Show & Tell : batik

"Batik Circles" by Betty W

QCA Admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:43:00 GMT

Batik Circles

Well I'm pretty darn proud of myself - I finished my second quilt this year! For the past few years It seems I've been accumulating quilt tops but procrastinating on the quilting. I've decided to just bite the bullet and finish them because as they say, "it's not a quilt till it's quilted." At first I wasn't very happy with the quilt, the circles got lost in the background too much but after I finished the quilting (a diamond grid in the circles and a close stipple in the background) they popped. Much happier with it now.

This quilt was inspired by Elisa Wilson's book Crazy Curves. I started it 4 years ago as a wedding gift for my sister. Needless to say I did not get it done on time and after meeting the guy am glad I didn't. Without getting into gorey details, the marriage went bad. She is now getting married again, this time to a great guy and I'm wondering whether or not it's bad karma to give it to her now. I'll have to think about it.

Betty W

"Batik Bed Quilt" by Suzette Jackson

QCA Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:16:00 GMT

This is the first big quilt I have done. It's done completely with Batik fabrics. Our bed is only a double so there is plenty to wrap up in.

Thanks for looking

Suzette Jackson

"Rescued From The Trash" by Carol W.

QCA Admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:13:00 GMT

I just completed this quilt top and wanted to share it with you.
The story behind it is this: My friend saw a jellyroll of batiks and had to have them. She is not a quilter but decided she would teach herself using this jellyroll. I did not know about all this at the time! She started having problems and was going to throw it in the trash. I said NOOOO! it can be salvaged. She told me to just take it. So I took it and this is what it turned into. It's not the log cabin she had originially wanted but I think she will be pleased (hope so anyway). Carol W.