Hello! Welcome to my day of the Island Batik Ambassador New York Beauty blog hop! This is my
Quilt.
Disclaimer: The products used to make this quilt were given to me by Island Batik and industry partners. This month's challenge and blog hop was to make a New York Beauty quilt using our "surprise" package fabrics that we received in our January Ambassador boxes.
I was lucky enough to receive
Pumpkin Spice. This collection was designed by Kathy Engle for Sarah Fabian, Quilt Basket. It is gorgeous! The purples, golds, greens and more are saturated with Island Batik color, and the patterns feature pumpkins, ravens, curling vines and other fabulous designs. I'm in love! I'm giving away some of this collection at the end of my post. Read on.
New York Beauty quilts typically feature curved blocks with paper pieced points. This is one of the arcs I made for my quilt. I designed my blocks in EQ8. If you own Electric Quilt 8 and you've never tried designing one of these, it's really quite easy and fun. They have a special section for drawing "arc" blocks. I highly recommend trying it out.
Here's one of my completed blocks. I had a great time mixing up the Pumpkin Spice fabrics for the points and rainbows. The neutral fabric I used is Rice. I had a 6 yard cut and I used most of it for this project.
After I put all the blocks together, I cut squares from each fabric and sewed them into strips for one of the borders.
I made another pieced border with more paper piecing via these triangle strips.
When my top was all together and it was time to quilt I chose this light purple Aurifil thread. It's #2562.
Ragamuffin supervised. "When is my new snuggle quilt going to be ready?" she wanted to know.
I quilted a loopy meander over the surface of the quilt with my favorite, Schmetz needles.
I used Hobbs 80/20 Bleached Cotton for the batting. It's wonderful!
It looks like summertime on my front porch.
I used this Island Batik blender fabric for the backing.
I made the binding from two of the green Pumpkin Spice fabrics.
So lovely!
New York Beauty
Quilt Stats:
Finished Quilt Size: 58-1/2" x 70-1/2"
Block Size: 12" x 12"
Fabric: Pumpkin Spice and Rice by Island Batik
Batting: Hobbs 80/20 Bleached Cotton
Thread: Aurifil 2562
Needles: Schmetz
Designed in EQ8
Here's my giveaway! I'm giving 5" charms of 19 of the fabrics from the Pumpkin Spice collection. To enter my giveaway, simply leave a comment below (scroll to the end of this post) with an idea for the name of my quilt. I'll draw a winner randomly at the end of the hop. Please be sure I have a way to contact you, should you be the lucky one.
In addition to my giveaway, please visit the Island Batik Blog for a chance to win a precut bundle of Savannah or Santorini fabric from their new collections!
Please visit my blog hop partner, Maryellen @ Mary Mack Made Mine to see what she made with the Pumpkin Spice fabric collection. I'm including a list of the complete blog hop below.
June 6:
Gail Sheppard, Quilting Gail
Elizabeth DeCroos, Epida Studio
June 7:
Reed Johnson, Blue Bear Quilts
Andi Stanfield, True Blue Quilts
June 8:
Sandra Starley, Textile Time Travels
June 9:
Jennifer Fulton, Inquiring Quilter
Mania Hatziioannidi, Mania for Quilts
June 10:
Blog Hop Round-Up Week 1 and Giveaway
June 13:
Jennifer Thomas, Curlicue Creations
Maryellen McAuliffe, Mary Mack Made Mine
June 14:
Pamela Boatright, Pamela Quilts
Anorina Morris, Samelia’s Mum
June 15:
Michelle Roberts, Creative Blonde Gifts
Lisa Pickering, Lisa’s Quilting Passion
June 16:
Denise Looney, For the Love of Geese
Connie Kauffman, Kauffman Designs
June 17:
Blog Hop Round-Up Week 2 and Giveaway
June 20:
Claudia Porter, Create with Claudia
Brianna Roberts, Sew Cute and Quirky
June 21:
Gail Renna, Quilt Haven Threads
Preeti Harris, Sew Preeti Quilts
June 22:
Megan Best, Bestquilter
Leah Malasky, Quilted Delights
June 23:
Suzy Webster, Websterquilt
Emily Leachman, The Darling Dogwood
June 24:
Blog Hop Round-Up Week 3 and Giveaway
June 27:
Jane Hauprich, Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting
Brenda Alburl, Songbird Designs
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Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today.
Jennifer Thomas
Curlicue Creations
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