For this months project, as an Island Batik Ambassador, we are all part of the New York Beauty Blog Hop!! This meant we had to make a New York Beauty quilt!!
I have to say that I was scared about doing this, as I am not a huge fan of paper piecing. I have quilted quite a few New York Beauty quilts for customers, but now I had to make one!! Uh oh!!! And did I mention that I am also not a fan of curved piecing!!! Yikes!! This quilt has both!!!
I had received Woodcut Blossoms fabric line to work with, and was super excited about it!! This fabric line was designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore, The Whimsical Workshop.
I also was sent a dark blue (Ocean) and light blue (Bluebelle) companion fabrics to use with this fabric line. They were the perfect choice!!
My first step was to plan a quilt out in EQ8. Here is a picture of the quilt that I had wanted to make.
Well………sometimes life gets in the way. I was unexpectedly hospitalized for a few days and then needed to spend some time at home recuperating. Because of that, I was now behind on quilting customer quilts and piecing this quilt. Sometimes, you just have to make choices, so I made the choice to make it smaller than I had anticipated, so that I could be done in time for my blog hop day!!
I worked hard at the paper piecing and got this done!! I am not a pinner, but it really does help when doing curved piecing.
I do love how it turned out and I can actually say that I truly didn’t mind the paper piecing with this one!!
And I used this Island Batik fabric (Dot-Sky) for the backing, which I think worked very well.
I even did some faux piped binding, which I think adds a little something to the quilt!! Did I mention that I used my Schmetz needles for this project along with my HQ Stitch 510?
When I was ready to quilt this, I used Hobbs cotton batting. This was quilted using my ProStitcher on my Handi Quilter Amara. The pattern is called Malachite.
I am loving this lap quilt and happy with the outcome!!!
Did I mention that I am having a giveaway???
I am giving away a fat quarter stack of this entire fabric line!! To enter, head over to my FB page and leave a comment on the New York Beauty post. If you go over to my YouTube channel and subscribe, you will get an additional entry. Contest ends at midnight (ET) on June 30, and the winner will be chosen the morning of July 1, 2022.
Disclaimer: No purchase necessary to win. Giveaway is open to legal residents in the contiguous US only that are 18+ years of age. One winner will receive a stack of fat quarters (approx. size). Winner will be randomly chosen. If winner fails to respond after two days, then another winner will be chosen. Void where prohibited by law. Postage for this item to be shipped will be paid by myself.
Make sure to check out all of the other Island Batik Ambassador’s New York Beauty quilts as they are fabulous!!! It is amazing the different quilts each of us came up with!!
June 6:
Gail Sheppard, Quilting Gail
Elizabeth DeCroos, Epida Studio
June 7:
Reed Johnson, Blue Bear Quilts
Andi Stanfield, True Blue Quilts
June 8:
Sandra Starley, Textile Time Travels
June 9:
Jennifer Fulton, Inquiring Quilter
Mania Hatziioannidi, Mania for Quilts
June 13:
Jennifer Thomas, Curlicue Creations
Maryellen McAuliffe, Mary Mack Made Mine
June 14:
Pamela Boatright, Pamela Quilts
Anorina Morris, Samelia’s Mum
June 15:
Michelle Roberts, Creative Blonde Gifts
Lisa Pickering, Lisa’s Quilting Passion
June 16:
Denise Looney, For the Love of Geese
Connie Kauffman, Kauffman Designs
June 20:
Claudia Porter, Create with Claudia
Brianna Roberts, Sew Cute and Quirky
June 21:
Gail Renna, Quilt Haven Threads
Preeti Harris, Sew Preeti Quilts
June 22:
Megan Best, Bestquilter
Leah Malasky, Quilted Delights
June 23:
Suzy Webster, Websterquilt
Emily Leachman, The Darling Dogwood
June 27:
Jane Hauprich, Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting
Brenda Alburl, Songbird Designs
Disclaimer: All products were given to me to make this project from Island Batik, Schmetz needles, and Hobbs Batting.
Jane, I love your quilt, and of course this fabric line! I hope you are feeling much better and have fully recuperated now. Take good care of yourself!
Beautiful quilt!
wow your quilt is gorgeous. these fabrics look like they were a lot of fun to play with. and your quilting finishes it off perfectly. thanks for sharing and inspiring
Beautiful and great collection. I was nervous too.
Gorgeous quilt…..really love the colors 💜
Lovely quilt.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful quilt and thanks for offering this generous giveaway! And thanks for all the inspiration and teaching you share on You Tube and Facebook and your blog.
It’s beautiful! I love the dark blue in the background. Now that you’ve made one NY Beauty, maybe you can do the big one someday. Have a great day!
wish i could have gotten the pattern