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| Batik Trail |
Here
I go again, mixing and matching dies to create old favorite blocks.
This time I made one from the 1920's – Snail Trail, also called
Monkey Wrench in some old magazines.
Sea
blue leafy batik fabric is paired with crisp white and bordered with
a cross hatch print. Each 12” block is made up of a center
four-square, adding triangles to expand the design.
It looks more difficult than it really is, especially because of the perfect cuts with AccuQuilt. The dies I used
are: 55018 small value die (2 1/2” squares); 55006 half square
triangle (3 ½”); 55031 half square triangle (4 ½”) and 55001
half square triangle (6 ½”).
Free motion quilting was done in
medium blue thread in a meandering design. Finished size for Batik
Trail is 30” square.
Both
my Singer and Janome machines are humming! I'm still working on my
Christmas project, as well as cutting and stitching more scrappy star
blocks. I've laid out several vintage quilts in EQ8, and I'm always
on the lookout for more ideas.
DESIGN
a life
that you will
LOVE
a life
that you will
LOVE
