This is my April Island Batik challenge where we were to use a vintage looking pattern or block and make it look more modern/new. The drunkard path is an age old one so I decided to try that. I have never really done more than a handful of drunkard path blocks ever. I turned to EQ8 to draw up my idea and use a template I printed off there. Yes I cut these with just the paper template, I didn't really want to go out and get another ruler I probably wouldn't use again. I do have a 3.5" template by Elisa, so I tried that first, ye gads piecing small curves was a pain in the patootie. After using EQ8 to draw it up I watched a video by Canton Village using a glue pen before sewing, it works quite well:) https://cvquiltworks.com/blogs/blog/16537384-piecing-a-curve-with-virtually-no-pins
When it came time to quilt it I marked a few registration marks here and there and used a straight ruler, a few curved rulers and quilters rule nested circles to do the designs. For the background fill a little Wild Quilting(Christina Camelli) was called for. Aurifil thread for piecing. An assortment of IB fabrics from a charm pack of Costal mist and some of the stash builder rolls.
A little bit of color added to the binding by adding in 5" piece
Its at home in our front entryway.
The fabrics were provided by Island Batik, thread from Aurifil and the batting from Hobbs.
