I feel like the luckiest gal around(well along with 49 others) that I get to work with Island Batik fabrics every month. But this month we are also working with the wonderful Aurifil threads.
The challenge this month is called Artsy Fartsy. Meaning we are to make something artsy using Island batiks and embellishing with Aurifil threads. I have to say I was way out of my wheelhouse, or my comfort zone or out of my box!! I was really fearful I couldn't pull it off. But I rose to the challenge and am happy to report that I really like my finished product.
Never ever have I done improv curved piecing before. I watched a You Tube video and from there I just winged it!! I wanted it to be like grass or green rolling hills and then the sky. See the pink row of tiny flowers growing on the hillside:)
I used the decorative stitches on my Janome Skline 7 to make pretty stitches with Aurifil thread. I used 80 wt, 50 wt, 40 wt, 28, and a floss! For the floss I put it in my cording foot and did a small zig zag over it.
I thought one of my Island Batik buttons was appropriate to adorn my little quilt. Now we need Aurifil buttons! My little wall hanging is about 11 x 18.
Thank you Island Batik and Aurifil threads for making me jump out of my box and create something fun! Thank you for the products used in the project also.
I used fabrics from several different collections to get the coloring I wanted for this project. Most were from the 5" x WOF rolls that are just perfect for adding to your stash.
Next month I will be joining several of the ambassadors in a blog hop using beautiful Island Batik fabrics that were released at Market last May. It's going to be a really fun hop so I hope you'll be back and watching for that.
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