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The Plum Pudding collection from Island Batik is so gorgeous! I know I say that with every batik collection from them, but it's true! If you haven't sewn with their fabric before, you must make a point to try it! The fabrics have such wonderful saturated colors, the fabrics don't have a right or a wrong side, and they don't fray! So many things to love!
This collection is a mix of purples and neutrals. So many heart eyes! The collection is shipping to stores now. I did find some HERE !
Some of the fabrics have snowflakes, so I knew the collection would be perfect for making a Flurry quilt ! The pattern is available as a PDF or as a professionally printed booklet that's mailed to you.
The pattern begins by arranging the fabrics from darkest to lightest. I use Lite Steam-A-Seam 2 for this pattern because I love that it makes the pieces sticky so you can move and rearrange them as much as you want before ironing! (Here's my Oliso mini iron !) The pattern includes directions for using the Olfa Circle Rotary Cutter . It makes such quick work of cutting the circles!
This time, I also used my AccuQuilt to cut the smallest circles using this die . It is SO fast and easy!!
Once all the circles were cut, it was time for the fun part!
The background is Island Batik's solid white. It is made with the same high quality fabric as their batiks, and (surprise, surprise) I love it!
I loaded the top on my longarm (a 1989 Gammill) with a light gray circles wide backing fabric that I bought a bolt of awhile back. I like to keep a neutral bolt of backing fabric on hand so I don't have to worry about not having a back when I'm ready to quilt. I did notice my bolt is running low though, so I'll be watching for a great deal to get some more! I used Warm & Natural batting , though I would have preferred Warm & White . Maybe I should get a bolt of that too?
I used Aurifil Light Lilac 40wt #2510 to quilt a medium-sized meander all over the quilt. I made sure to quilt on top of every circle so at least one stitching line will hold the circles on in case they never come loose. The 40wt held up really great going through all the layers of fuse too!
I cut 2 1/4" strips from one of the fabrics from the collection to make the binding, and had *just* enough to make it all the way around! (Machine binding tutorial HERE .)
I LOVE how this Flurry quilt turned out! All the hearts eyes!!
Be sure to visit the other bloggers in the Plum Pudding blog tour to see what they made with this gorgeous fabric!
June 8 - Sherry at Powered by Quilting <---There's a giveaway on this post too!
June 9 - Joanne at Canuck Quilter
June 10 - Vasudha at Storied Quilts
June 11 - Kate at Katie Mae Quilts
June 12 - Sally at Paleofish Designs
June 13 - Leanne at Devoted Quilter
June 14 - Jessica at Desert Bloom Quilting
June 15 - Jenifer and Trisch at Everyday Stitches
June 16 - Patti at Lemon Tree Snippets
June 17 - Debra at Tuning My Heart
June 18 - Laura at Slice of Pi Quilts <---That's me!
June 19 - Lisa at Love to Color My World
June 20 - Anja at Anja Quilts
June 21 - Suzy at Websterquilt
June 22 - Sarah at Sew Joy Creations
June 24 - Jen at Dizzy Quilter
June 25 - Sherry at Powered by Quilting
Be sure to you're following me on Instagram ! There's going to be a great giveaway at the end of the month!
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Well done. It's a great collection of fabrics. I am starting to see the fun in buying bolts of stuff...I now have a few Kona colours, and I just ordered my first roll of batting. ☺
ReplyDeleteThis is another gorgeous version of such a beautiful quilt. Gotta love that die for this job! Yes, I am almost ready to order a bolt of batting....I don't have a lot of room, but I think I may find a way to make it live under the machine!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous quilt!
ReplyDeleteThis collection was perfect for this design. The quit is beautiful.
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