During the Workshop, Latifah taught some tricks and techniques that really helped with the cutting and assembly of the quilt. Additionally, she talked us through how to do a 1 inch chucky binding! I love how the thick binding frames the quilt.
I find that this pattern looks good in any fabrics. There were about 20 people in the workshop and all fabric selections looked great!
Quilting: I decided to go with some walking foot quilting that would compliment the curved nature of the piecing. Design is a grid pattern, approximately, 1in grid.
Fabrics: The main thing I used for fabrics from a half yard bundle of Cotton + Steel's Black and White 2. I've been waiting for the right project for this fabric. Since there are some gold accents in the fabric, I wanted to bring in some more golden yellow fabrics. Additionally, I love blue and thought it would be a nice touch for some blue and navy to be added! Some of the navy is Cotton + Steel Bluebird fabrics. Light blue is Cotton + Steel basics.
Backing is Cotton + Steel Bluebird. I didn't quite have enough, so I added in another fabric and did a pieced backing.
Binding is Cotton + Steel Picnic. The Chunky binding was pretty simple to do. I went a little bigger on the strip size than Latifah recommended; however, I wanted to give me some wiggle room. Stripes were 4.75 inch wide.
Batting is Quilter's Dream Cotton. I've been wanted to try a bunch of different battings to see which I prefer. So far this is my favorite. It is super soft and worked with my machine well.
I signed up for this workshop on a whim, so I wanted to try to use only fabric from my small stash. I was able to use only fabrics from my stash (except batting)!! Additionally, most fabric is Cotton + Steel.
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