Island Batik March Challenge with Aurifil!!

It’s the Aurifil Color Builder Challenge using the Italian Color Builder Collections!!!!

When we received our package of goodies from Island Batik for 2022, we also received a box of Italy-themed Color Builders thread from Aurifil. I received Sardinia Pink!! This box of Color Builders contains 3 large spools of 50 weight thread in the most gorgeous pinks!!!!

Well, I had no clue what to do, so the first thing I thought of was to Google Sardinia Italy. I found out that Sardinia is known for its pink beaches. Wow…..so beautiful!!! The first thing I did was print a couple of pictures and pin them to my design wall to use as inspiration!! And then I found a couple of landscape quilts that I really liked and pinned pictures of them to the wall. This project was a little intimidating as it is out of the box for me, but I was ready for the challenge!!!

Once I had an idea in mind, I took out all of my scrap fabrics and went to town. I used a lot of my gradation blues from an earlier project in this one!! I started with this in mind.

But decided I needed to make the sky brighter, so I changed things up. I have to say that my Karen Kay Buckley scissors came in very handy for this entire process.

Once I was happy with my design, I did tack the fabric down to a solid background piece with a water soluble glue stick. Then I needed to find the right thread for this entire project.

Now on to my favorite part…..the quilting!!!! I layered this with some Hobbs 80/20 batting and took this to my Handi Quilter Capri and did some thread work!!!

And I am loving the finished product!!!!

Thank you to Hobbs Batting, Island Batik, and Aurifil Thread for the amazing products for making this project!!!

Happy Quilting Everyone!!!

Please make sure to follow along with the other Island Batik Ambassadors!!!
They are all amazing creators, and come up with most wonderful projects!!!

Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs
Megan Best ~ Bestquilter
Pamela Boatright ~ Pamelaquilts
Elizabeth DeCroos ~ Epida Studio
Jennifer Fulton ~ Inquiring Quilter

Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts
Jane Hauprich ~ Stitch By Stitch Custom Quilting
Reed Johnson ~ Blue Bear Quilts
Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
Denise Looney ~ For The Love Of Geese
Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights
Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine
Anorina Morris – sameliasmum.com

Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
Claudia Porter ~ Create with Claudia
Gail Renna ~ Quilt Haven Threads
Brianna Roberts ~ Sew Cute And Quirky
Michelle Roberts ~ Creative Blonde

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail
Andi Stanfield ~ True Blue Quilts
Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels
Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations
Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt