It is 20 WOF 2.5 inch strips from Island Batik's Northern Woods collection and 1/4 yard of a light brown with some green going through it. Alison used the rest of this fabric for her beautiful Faceted Friendship Star quilt! Thanks for sharing, Alison!
I think this might be my favorite piece - it reminds me of aspen trees in the Colorado woods.
Or this one - golden snowflakes on dark brown. Beautiful!
When you get something unexpected like this in the mail, what do you do? Well, I dove right in and started playing! Inspired by PaulaB's batik strips quilt top, I cut the 20 strips into 10.5 inch pieces, and then sewed them into dark and light pairs.
I also cut a few of these strip pairs in half so that when I laid the blocks out, I got this offset bricks pattern.
I really like the pops of turquoise, blue-green, and orange in among the earthy tones.
As it stands right now, if I sew all the strip pairs together, I think the quilt top would come out at about 33.5 x 50, not really big enough to be useful yet. I've never sewn with batiks much, so don't have scraps to add into the mix either. So, it's back to the mulling stage for this one.
Any advice?
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This is so pretty! Good choice of pattern and the colors are wonderful! Have fun!
ReplyDeleteI love the print that looks like aspen trees - I love those trees! how about using it for a table topper?
ReplyDeleteI absolutely LOVE the fact that you were inspired by Paula's quilt (and acted on it right away.) It's looking good! However, I'm missing the random vertical color pops in your version. Best of luck interpreting what the quilt wants next!!
ReplyDeleteI love what you have so far. Do you have any little bits that you can turn into 4 patches and sprinkle them throughout? Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap! I know you will figure out something fun!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. I like the pops of turquoise too. If you made it longer than it is wide, it would make a very pretty table runner.
ReplyDeleteGreat colors. I'm honored that you would do this. What about a couple of borders in solids, like aqua and orange, to bring it up to 45 x 60? I'm adding them to make mine adult size to send to Covered In Love.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it fun playing with Island Batiks!!! So happy you got to try them out. Love what you are coming up with. But yes I think you could add some solids in there and be fine. I mix regular cottons with batiks sometimes. You could add a solid strip in between some of the rows perhaps.
ReplyDeleteOh, gosh...another lucky win of fabrics and you've got blocks made already? Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI mull about things before I go to bed. Then when I wake up I seem to have dreamed the answer to my mullings. Try it!
I mix batiks with other cottons and don't keep them separate.
Congratulations on your win. Love what you have done and can’t wait to see where it will end up.
ReplyDeleteI miss your Aspens in Colorado!Love that fabric. If I receive or buy fabric, I like to lay it out and just admire it. I would probably use some cotton dark borders to offset your strips. I think it's cool you made a top right away. mary in Az
ReplyDeleteYay I'm so glad you're loving them! What about putting some of strips of the yardage fabric in between the strip sets and making it more square?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your win. you are correct - it does look like Aspen. Playing is my natural reaction too. Love how it is evolving. Whatever it becomes, it will be lovely. Have a Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, what a great use of this batik gift. I too like the pops of turquoise.
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