Threaded Chaos Blog Hop - My Day

Today is my day on the Threaded Chaos Island Batik Ambassadors Blog Hop.  

In the photo above you can see my quilt on an old truck in front of Coppes Commons in Nappanee IN.  I knew this old truck would look great with the colors on the quilt.

The Island Batik Ambassadors Threaded Chaos Blog Hop is sponsored by Aurifil Thread.  Island Batik sent each Ambassador a new collection of fabrics to use in the challenge.  My fabrics were from the Sunset Collection by Studio 180 Designs.  The fabric is coming out in September.  Along with a piece of each fabric of the collection, Island Batik sent light colored yardage from the collection called Macaroni Yellow Oatmeal and a dark fabric called Playful Purples.

Aurifil Thread allowed us to select 4 threads to work with in this challenge.  I picked four colors that look lovely with the fabrics.

The challenge was to make a crazy quilt and accent it with Aurifil Threads.  I debated what kind of Crazy quilt to make.  In the past, crazy quilts were made from scraps of fabric the seamstress had accumulated.  Today's quilters tend to have a lot of leftover strips in their stash.  Maybe more strips than small scraps of fabric.  I really didn't want to cut up this great collection into scrap pieces, so I thought I would make a modern crazy quilt using just strips.

I used 15 fabrics from the collection.  I took out the more yellow colored fabrics.

I created a rectangle block that used 4 colored strips and the same light strip in each block. 

Here you can see eight blocks put together.

Here is the top before quilting.

I wanted the light strips to stand out, so I didn't do any decorative stitching on them.

I used a collection of Aurifil threads, but the decorative stitching does not show up well on the figured prints.  It might have shown up better if I had selected contrasting colored thread.

I found that the decorative stitching actually shows up nicely on the back since it is a more solid looking print.

Quilt Stats

Block size - 6" x 8 1/2"      

Quilt Size - 42" x 53"

Fabric - Sunset by Studio 180 Designs - Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics)

Thread - Aurifil

Batting - Hobbs Premium Cotton

Needles - Schmetz

Iron - Oliso M3Pro

Be sure and visit Emily Leachman's post today as she is also using Sunset fabrics!

Disclaimer:  The products used to make this project (Island Batik fabric, Aurifil thread, Hobbs batting Schmetz needles, Oliso iron) were given to me by Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics) thru the Island Batik Ambassador program.

Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics) is giving away a fat quarter collection of fabrics this week!  You can enter to win by visiting the Lumin Fabrics Facebook or Instagram page and making a comment.

Also, be sure to visit all the ambassadors during the hop to see the newest collections and the amazing crazy quilts!  

• Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs
• Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting
• Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio
• Tina Dillard ~ Quilting Affection Designs
• Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany
• Kimberly Flannagan ~ Kimberly’s Quilts
• Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
• Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts
• Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts
• Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs
• Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt
• Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River
• Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
• Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery
• Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights
• Susan Michaels ~ Dragonfly Fiberart
• Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
• Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique
• Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail
• Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color
• Solomae Stoycoff ~ Cuddle Cat Quiltworks
• Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations