Dresden Challenge

November Challenge with Island Batik was to create a quilt using Dresden as our inspiration.

I got to use this beautiful group, Island Zest from Island Batik.

I picked my favorites from the line to highlight in my quilt.

Playing with fabric is so fun!

I design my quilts with Electric Quilt.

I kept playing with designs until I came up with this design:

The quilt finished at about 60" square. This is a perfect lap size.

I pieced the quarter Dresden plates.

I will then applique them to the background squares.

First: test the applique stitching.

Stitching the Dresden's down, on a beautiful fall day. I do my decorative stitching on my Janome M7 machine.

The top went together quickly.

I planned my quilting design Loopy Lace and loaded the quilt on to my Handi Quilter Forte/Pro-Stitcher. I used Hobbs Silk batting in this quilt.

I love the lacey look of the design.

I added a dark green binding to finish it off.

Disclosure: The products featured here were provided to me free of charge by Island Batik, Schmetz Needles and Hobbs Batting

#schmetzneedles  #juki #handiquilter #janome #electriquilt

Be sure to visit all the Island batik Ambassadors to see all the beautiful projects this month.

Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs

Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting

Megan Best ~ BestQuilter

Pamela Boatright ~ PamelaQuilts

Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio

Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany

Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts

Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts

Jane Hauprich ~ Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting

Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts

Victoria Johnson ~ Forever Quilting for You

Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood

Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery

Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine

Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion

Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique

Lana Russel ~ Lana Quilts

Julia Schweri ~ Inflorescence Designs

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail

Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color

Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels

Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations

Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt