Child's Play - Paw vs Pole

The September Challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors is

Child's Play

and

today I'm excited to share

Paw vs Pole.

As Island Batik Ambassadors,

we were to create a juvenile-inspired project quilt

using the Accuquilt GO! Block on Board® (BOB®) Dies

that were included in the ambassador boxes we received in July.

My Block on Board® was the Accuquilt GO! Bear's Paw - 14" Finished Die

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

 "Lunchtime"

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

Accuquilt GO! Bear's Paw block die

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.