Ultimate Home Decor Blog Hop and Put your foot down #50
What’s under my foot? Today…
Not only is today your day to share what you have been working on, but its also the first week of the Island Batik Ultimate Home Decor Blog Hop. I hope you’ll stay with me through the end of this very long post.
designed by Kathy Engle is shipping this month.
The bundle I received includes a half yard cut of the entire collection and the challenge was to use every fabric in our project.
Not being much of a home decorator it took me a while to find my groove. Our home has 2 large bay windows and over the years I have placed antique doilies in the seat, some were crocheted and some were linen, some were both. They were difficult to keep flat and eventually I gave up on that idea.
Since the window seat is not square I was a little nervous about making a runner but that is what I did. Freezer paper was perfect for making a pattern template because it can be cut to any size and it folds easily.
The hexi’s
I love hexi quilts but not the hand piecing involved so a few years ago I drew templates for a paper pieced hexi block. You can find the templates on my Free Pattern page.
If you stagger the blocks you get a secondary star design.
If you stagger and set the blocks on their side the design is completely different.
I did play with both of these ideas and even thought about an on point hexi but it didn’t look as great as the one in my imagination.
The fabric bundle opened up
Moo Milk for background
Pieced blocks
Once my templates were pieced I lay them out on top of the freezer paper template and made sure it was completely covered. The sides would have to be trimmed off to the correct angle of course. Once I was happy with the block placement I sewed all hexi’s together using Aurifil Thread and Schmetz needles.
Loaded it on the frame and quilted it with the blocks staggered as shown above. I save large trimmings of batting and I would love to tell you which Hobbs Batting this is but I have no idea. Pressed the quilted runner to my freezer paper and trimmed the sides to achieve the angle below.
In my home lighting is all or nothing. Now you can see why its laying in the grass for photos.
Nordic Nature will be a perfect collection for a Christmas themed quilt or runner, hmm. As for the runner above, it’s a keeper for all seasons and I no longer have to worry about my pottery being bumped and sliding off the seat. What you see is about the extent of my decorating wants except there’s usually a tart warmer and another piece of pottery sitting there along side the plant and swan.
Thank you Island Batik for this challenge. Without it I never would have made anything for this window and I never would have had the experience of binding an odd shaped quilt. Of course thank you to Hobbs, Schmetz and Aurifil thread.
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Your shares from #49
I am so proud to share Anne-Marie’s progress on her For the love of geese quilt. Guess what? She’s using Island Batik fabrics too. Anne-Marie blogs at Stories from the Sewing Room. She is a quilter too and you find her quilting site here.
And more Island Batik fabric. This time by Gail of Quilting Gail. Cant wait to see her IB hop project.
What’s under your foot?
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Pretty, fun, and practical, your seat covering is perfect!
Thank you. It was actually pretty fun to make once I wrapped my head around it.
Such a cool project Denise! I love what you did with the hexies. I bet it feels wonderful to have something so beautiful there that won’t wrinkle up like your doilies did, pretty as they are!
It is so nice to see something pretty there again. This will press much smoother than the linen and crocheted doilies for sure.
Looks great! I like that you can do hexagons without needing to hand sew. Thanks for sharing my project and the shout out too. 🙂
Oh yes, I am all about avoiding hand sewing. Glad I could do a shout out for you, I’ll continue to every time you link up my pattern. 🙂
It’s a perfect fit! It looks great there!
Thank you. Yours is awesome.
A window runner, so fun. Nice use of hexies. I’ve tried to sew hexies with batiks, but it’s harder for the hands/fingers. Good you did it by machine.t
I feel your pain and no way could I stitch by hand.
Hi Denise! Gosh, your runner turned out nicely and it looks just fabulous in the window. Making the freezer paper template was genius. Of course, the quilting looks nice but my favorite part is the size of the hexies. They really let the fabrics shine and this pattern would be nice in a wide variety of patterns and colors. ~smile~ Roseanne
Thank you Roseanne. Yes, I wanted large hexies so you could see the print. Tbt, I think I’m going to make a full quilt with the larger hexies. Thank you for stopping by.
Your pretty runner fits in perfectly.
Awe thank you.
this is a perfect pattern for this spot by the window. i really love how you made it shine yet not take away from what is sitting on top.
thanks for sharing and inspiring. quilting dash lady at comcast dot net
Awe thank you. It really is a lovely addition to the spot.
Love the Hexies. I did figure out a way to do the background in triangles on opposite sides of hexies and join in a row. No “Y” or “V” seems. Triangle is one piece too!!!
My design is paper pieced, not English pp. it doesn’t have Y seams either. I couldn’t stitch by hand.
Congratulations on a successful project.
Some of Cascadia reminds me of farm crops and forests as seen from an airplane.
Thank you. Yes I think you are right.
I love the runner for the window seat. I am glad you were brave enough to attempt it AND that it was so successful.
Me too, I was just so darned happy the binding went on without a hitch.
Love your new shape of a runner! Fits your spot just perfect. I was going to link up today, but it says linky closed:(
I’m not sure why it did that but I just finished fixing it. Its good to go if you would like to come back. I was proud of myself for making that odd shape and even more so that I was able to bind it nicely 🙂
Denise, fabulous book nook and quilted cover!!! Such a cute project! Neat batik prints, too.
I think we’re to say what Cascadia reminds us of here: nature–woods and ocean, both.
Thank you Nancy. I’m not sure what Cascadia reminds me of.
The hexies are perfect for this spot, look so lovely. My fear would be with all the sunlight, it will fade.
Unfortunately there is only about an hour of direct sun a day.