Sand in My Shoes quilt fabric, by McKenna Ryan, for Robert Kaufman. 100 percent cotton, fat quarter cut. Easy care, machine wash warm, tumble dry, remove promptly.
The design on this fabric features sunrise/sunset colored beach scene. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
Note: This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.
A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Orange Gold Dot Diagonal Stripe quilt fabric. 100 percent cotton, fat quarter cut. Easy care, machine wash warm, tumble dry, remove promptly.
The design on this fabric features gold metallic dots in a diagonal stripe over a solid orange background. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
Note: This is a destash fabric, not a new, off the bolt cut. This fabric may or may not have been pre-washed.
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Do you remember waaaay back in July when I showed the unboxing video for my Island Batik Ambassador box #2? I mentioned that the precuts would be coming at a later date. They actually came a while ago and I posted them to Facebook and Instagram, but I totally forgot to write a blog post about them! Here they are.
I received a strip pack of Sticks N Stones, plus a coordinating light fabric and a coordinating dark fabric. Isn't this collection just wonderful? This should be in local quilt shops now.
I also received a Bellingham Bay 10" stack - Yahoo! I have a lot of ideas for this fabric. I've played with this collection a lot in EQ8. I just need to choose a design and start sewing. If you love Bellingham Bay as much as I do, and you're feeling lucky, Island Batik is giving away some precuts of this collection this week on their blog as part of the Storm at Sea blog hop. Click here to see all the new collections and enter to win: Storm at Sea Blog Hop and Giveaway I'll be on the hop on November 10th. I'm still sewing my blocks - Yikes! I'll be working on that today for sure.
Be sure to visit their blogs and see their beautiful Storm at Sea quilts made with the Bellingham Bay fabric collection.
Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today.
Jennifer Thomas
Curlicue Creations
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