Welcome to my stop on the Tool Craze Blog Hop with Island Batik and Studio 180 Designs. This month, ambassadors received a specialty ruler and a half yard bundle of newly released fabric to design and create a quilt using a minimum of 30 units (cut with the specialty ruler) and in at least 2 different sizes.

I received the Square Squared ruler along with this gorgeous range called Sea Cookie, designed by Kate Colleran  for Island Batik. Aren't these colours fabulous? 

I pieced my quilt with my favourite Aurifil 50wt thread number 6722 - funnily enough, this thread colour is called Sea Biscuit. 

To ensure that I'd used all of the fabrics in the range, I pieced my backing in this fun log-cabin style design. There's certainly a lot happening on this quilt back.

Once the pieced backing was large enough, I sandwiched and pin-basted the quilt top with Hobbs Poly-Down batting and my pieced log cabin style back. Hobbs Poly-Down Batting is made with very fine, white, denier polyester which enables this batting to provide a soft feel and lovely drape. 

To quilt it, I chose to use an Aurifil 40wt variegated cotton thread (image below). Now that I'd decided on the thread I wanted to use, the quilt design was my next decision.

Once again, thanks to Island Batik for the opportunity to play with beautiful, new release fabrics and for challenging us with new monthly projects..

A big thank you to industry partners who have provided product to ambassadors, especially this month's design partner, Deb Tuckers Studio 180 Design for providing fun tools to work with.

Aurifil Thread - my absolute favourite thread for piecing and quilting.

Hobbs Poly-Down Batting - very generous industry partner who provide ambassadors with a variety premium batting for our quilt projects.

Schmetz Needles - after discovering their Microtex needles, they've become my go-to. 

Here are some stores where you can buy fabrics from the Sea Cookies range: