The theme for the September Island Batik Ambassador challenge was Child's Play. We were challenged to create a juvenile-inspired project quilt using the Accuquilt GO! Block on Board die we received in July. The quilt had to be 45 x 60 inches or larger.
I received the Accuquilt 14-inch Bear's Paw block on board die. It was handy to cut all the pieces for one block in one pass through the GO! cutter.
I struggled to figure out how to make the bear's paw block into a child-friendly
quilt. So I turned to my friend Google for
some inspiration. Here is The Bear’s
Square Dance. (Thanks to Dena for the name.)
Thanks to Island Batik for the wonderful fabrics. I used a mix of fabrics from the Spring and Summer Foundation collections. The colours are just so wonderful.
I
miscalculated the size of my original design, and it didn’t finish large enough. So I had to get creative with adding more blocks to make it larger. Although it doesn't look like what I had originally envisoned, I love the new design. It finishes at 47 inches.
I finished
the top back in August, but I didn’t have any quilting ideas. So it sat…and sat…and sat some more. My plans to quilt in early September were
thwarted by Hurricane Dorian. I lost
power for two days on the weekend I had plans to quilt. Recovery from that and a busy time at work,
meant I was scrambling at the last time to get this quilted. So when all else fails, go for something
simple. I did some straight-line
quilting.
I used Aurifil
#2024 White for echo quilting in a v-shape and #3840 French Lilac (variegated) for the binding.
And my favourite batting, Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 cotton/poly blend.
And my favourite batting, Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 cotton/poly blend.
My plans to
post this on Friday were doomed from beginning to end. It took me a few days to get some
photos. I was offsite for work on
Friday, but I thought I’d have enough time to write my post. That didn’t work. No worries, I thought. I was heading to Girl Guide camp for the weekend, and there
was electricity and wifi. Turned out the
wifi was spotty at best, so I wasn’t able to post. So here I am posting after having a well-deserved nap...it's been a long and busy week and weekend.
