…. or perhaps, Teasing You Tuesday
I’ve not a lot to show you today, but I’m teasing you anyway. Since I finished off the turkey, much of my quilting time has been dedicated to secret designing and sewing. This is because the ambassadors who did not do the Island Batik blog hop in August are scheduled on a hop in November. That includes me, and I am slated for early in the lineup. So it is head down, tail up, madly sewing for the Chameleon for the fore-sea-able future. Give or take a couple of balloon animal appliqué pattern posts that I will publish as light relief.
But today, while I finalise October’s Love with a Twist offerings, and try to prevent my sewing machines from sensing an impending deadline, enjoy this taster for my stop on the “A Piece of” blog hop. Let’s sea what I’ve started!
Introducing Blue Sea by Kathy Engel
The Island Batik collection that I will be featuring in November is called Blue Sea. These fabrics are accessible for sticky-beaking purposes on the Island Batik website here, as they are no industrial sea-cret. But what is a secret is…. what I am doing with them. Today is just the taster plate of Blue Sea octopus and mermaid antipasto to get you in the mood for the main course in a couple of weeks. The whole coral reef smorgasbord will be ready for your eyes to feast on then.
This is where I am at today. A small but growing pile of patchwork units.
Not as far along as I’d like to be, but at least I have a plan. These fabric are so lovely I got a bit of designer’s block at the thought of committing to a single idea and cutting into them. Thank goodness for deadlines!
Blue Sea has a lot of medium colour fabrics and not a lot of really lights or really darks. And I only have half-yard samplings of the lightest and darkest fabrics in the collection. So, I have added Almond Dots from the Neutrals collection as a background and contrast fabric. It is the 100% perfect complement to the Blue Sea fabrics.
Do you know what this block is called?
It is a Storm at Sea unit. Of course it has to be! When my storm of sewing has past, I will get back to you on this project, including on how you can win some of my leftovers. You may stop drooling now.
This week’s features have gone to the Dogs
…. canine-themed patchwork, that is. 😀
First, our faithful Chameleon friend found himself slobbering over Maggie’s Scottie dogs. Maggie at Making a Lather sniffed out this unfinished treasure at a goodwill store. Hopefully it will benefit from some lovingly applied finishing soon, and then be on it’s way to a bed or lap, as it’s original maker presumably intended.
And Mary at Made by Marney got customer tails wagging with some new paper-pieced pups for her already extensive dog block collection. Two Boxers and a Chow Chow. So, if you or someone you know needs a new pair of boxers, this is the post for you.
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Love the Blue Sea batiks! Your storm at sea block is beautiful!
Love those colors! Looking forward to sea-ing your stormy creation!
Fantastic! That fabric collection is over the moon! I can’t wait to see your Storm at Sea quilt. You’re ahead of me. I still need to cut my hop project out. It’s on this week’s to do list. Have a fabulous day!
I’m doing a QAL with our quilt group this year, and the pattern I’m using is Storm at Sea. I’m already behind, because I can’t decide on a color way. 😛 Those fabrics are perfect for a SaS, so I’ll be watching this progress. Fun post to read!
I can sea you have been busy sailing through another treasure chest of gorgeous batiks, and here’s hoping you safely navigate the wonderful storm. I leave you with a friendly wave, until our ships pass again (real soon, I hope).
Lovely colors you’ve got picked out!
Those are my colours! I have a kit for Storm at Sea that I purchased from a few years ago Quilt Sampler as it was one of my two favourite stores in Sarasota, Florida who was a Top Ten shop that year. Knowing you, your project will rock. Sorry I’ve forgotten to link my projects up what with the same head down, tail up sewing and a certain grandson’s visit!
Hi Dione! I thought you weren’t going to tell us the name of that block. I was like, Denise made a whole quilt of this block . . . what is it called. Storm something . . . Stormy . . . and then I scrolled. Yes, Storm at Sea! These fabrics – could they possibly be more perfect for this block? Hmm? No, they could not. Love it! ~smile~ Roseanne
Yum, those colors look scrumptious!
I’ll be very interested to see how your super-secret quilt comes out. The colors are lovely.
Love the storm at sea! I did one a few years ago with our guild that we had folks foundation piece to get the same size (even then we didn’t). Made by Marney used my Percy as a model for the Labradoodle – proud doggy mommy I am!