September Island Batik Blog Hop - Pieced to Perfection

 This month’s challenge for Island Batik Ambassadors is “Pieced to Perfection”. We each had a specific new fabric collection to use and were to make a lap size or larger quilt using paper piecing - either foundation paper piecing (machine) or English paper piecing (hand). I used foundation pp which is one of my favorite techniques for accuracy and sharp points.

Look at these beautiful fabrics! I love the yellowy butterfly print.

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I received the Buds and Blooms Collection by Kathy Engle for Swan Amity Studios.  Such yummy garden prints.

I usually use paper piecing for tiny projects like the little 1.5" pumpkin from myAugust project but this time I used it to go big - 15" Rolling Stone Blocks (one block is almost as big as my entire pumpkin pillow :) It was fun using the technique for big blocks. Rolling Stone is one of my favorite quilt patterns especially in antique signature quilts. Here's one from my collection - it is inspired my new quilt.

I played with block placement and how to make the each block pop and shine. This was one choice.

And here's the full quilt. I really felt like the fabrics needed the green garden fabric to highlight each lovely pair of pretties. And I got to use the 19th fabric of the collection for the corner stones.

Rolling Stone Flower Garden

55” x 55”

September 2023

Sandra Starley

Foundation paper piecing

Machine Quilting

Original Design

Fabrics: Island Batik Buds and Blooms Collection

19/20 fabrics

Batting: Hobbs Tuscany Cotton Wool and 

Piecing and Quilting Thread: Aurifil #50 weight

The Blog Hop just started. This is Day 2

Check out Sarah Pitcher's blog for her amazing dog portrait made with the same collection I used. You won't believe how cool it is.

 And visit the Island Batik Blog all month to follow along and enter the great giveaways