Monday, January 19, 2015

Batik Jelly Roll Finish

Time to share my first quilt finish of the year.  Here is is January 19th and I haven't finished a quilt yet...what the heck?!

I started this quilt the first week of the New Year.  Total Opposite.  Using a beautiful Batik Jelly Roll for the inspiration.  

51" x 73"
The colors are amazing!  My first thought was not to use the greens, but in the end I feel they work and don't stand out like a sore thumb!



I machine quilted using a straight line grid and then filled in some of the blocks with a free motion 'finger' design.  Free motion quilting is something I am not comfortable with.  I'm getting pretty good with the crazy finger design!  Hopefully I can try something else on the next project!


Normally borders don't make the cut with my quilts.  This one needed a beautiful frame and using the rich, dark purple worked for me.  The purple is Kona Regal and was available at Joann's at one time.



I love pieced backs.  I knew I wanted to use a few different colors.  Having an extra batik block, I got my 'log cabin' on and pieced this large version.  Around the batik block is Kona Regal, from there it goes to Cerise, Hibiscus, Purple and Indigo!  (all Kona)


I did say I was going to get a tutorial for this block...and it's just about finished!  Yay! I'll get that posted soon!

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8 comments :

  1. Congrats on the first finish! Love that back!

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  2. It looks great! I think all the colors look nice together.

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  3. those are colors I adore together, but never seem to get it as right as you do in this work! thank you for sharing.

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    1. Thank you! 'Throwing' them together in one big quilt...Love it! And so simple!

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  4. I love batiks! This looks great!

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  5. very nice colour combination!
    great...batik

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