Quilting

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Part of my commitment as an Island Batik Ambassador is to make a rep samples from pre-release lines of fabric. Back in July I received my second shipment of fabric and supplies for the year and my secret line of fabric was Fortune Teller. I love the vibrant colors as well as the dragonflies and butterflies! This is the fabric I'll be using for my January project so I thought I'd give you a sneak peek!

The rep samples are a quick and simple sew as they are made with squares and finished with the pillowcase binding method and simple quilting stitches. These 12" x 18" samples will travel with Island Batik reps to show off the fabrics and then are donated to be used as Kennel Quilts. I finished this one back in August when I couldn't show it to you yet. The Fortune Teller line was shared at Fall Quilt Market, so now I can show it off!

I look forward to getting started with this vibrant fabric for my January project!

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I'm making the baby version which is a mere 4 blocks a week at this point. I realized just how quickly they sewed up when I pieced 4 blocks in a half hour on Saturday evening. I finished 4 more on Sunday and pressed them all up to share with you today. This makes me caught up to the QAL schedule. Woo hoo!

In my week 5 blocks I focused on making the darkest blocks I could.

In my week 6 blocks I made some of the lightest possible blocks. 

Here are my first 12 blocks all together. I definitely have a variety of values, but I'm missing some mid-tone blocks at this point. I may also rip a few seams in my strip pieced units to mix things up and create some lighter overall strips and darker overall strips. My finished quilt will have 30 blocks, so I'm approaching halfway.

Thank you to Amy for hosting the Quilt Along. You can see my earlier progress in my Weeks 1 & 2, Week 3, and Week 4 posts.

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I'm still behind the official schedule, but I'm making progress on my Waterfall quilt. Week 4 included cutting up the strips and making the first 3 blocks (for the baby size quilt).

My lights feel not so light to me, but I'm happy with how these blocks came out and I have stacks lined up for some of my darkest blocks next so you'll see the value contrast as I continue sewing. I think I also didn't follow directions for the strip piecing and may pick out a few seams to shuffle things around so I will have some lighter strips and some darker strips.

All the details of the Quilt Along are on Amy's Creative Side. You can see my earlier progress in my Weeks 1 & 2 and Week 3 posts.