The September Challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors is
Child's Play
and
today I'm excited to share
Paw vs Pole.
using the Accuquilt GO! Block on Board® (BOB®) Dies
that were included in the ambassador boxes we received in July.
The challenge, for me, was to make the blocks into a child's quilt.
That's when I sat down with Electric Quilt to play with the design.
I chose to add a quilt block I designed called
and
with the
Bear's Paw blocks from the Accuquilt die
Paw vs Pole was born.
Would it be easier for a bear to catch a fish if he had a pole?
What I love most about using the Accuquilt GO! Bear's Paw block die was the ease of cutting the pieces and especially the triangles for the half-square triangles. I was even able to cut the background squares and triangles for the "Lunchtime" applique block. The piecing was so fast.
I just chain pieced all of the half-square triangles at once
and
then chain pressed with my pink Oliso Pro iron.
The Bear's Paws were made with an Island Batik fabric from the "French Blue" collection by Kathy Engle. The background and borders are all Island Batik Foundations.
The applique bear was made with my Island Batik stash fabrics
and
my favorite fabric adhesive with no tracing, HeatnBond EZ Print Lite.
The appliques were stitched with Aurifil 50 wt. thread # 2784
I quilted Paw vs Pole on my Handyquilter with Glide thread in white.
I think this quilt is perfect for a little fisherman.
I really enjoyed trying a different border effect with this quilt
and
certainly loved the ease of the cutting with the
You can find the full list of Island Batik ambassadors posting for the
Child's Play challenge
by clicking HERE.
Now, Let's go fishing.
