Dancing a Jig to a little Ditty: Colour & Inspiration Tuesday

Introducing Ditty

Ditty is the name of one of Island Batik’s latest fabric releases. The colours are as cute as their name… Kind of a pastelly sunset. Actually, I don’t easily recognise them as pastels but I guess that is what they really are, since they are nowhere near colour-saturated. Is there such things as bright pastels? If there wasn’t, there is now.

I received 10″ precut squares of Ditty and two pieces of yardage from the collection in my Island Batik Ambassador allowance. I hope you have been following along and already know what I am making from some of it…. but let’s have a look in more detail. And I will show you what is in the parcel Accuquilt sent me too as part of the Island Batik Ambassador program. Of course it arrived the instant I stopped waiting for it…. that is the way it always works, right?! Right.

In fact, let’s look at the new Accuquilt toys first

As part of the Island Batik Ambassador program this year I have been given, at no cost to me, an Accuquilt Ultimate Fabric Cutting System. It’s for me to use in my April Ambassador challenge and whenever else it suits. Here’s what’s in the box:

Let’s have a closer look at everything.

The 8″ QUBE

I was up late last night….. with a sudden urge to design my quilt for April’s Accuquilt challenge. I was totally inspired by something on those pattern cards, but you will have to wait and see! My diagram is all done, and I can’t wait to cut and make it!

The Accuquilt GO! cuts a great tune. But now, back to our original Ditty…..

Ditty, oh pretty Ditty

In the interests of full disclosure, I will spell out that I have changed the tune of the Ditty I am supposed to play for you. You all know that the Chameleon walks to the beat of his own drum at the best of times, so this probably won’t surprise you. Simply put, I am using some of my Ditty fabrics in my Love with a Twist quilt. Which is not an official Ambassador challenge project, just an awesome personal one. So you may now refer to my Ditty ditty as the natty little number called the “Chameleon Sidestep”.

When I saw the Ditty fabrics, I just knew they had to become a Love with a Twist quilt. So I sat down and carefully looked at all my challenges and all my Island Batik fabrics (including last year’s leftovers). Could I fit a Ditty version of Love with a Twist into a legitimate Ambassador challenge? Yes, if we waited until September….

September!? Heck No! That’s not an option, is it peeps?! Instead, I have decided to misappropriate some Ditty and still meet all my Ambassador obligations. Of course, I had better get this right, or else the Chameleon Sidestep might become more my “Ambassador Swansong”.

Lol, don’t worry, it’s going to be awesome. You are going to have eyeballs on Ditty fabrics regularly for months…. that’s gotta be way better for everyone than seeing it just once. Why would you only want to see Ditty just once anyway?! Exactly!

I can sing a rainbow…. a pastel rainbow… sing along with me

Here are my fabrics, I introduced to you previously. Ditty 10″ precuts (42 pieces) and 2 yards each of Apricot Paisley Tree and Custard Mini Dots.

For Love with a Twist, I have paired the Apricot Paisley Tree with Island Batik Shaved Ice Snowman to make the quilt top. Here is what it looked like once it was done. Shaved Ice Snowman was a more directional print than I realised, but once the appliqués are on and it is quilted, you will be hard pressed to notice.

Of course, I have started adding balloon animal appliqués to it now. You have already seen Dippy Dog from the pattern release.

I also remade the poodle balloon in Ditty… because the twin quilt calls for all the blocks from both throw-size versions.

And I have made our first February Love with a Twist block, Happy Hog out of Ditty too. Here’s a sneak peek.

I am just putting the finishing touches on that pattern and my intention is that you shall have it by the end of the week. How exciting. 🙂

In the meantime, let’s have a look at last week’s Colour & Inspiration feature

Jen from de Jong Dream House linked up her first month’s progress on her brain injury quilt last week. Didn’t January fly by?! Jen has taken on quite a personal and vulnerable project with her flying geese quilt, showing people the cumulative effects of her good and bad brain days. This week the special Chameleon is all for you Jen!

What are you working on this week?

Tell us – what are you working on, or have recently finished in your sewing room? We want to know so we can visit and be inspired. Link up a blog post, an IG post or simply a photo from your computer.  See if you can get the Chameleon to turn quilted with happiness. We’d love to see your quilting colours!

Guidelines

• Link up your latest or recent quilt/sewing excitement. All quilt construction stages welcome – finished quilts, quilt blocks – even fabric pulls! Or inspiration sources!
• You have 50 characters in the link description…. tell us who you are and what your fantastic project is.
• URL links are not necessary to link up…. non-bloggers 100% welcome! If you don’t have a URL, you can link up with just a photo.
• Take a moment to visit some friends who came to the party – leave a little love and make their day. And a link back to Clever Chameleon is always appreciated.
• Do it now……. before you forget!

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The Chameleon turns rainbow with pleasure when he hears from you. I am more reserved, so I will respond in gratitude by email instead. Now that it’s your turn…. Scroll right to the end, leave me a comment and tell me, what do you think? Thanks for connecting!

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