Blue Batiks Lap Quilt

I realized I don’t have a quilt I made for myself. And it was time! That’s what I started over the weekend.

I dug through my stash and found some batiks I got a couple years ago for a Block of the Month project from the National Quilt Museum in Padducah, Kentucky. I ran into trouble with one block, and never caught up, and by the time I was ready to catch up, I realized the blocks were not inspiring me at all!

I found a pattern I liked - “Paulitiks” from Sew Preeti Quilts. Though I’m not following it exactly. For a start, I’m making it half the size in the pattern. And I’m adding sashing between each blocks.

I decided on my dark and medium blues, and had to pick from a bunch of other batiks I had on hand.

A stack of dark blue batik strips and a stack of medium blue batik strips over several other batiks in blues, reds, and purples.

I went with tthe light blue, and I’m glad!

Cutting and piecing started. Taking some time to do it right. The original pattern calls for 48 blocks. I’m doing 24. But that’s still piecing 96 dark or medium blue strips to black sashing!

A haphazard stack of pieces of pieced fabric on a desk, under a clear sewing table extension.

Of course, before the next step, it’s all about making sure those seams are pressed crisp and flat. Tailor’s clapper to the rescue!

A 3 inch x 12 inch block of hardwood on fabric, on top of a grey wool ironing mat, with a small iron beside the mat, and a bottle of starch alternative.

By the end of the weekend, I had progressed quite a bit. Here are two side by side blocks, one in dark and the other in medium, blue.

Two similar blocks of pieced fabrics. There's a light blue square in the center. Black sashing on the side of the square, extending in four directions. With blue fabric to finish a 10 inch block.

I’m hoping to finish this top this week.

Blue Batiks Lap Quilt

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