I love the logo above. The June challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors was to make something with curves. This was an interesting challenge. I spent weeks thinking of what to do.
I thought about doing curves like in New York Beauty blocks.
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I love New York Beauty Blocks and thought something like that would be fun.
Then I thought about simple curves like Orange Peel.
Then I thought about simple curves like Orange Peel.
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| Photo from Pinterest |
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Then I thought about fusible applique! You can cut and fuse any kind of curved shape you can imagine....and I love to do this technique....
This is my Falling Leaves quilt. It's so easy to fuse, cut and sew any shape.
So what should I do? I finally decided to go the traditional route and to sew the curves on the machine. I found a block I liked and decided to use the Dotalicious Earth fabric I had in 5" squares. I like to make small things, so I decided to make a hot pad using a selection of the blue squares.
These are my pieces- three pieces to a section and 8 sections.
Just a word of caution to someone just starting to sew curves - they are easier with larger pieces. These are relatively small pieces and I found it was easier to put about 5 pins in to help sew the larger curve. The inner curve was fine with three pins- one in the center and one on both sides.
Here is my completed block/hot pad. The colors blended nicely. I used a layer of Insul-Bright from The Warm Company and a layer of cotton batting for the inside.
Of course I didn't want to waste a scrap- it took nine 5" squares to make the front. I added one more square to the scraps from the front to make a scrappy back.
I used the new 80 wt Aurifil thread for the quilting. It quilts beautifully!
I like the back too- you could use either side!
Three more partial squares were used for the scrappy binding. I used thirteen 5" squares for this project, with only a few small strips leftover. Success!
