Summer Breeze Quilt

Welcome to the Summer Breeze blog hop! I have a beauty of a finish to share with you today.

My version of the Fat Quarter Shop's Summer Breeze pattern by It's So Emma uses predominately batik and print fat quarters from Pat Sloan's Hometown Girl collection for Moda. I also used Kona Navy and Lizzy House's Pearl Bracelets for the red.

The downloadable pattern for this 56.5" x 64.5" kaleidoscope-style stunner is available for purchase from Fat Quarter Shop.

The Creative Grids 8 1/2" Square Ruler and Creative Grids Kaleidoscope Ruler were must-have notions for this quilt. They allow for quick and accurate cutting, and squaring up the blocks. I recommend ordering these along with the pattern so you're all ready to go. You'll also need 40 fat quarters, 2 1/4 yards of background fabric, 5/8 yard for binding, and 3 3/4 for backing. Or better yet, you could just get the backing set and kit featuring Kate Spain's Latitude batiks.

Just to make sure you're feeling confident with the project, Kimberly even has a video tutorial to walk you through the process.

I do have a few pointers of my own. First, when step one says, "Strip Set should measure...", actually measure it. Had I done this, I would have known my cutting had gone awry. Secondly, cut the strip sets in the same manner as the background units (just don't fold it in half first), so the leftover portion is more useable. After all, "discard" is not a word I enjoy using in reference to my precious fabrics. While I'm in conservationist mode, I'm also going to suggest that you make 16 background strips instead of 18, and 75 strip sets instead of 80, which will still result in a sufficient number of Summer Breeze units.

Tisha Cavanaugh of Quilt Icing completed the long-arm quilting for me using 50 wt Aurifil in Ermine (2312). She played off the designs in the prints and did geometric curves in the areas with less patterning.

To see Summer Breeze in other iterations, stop by the talented participating bloggers.
Nicole from Modern Handcraft

Sherri N. from Rebecca Mae Designs

Sherri M. from A Quilting Life

Alyce from Blossom Heart Quilts

Jessica from Quilty Habit

Leanne from She Can Quilt

Kathryn from Kathryn Jones Quilts
Stephanie from The Modern Sewciety
Melissa from Happy Quilting

Thanks for joining me, and happy stitching!
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