SewBatik Backing #1

The first quilt with a wide backing has gone out of my studio!  This beautiful batik quilt was quilted with a "Pretty Paisley" pantograph by Beany Girl Quilts.  The quilter chose Signature thread in Dusty Plum which beautifully accented the purple setting strips.  For the backing she chose the spectacular Packed Daisy motif in the colour of Pecan Lavender.  You can see this entirety of this beauty at the Whitecourt & Area Pins & Pine Needles Quilt Guild Quilt Show on May 12, 2012. 

I was admiring the backing on my own bed and thinking what a great bedspread that would make.  My husband's comment was "that was the kind of quilting he would do except without the fancy pattern".  See, even our husbands can admire our seamless backings, after all, we didn't cut any fabric up only to sew it back together. 

Mexican Star Kit

I received my orders from Sew Batik this week. One of the items was this Mexican Star Kit. This is the "Olivine" colour way with an olivine spray background and accents of atlantic blue, velvet morning and brunette. It is going to have to wait until after the quilt show but it is going to look fabulous on my living room wall.

I also received some great backing fabrics and am excited to be putting the first SewBatik backing on a quilt next week. The quilter chose packed daisy in pecan lavender. It is beautiful. Keep watching for some previews of it and you can see the whole thing at the Pins & Pine Needles Quilt Show on May 12.

Rope Border

So excited. Today I did my first border with a rope pattern. I used the widest rope choice on my Circle Lord Giant Template. The border fabric is a blue/grey colour and I used Signature thread in Wheat for the rope. You can also see in the picture some of the loop meander I'm doing on the rest of the quilt. I'll keep you guessing as to what the quilt pattern is and will post a full picture when it's done.

SewBatik and ... Part 1

Sometimes there is hesitation to consider a batik for a backing when your quilt top is not batiks. This post is the first in a series to show you how wonderful these high quality batiks look even with other styles.

Below is a very woodsy looking strip quilt (this is one of the prizes for our quilt show raffle, to be quilted next).

The SewBatik samples that I've put with it are (from Left to Right)

Spray: Cream Tan, Brunette, Juniper; Vine: Twilight Blue, Cream Pearl, Midnight Blue, Shady Glade, Auburn, Sahara Oasis; Sarong: Indigo

There is quite a selection to choose from, but I have the advantage of seeing them in real life, so my top 2 picks would be Vine: Auburn orVine Midnight Blue.

If you would like to see the samples in real life to view with your quilt top, give me a call and we'll set up an appointment.

Batik Gem

Here is a fabulous batik quilt. The quilter made it using a bali pop and a tonga treat. She said mixing the different brands of 2 1/2" strips made a little more work due to the slight differences in cutting widths. But she made the adjustments and made it work very well. She made it as a surprise gift for her sister and was pleased to have it finished, even to the point of sewing down the binding as she travelled.

The sashing strips are a dark navy. The batik strips run the full rainbow of colours.

We chose to quilt it with Signature thread in Sapphire. you can see in the detailed photograph that the thread chosen contrasts with most of the colours and shows up on the strips as well since it was just a slight bit lighter. It was not as stark as black would have been and allowed the texture of the quilt to be subtle and the boldness of the sashing strips play the leading role in the quilt. The pantograph pattern used was Fantasia by Hermione Agee of Lorien Quilting. This is a very pretty pantograph with some feather and swirl details. It is slightly suggestive of a shell.

What a beautiful gift to be able to give, my only disappoinment was that I forgot to take a picture of the back which the quilter made of medium blues using a Turning Twenty pattern. It would also look great with a SewBatik backing. I could definitely imagine it any of the SewBatik options pictured below.

Curvacious Vine: Deep Wisteria (left), Packed Daisy: Midnight Garden (top centre), Packed Daisy: Twilight Blue (bottom left), Jardin: Indigo (bottom right), Spray: Garden Storm (right)

If you would like to see SewBatik wide fabric options to finish your quilt, give me a call and we'll make a date.

Second Log Cabin

Here is the second log cabin that I've quilted. This is a very classic looking log cabin in a barn raising setting. The quilter made this one for a wedding gift. It is totally finished and the wedding is still 2 weeks away. She is thrilled to have the gift done this far ahead of time.

To compliment the classic navy, burgundy, and ecru, we chose to use Signature thread in Wheat. The quilter chose a pantograph by Linda Taylor called Simple Feather Meandering.

The detail picture shows how this pantograph added some movement and softened the geometric feel of the quilt without being too feminine.

What a striking looking log cabin!

Pretty Pinwheels

Here is a customer quilt finished earlier this week. It is so pretty! I believe the quilter said that she used pre-cuts for the pinwheel fabrics. We chose a quilting pattern (a pantograph) called "Flight of Fancy" by Hermione Agee. The butterflies and swirls give lots of movement, very appropriate with the pinwheels. The camel thread is delicate looking on these colours and suited this quilt very well.