Adventurous Applique Bloghop!

This months challenge from Island Batik was to use the thread edge painting/ applique coloring technique. I have honestly never seen this technique before so I was excited to see how it was done but also what I could do with it.

This challenge is also accompanied with a blog hop so be sure to click the link below and join in with all the fun each week of this month:

BlogHop!!

If you want to follow Island Batik on instagram, thats where a lot of the updates will be as well.

I was given the Bubbles, Curves and Corners Collection. This collection is perfection! I love the vibrant pinks, reds, teals, purples and blues. This is my kind of collection. I was inspired by the texture of the fabric and I ultimately saw flowers and a hummingbird just begging to be born from this collection!

I could not believe how vibrant this fabric was but in person its brighter and bolder than my camera could ever pick up. If you get a chance to go to your local store and see this collection in person, I would recommend it.

Alright enough chit chat about the fabric, I know you all are wanting to see what I did. Well, like I said before I was inspired to make flowers and a hummingbird with this collection. The first thing I did was to draw my hummingbird and flowers, then blow those up to about 800% and then print that out and start labeling each piece and cutting.

If you are interested in this technique you can check youtube where 4th and 6th Design has a few videos on it.

You can kind of see in the images above where I have labelled each piece and decided on the color fabric as well. I then cut and sorted them all.

Just another moment to admire this fabric collection again! Its so pretty!!! Okay okay... moving on.

I then cut everything out, got it ironed into place (Thank you Oliso) and ready to sew. Now instead of using the white or black background I decided to use Celery (from glorious greens) and Muslin (from naturally neutrals). I cut both up into 10.5 inch squares and then just sewed them in rows. I love how it turned out because its subtle yet gives you the idea of grass or sky.

I did use the Hobbs Heirloom Fusible Cotton batting and OMG I am in LOVE with this batting. I will probably be using this batting from now on. I didn't have to spray any chemicals or try and find a large space to work with. I literally laid the back out, rolled it up, laid the batting out, rolled it up, and did the same to the top. I then laid my back down, found the center, laid the batting on top, and then the quilt top. I then slowly unrolled the three rolls, all while ironing them together. It was so easy and worked so well.

After everything was sandwiched together I then spent the next several days quilting this up and appliquéing the pieces onto the quilt. This was so much fun, and I enjoyed the free flow and whimsy of it. I loved how I did not feel any pressure about how it was quilted/appliquéd down. I love that I can kind of "color outside the lines" and it only adds to the quilt.

I enjoyed using all the gorgeous aurifil thread that I could find to match this fabric collection. I think I had too much fun as I think I ended up using 7 different colors.

Not in the photo is the white and black thread that I did also use.

I eventually got the quilt finished up, but the weather has been gloomy and wet this last week. So, I was not able to get any real great photos of the quilt. I do apologize as I know a lot of you love to see the photos. However, if I get a decent day sometime this week Ill grab a few (better) quality photos. For now you will have to just enjoy my inside photos.

The large flower.

Up close.

One of the smaller flowers.

The other small flower.

Hummingbird wings with three different thread colors in them.

The hummingbird eye has the white and black thread, and the head and body have purple, teal and blue thread.

The entire hummingbird.

The finished quilt!

I absolutely love how this turned out. I might have to add this technique into my everyday quilting life. I honestly loved that I didn't have to stay in the lines, and I could kind of be a rebel. This was a ton of fun and this challenge, for the blog hop, was probably my favorite to date (and thats saying a lot because we have done FPP challenges)!

Be sure to check out the rest of the blogs this month:

Alburl, Brenda: https://songbirddesigns.blog/

Atkinson, Renee: https://pinktulipquilting.wordpress.com

Best, Megan: www.bestquilter.com

Boatright, Pamela: www.Pamelaquilts.com

Deshensky, Susan: www.ladybluequilts.com

Fisher, Brittany: https://bobbinwithbrittany.com

Harris, Preeti: https://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/

Hatziioannidi, Mania: www.maniaforquilts.com

Hauprich, Jane: www.stitchbystitchcustomquilting.com

Jamieson-Hirst, Kim: https://www.chatterboxquilts.com/

Johnson, Victoria: https://foreverquilting4you.wordpress.com

Kauffman, Connie: www.kauffmandesigns.blogspot.com

Kresin Campbell, Connie: https://conniekresin.com/

Leachman, Emily: http://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com

Looney, Denise: https://quiltery.com

Malasky, Leah: www.quilteddelights.com

McAuliffe, Maryellen: https://www.marymackmademine.com/

Pickering, Lisa: www.lisasquiltingpassion.blog

Russel, Lana: http://lanaquilts.com/blog/

Schweri, Julia: inflorescencedesigns.com

Sheppard, Gail: https://quiltinggail.com/

Stanek, Carol: https://stitchwithcolor.blogspot.com

Starley, Sandra: https://utahquiltappraiser.blogspot.com

Thomas, Jennifer: https://curlicuecreations.blogspot.com

Webster, Suzy: https://www.websterquilt.com/

Thanks for checking out my blog. If you want to see more of my work, please check out my instagram @QuiltNSew and be sure to follow me as well as Island Batik!

Thank you to Aurifil for the gorgeous thread. Thank you to Hobbs batting for my new favorite batting and lastly to Oliso for helping me get that Hobbs batting pressed perfectly.

I hope you all had a great summer and be sure to check out this wonderful bloh hop!

Stay Safe and Happy Sewing!