Island Batik RocksOne of the wonderful things about living in the country is you have so much 'outdoors'. In an urban area, your outdoors can be as small as a balcony. Hubby and I are fortunate enough to count our outdoors in acres. It is filled with wild flowers, a large variety of happy animals and birds as well as our own little cultured (barely) area.
Throughout history, humans have turned land into places where they can live. Gardens range from a few potted plants to vast estates of walkways, topiary, water features, hedges and a myriad of shrubs and flowers. The challenge for Island Batik Ambassadors for this month is the great outdoors and it was these ordered gardens that gave me my inspiration for my Great Outdoors quilt. My fabric is called Birds and Bees and it is covered with those creatures in many colours as you will see from the display below.
I love, love the great Outdoors fabric line and wanted to use as much of it as possible. I also wanted keep the pattern simple so the material was the star and not the design. Formal Gardens is the result.
It was designed to look like those very ordered, everything in its own place so popular during Elizabethan times. This is so far from what my garden looks like that it made a nice (almost humorous) contrast in my mind.
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Blessings,
Pretty quilt, Anna. I especially love the warm amber tones in the collection. This fabric would have been a good one for me to get, as we keep honeybees :)
ReplyDeletePretty fabric ... nice design ... :) Pat
ReplyDeleteLove those checkerboard blocks!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fabrics for a beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteGreat design to show off those delicious batiks. The FQ?Uhhhh...it's a batik...I use batiks 95% of the time...so what's not to like about a batik-in any design or color!?!
ReplyDeleteI too call country my home with numerous acres to wander around on. Beautiful blocks, I like the unfussy ones that let the fabric shine.
ReplyDeleteI love all Batiks, made a king sized log cabin quilt for my son
ReplyDeleteYour quilt turned out beautiful! I am a country girl all my life and moved to the big city 12 years ago. Fortunately, I have a big backyard to plant my garden in!
ReplyDeleteI too love all batiks. Tey can be used in any quilt and look nice.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of these nations, especially the amber. Thanks for the great giveaway.
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ReplyDeleteyour quilt is lovely. thanks for sharing
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I love batiks because there is no right or wrong side, the colours and designs are gorgeous too!
ReplyDeleteLovely design!
ReplyDeleteA lovely quilt. I'm in the US so not part of the drawing but wanted you to know that I like your design.
ReplyDeleteWell I am in the US but will tell ya you did great job on your quilt....
ReplyDeleteI am in the U.S.A. also, but just wanted to say how much I like your quilt. The fabric is gorgeous and the birds in the fat quarter are quite cute.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. The fabrics are great, but your quilt is very elegant, just the look you wanted for your formal garden. Yup, not like mine, either, lol.
ReplyDeleteI love these fabrics because they produce feelings of summer and being in the country. I live in the country too, and I live in Canada. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI like living out in the country as well...love your quilt but don't inclue me, I am an ambassador myself. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThe fabrics are so pretty and that makes your quilt beautiful. I love the country but I am in an apartment in the city. I read your blog faithfully and enjoy it so much. Thank you and I live in Canada!! shawm@rogers.com
ReplyDeleteI love how it looks woven
ReplyDeletelove those birds!!! mumbird3atgmaildotcom
ReplyDeleteOh the birds are delightful, gorgeous color. Thanks, I'm Canadian.
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I love the color! I love bright colors and this fabric has a darling print as well. Your quilt is great. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
ReplyDeleteI love this quilt and the way you showed all the fabrics. I have many of the same fabrics but in different color ways in my collection (september 3 is my date).
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fabric! But then I am partial to Batiks! I love your quilt, great design!!! I'm in the US, but wanted to let you know I love your quilt!
ReplyDeleteHello from another Canadian quilter! I love birds as a motif, and I love the contrasts in these batiks, rather than being monotone and bland.
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt. Batiks are great because they can be mixed and matched quite well. However, the bird batik would require being featured in a quilt. I would use it in a quilted wallhanging. My husband and I have taken up birding in our retirement. We actually had robins hatch and fledge this summer at our house. Fun to show the grandchildren. Janice.snell@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is so gorgeous! Nice work!
ReplyDeleteI'm from the U.S., so I'm sad not to be able to enter to win that fabric, which is gorgeous--although I understand about the shipping costs. But I'll chime in with what I love about that fabric: the color is rich and beautiful, and bird fabric reminds me of my dog Nanny, whose nickname was Nanny Bird.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, these fabrics are gorgeous
ReplyDeleteSuch a gorgeous fabric collection! Looks like you had fun with it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fabrics and a very nice quilt. Yippee for a contest for us Canadians! :) I love that birdie fabric - I am a batik fan and a vibrant colour fan, plus I love to play with fussy cutting. Al the fabrics in the line look so rich and inviting. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteLove the rich colors sna little animals!
ReplyDeleteWhat's not to love about batiks? Rich tones and that amber piece have me drooling. As a birder the fat quarter you are willing to part with is very attractive to me. Thanks for sharing your lovely quilt.
ReplyDeleteLove that quilt.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt! I loved working with these colors.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! The colors in this line are really beautiful - love your quilt!
ReplyDeleteGreat quilt .... sometimes keeping it simple is what works the best to let us showcase the fabrics used. My love for Island Batiks continue as these are all oh so drool worthy yet again! It's the rich luscious colours that always pull me in. The specific FQ for the giveaway, well it's the cheeryness of the red/pink with a good contrast to the tweeties. And oh, those tweeties are just so darling! Me Too ... so appreciative that we Canadians do get a chance at a giveaway. Thank you to you and Island Batiks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteLovely fabrics and quilt. Have a fabulous day !
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt and that island batik fabric is gorgeous. I also live in the country (in Canada) and most of our land is in its natural state. There isn’t enough time to tame it all!
ReplyDeleteHello from Calgary. I don't have an ordered garden either but it sure looks pretty as a quilt design. I love fabric with birds so that FQ would be a welcome addition to my batiks.
ReplyDeleteI just love the colour of this fabric. Thank you for the chance to win a giveaway
ReplyDeleteLove the fabric. Enjoy your blog too.
ReplyDeleteThose little birds on that fabric are so much fun. I'd love to play with them.
ReplyDeleteYour fabrics are beautiful and your Formal Garden quilt shows them off perfectly. Enjoy your very lovely, well-ordered, quilt. :)
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is just a beauty. I love the fabrics you received. They are just too cute.
ReplyDeleteFrom one Canadian to another, beautiful fabric! I like that even though it's a batik, the bird image is very prominent and not blended in softly.
ReplyDeletebasaran.family@rogers.com
Haha! We both named our blog hop quilts Formal Garden! That's hilarious! Yours is beautiful and I love the fabrics.
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