Welcome to day 2 of the
Winter Blues Blog Hop! I am sure enjoying seeing all the "Blues" because I love them so much. The color blue does make me happy, even in these cold and dim winter days. And I think that this time of year, you just have to spend extra time doing things that bring you joy!
I'm combining my project with the January Island Batik Ambassador Challenge - which is a Scrap Quilt challenge. (These fabrics were all provided to me through Island Batik in the boxes that have been sent to me as an ambassador over the last few years as well as the batting, thread and AccuQuilt Go! used for the cutting.)
The first thing I did was to pull out the AccuQuilt Go! and 8 inch Qube set. I found a block that I liked in the
Mix and Match block and pattern book and started looking through my scraps to find blue fabrics that I wanted to use. I decided to make 12 blocks and used two different blues in each block, so 24 different blue fabrics went into this quilt. There are fabrics going back to my very first ambassador box in this quilt! It didn't take long to turn all those scraps into pieces for my blocks...
I love the way these blocks came out! If you aren't too sure if you really like scrappy quilts, try making one with a controlled color palette. You just might change your mind! I used the same fabric (rice) for the background and the sashing to make my blocks look like they are floating on the quilt, and found a fun strip of raindrops for the cornerstones in one of my
Stash Builder rolls.
I love my finished quilt! I decided I wanted to try something new with the quilting so I used my walking foot to quilt curved lines across the quilt. It was really pretty fun and easy and I love the look of it! The thread was the same pale blue Aurifil 50 wt that I used for the piecing.
The batting is
Hobbs Heirloom Cotton. I love the soft loft of it, and how nicely it quilts! The light quilting makes this quilt nice and soft!
I used Blueberry from the Island Batik foundations line for the border and Cheerios in Blueberry (my favorite color from island batik!) for the binding. You can see the raindrop cornerstones in this picture as well!
Isn't this a pretty winter quilt? It measures 40 x 50 inches - the blocks are 8 inches, sashing and cornerstones are 2 inches and the border is 4 inches.
I decided to hang it over my dining room window for now. I really want to make a nice roman shade for this window, but I am really liking this quilt in that spot for the time being!
I hope you enjoyed my project! Make sure you go visit the other bloggers who are posting today - so many great projects featuring "Winter Blues". Thanks again to
Carla for hosting this great hop!
And also thanks to
Island Batik for providing the fabric,
Accuquilt for the Go! cutting system,
Hobbs Batting, and
Aurifil Thread. You can see all the 2020 Island Batik Ambassador blogs by clicking the tab at the top of my blog or by
clicking here. There will be lots of great projects coming up!
