Friday, December 28, 2018

Making a Dent - Another Finish

One of my goals this year has been to use up some of the 2.5" batik strips I cut last year.  In May I completed "Hypnotic", a 72" x 72" beauty (if I do say so myself!) for Stephen and Kailey's wedding.  I blogged about it here.  Then in November I finished piecing a gorgeous 98" x 98" top (if I do say so again!) for my sister, Debbie.  I blogged about Debbie's quilt here.  This top is currently with a friend waiting to be quilted so it won't make it off the UFO list this year.  

As the year is winding down I have a third batik quilt finish to share.

























"Gemini" by Janine Burke for Blue Underground Studios has been on my "to do" list for a while, and I had fun working on it.  






The actual construction of the blocks didn't take long at all.  I made two-color rectangular blocks, and cut them in half .....

.....then mixed them up and sewed them back together.


















You can't really make a mistake putting blocks like these into rows.
























Shirley, did another great job quilting this one for me.  

























Don't you love the Grunge fabric I found for the back?
























I didn't make as big a dent in the box of strips as I'd hoped I would, but I definitely did make a dent.  Here's the box of strips "before".



Here's the box "after".























"Gemini" will be gifted soon, and I'm excited that I'll be able to do that in person in just a couple of weeks.  Now to decide what the next batik quilt will be.

Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
Linking up with Tish's Adventures in Wonderland.




5 comments:

Linda Swanekamp said...

You picked beautiful bright and clear colors for a gorgeous finish!

piecefulwendy said...

Boy, those colors really pop! What a gorgeous quilt!

Louise said...

So beautiful, Sandy! The colors are just wonderfully rich, and the simple graphic blocks let the colors shine!

MissPat said...

Really like this one. I have a ton of batiks, although they mostly aren't cut into strips. This would be a good project for them.
Pat

Tish Stemple said...

I LOVE this! Everything about it speaks to me, from those beautiful batik strips to the name of the quilt. From the look of the box you still have a quilt or two to make :) Congrats on your finish!