Creative Borders and Binding - The Other Side of April 2020

The April Challenge for the
Island Batik Ambassadors is

Creative Borders and Binding

and

today I'm excited to share

The Other Side of April 2020.

As Island Batik Ambassadors,

we've all done rectangular and square quilts.

Now it's time to try something different.

The fabrics are from the Island Batik Fall/Winter 2019

Kismet collection that was designed by Tammy Silvers of Tamarinis,

background fabric from the Island Batik Neutrals collection (Yolk),

and

the large umbrella and inner border is Cat Scratch in Watermelon

from the Foundation collection.

The umbrella handles are in the Island Batik Solids collection in black.

I chose a quilt block from my Etsy store called

April Showers.

The quilt block was enlarged, appliqued with fusible HEATnBOND® LITE, and stitched with a blanket stitch in Aurifil 50 wt thread with a new Schmetz Super Nonstick 80/12 needle.

Next, I created a border of 

applique rainbows and umbrellas

I did the quilting with my Handi Quilter Avante long arm pro-stitcher

using Glide Trilobal Polyester 40 wt white thread (pattern: Broken Glass). 

 Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton batting is in the middle.

Once the quilting was finished, I trimmed the edges away to make a scalloped border.

The Other Side of April 2020 was finished with a continuous bias binding in

Island Batik basic, Tourmaline (one of my favorites).

In looking beyond the month of April 2020, I named this quilt.

This quilt represents a lot of things after a storm

and

that is what I look forward to.

May there soon be rainbows...

Check out the  2020 Island Batik Ambassadors HERE.